Example sentences of "we [verb] [pron] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were given humour to discern our own ridiculous airs and pomposities , and it is even valuable in the transcendent lest we lose ourselves in arrogance and pride and stray far from the real beauty of life . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , no , señor — we bring plenty of moss from the hills and cover all the pots so that they appear to be part of the tree . |
| 3 | And er in the apprentice we used to have to go round the shops on the town matching their er material in velvets and ribbons and satin for making their hats of , as well as the straw we made them from material as well . |
| 4 | I said when you came in we made it at school |
| 5 | We made it on time — just — thanks to our car phones . |
| 6 | We made ourselves at home , ate the simple food sent across to us from the refectory and retired to bed . |
| 7 | However , if you write to us on your return we compensate you for outbound delays as follows : |
| 8 | Then we drive down to the drive-in restaurant where we eat lots of crap including a double order of onion rings . |
| 9 | ‘ When we took Lingfield over it was losing £50,000 a year and the year before we sold it to Leisure Investments , it made a profit of £690,000 , ’ Muddle junior says . |
| 10 | Additionally , as already mentioned , patting a horse on its neck can be beneficial when trying to shoe a difficult horse ; and we pat it in time to the farrier 's hammer . |
| 11 | S thirty one , if we book it in advance we can get in S thirty one downstairs in the canteen , cos we 're only an hour and half , two hours meeting |
| 12 | We passed it to port , and now I focused on that lone , spindly tree as its bearing came around . |
| 13 | We asked him for news about our situation but as usual there was nothing he could , or would , tell us . |
| 14 | ‘ When we dragged Cpl Edwards out of his seat the back of his head had been blown off — but I still thought he would be OK when we got him to hospital . |
| 15 | We got plenty of help . |
| 16 | Oh , we got plenty of help , and of course , it 's always been said that you do n't reveal a man 's past until he 's been found guilty of an offence , but our magistrates were all local shopkeepers you know |
| 17 | Ooh we got plenty of cheese . |
| 18 | My whole aim was to get a bass like Jet Harris , a pink Fender , but we could n't afford it , so I did a couple of paper rounds and a milk round , my Dad chipped in and we got one on HP . |
| 19 | It 's a luxury though , I mean you know , you do n't need it , the fact that we got one for Christmas it was very nice , but |
| 20 | We we got lots of evidence to suggest that actually the amount of noise problem outside weekends is actually and we do n't actually have the staff to actually deal with this problem without considerably more expenditure than anybody in this council is actually talking about and our tendency towards this erm again this is a bid of of what 's it sounds good and as as to the public conveniences this has been liaised it 's been negotiated about , it 's been looked at very , very expansively indeed . |
| 21 | We give up something and we gain something from employment . |
| 22 | Now , shall we confine ourselves to business ? |
| 23 | ‘ We … we doused it with paraffin in the car … |
| 24 | He looked after the entire film unit practically single-handed while we were filming in Tunisia and I was reminded of this again in recent months when we visited him in hospital . |
| 25 | We 'd always get so much and we used it in rotation . |
| 26 | That is correct yes , but only when we encounter somebody in front of us . |
| 27 | Do we know anyone in Recruiting , Leading Wren ? , |
| 28 | We caught it in time . |
| 29 | We expect plenty of interest from those who want to make an unforgettable gift to their partners . ’ |
| 30 | We snatched something like rest , and then went to see our Church . |