Example sentences of "we [verb] [verb] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We lay entwined on a secluded hillside . |
| 2 | Living in the country , we tend to put on a bit of a show on special occasions , and Edward 's parties used to be very sought-after . |
| 3 | ‘ We 've had two good wins away from home and now we want to put on a show for our fans . ’ |
| 4 | It 's our swan-song , we want to finish on a high . |
| 5 | Now we we we want to embark on a discussion of er matters C and D under issues . |
| 6 | The house we found stood on a hill amidst fine old elm trees , looking south over the Tyne Valley and River South Tyne , midway between the villages of Bardon Mill and Haltwhistle . |
| 7 | A Christmas stocking — no , a pair of red tights , actually — filled up to here with pound notes that we 'd won on a strawberry roan named Cordelia . |
| 8 | Oh as I sa the part-time job we used to get , two shillings a week and he used to give us tuppence for ourselves the two shillings was for our parents , and the tuppence was supposed to be our pocket money , but er when we 'd finished on a Saturday night if , if there were any stale cakes we 'd all get a bag of stale cakes each you used to make a terrific fuss of those on a Sunday . |
| 9 | We arranged to meet on a bench outside the Royal Academy at five o'clock . |
| 10 | There was , I remember , quite a restful interlude up some alley or other , during which we reclined panting on a heap of cardboard boxes ; then two young men jovially gathered us up and escorted us back into the action . |
| 11 | Problems with the protective tape began to slow us down , so we decided to land on a road between Tennant Creek and Mt Isa . |
| 12 | While non-verbal communication of the kinds described above have a powerful role in underlining , reinforcing or betraying our feelings and aspirations , the moment we try to communicate on a wider scale than inter-personal , we must look at other sign systems to convey meaning . |
| 13 | we did go on a boat . |
| 14 | We do put on a performance for the camera , whereas we do n't usually " perform " our everyday conversations to an audience . |
| 15 | ‘ We practise lying on a bouncing ball and reading aloud or singing the words in the book . |
| 16 | we can carry on with this next week , as , as you see , we 've touched on a big topic , so we 'll , we 'll leave it to you to introduce next week 's discussion , whatever way you think fit , erm , that raises other issues which you want to talk about . |
| 17 | We 've landed on a star , it 's green and blue |
| 18 | Something tied up , something in there as a heading so every member of staff knows that at such and such a time they are working on a heading of environmental awareness I would like us to have a precis of what that 's gon na involve but , I sha n't worry if we have n't got that we 've moved on a step |
| 19 | But this is about four or five years ago so I mean it 's n we 've moved on a lot since then . |
| 20 | We 've moved on a long way from the original version . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ And we 've decided on a change of approach . ’ |
| 22 | Right so we 've agreed on a maximum of sixteen and three quarter percent paper wastage , three hours setting up time , and er , four and half hours printing . |
| 23 | To help us develop a strategic approach to advise provision , we 've embarked on a mapping exercise . |
| 24 | Yes we 've approached on a regular basis we 've we approach |
| 25 | ‘ We had begun on a totally false premise , ’ he said at length . |
| 26 | On the back of a piece of paper where we had worked on a poem called ‘ The Word ’ I found the quotation that begins this chapter . |
| 27 | no it was really New Town school children , because there was Forbert and Barnard 's school down the Old Town and that 's where the Old Town , all the Old Town people went , children went , so really Mark Hall was just New Town children you know , and then when , when we were eleven and had to go to another school we , er there was no comprehensive school in Harlow then , er we had to get on a bus and go to Chingford that was , did n't we ? |
| 28 | It 's an anomaly that a ) we want the parabear to descend safely and not too far distant , while b ) we have to rely on a fair breeze to elevate the lifting kite and carry the droppable load . |
| 29 | Whatever the rights and wrongs of this debate , the fact remains that we do not live in a perfect world and , like it or not , we have to rely on a large amount of data derived from animals . |
| 30 | When we have decided on a root , then the tree automatically becomes directed : Each arc is given an arrow pointing away from the root , as in Figure 4 . |