Example sentences of "we [verb] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally we have found some success in moving into areas where , for example , we bring either a customer base , or a skill or research base which can be applied to another business . |
| 2 | But we made rather a mistake on the way back , and we were picked up by an Army lorry and taken to West Friar House on the south side and given hot tea and something to eat . |
| 3 | So , we lack both a time and a place for the murder . |
| 4 | We have as many lovely things here as on the Mountain of Butterflies but we lack only a prophet and the eyes and emotions to see them . |
| 5 | We , we sell quite a lot of Amnesty products , a lot , a lot of clothing in every |
| 6 | And when when he gets to know us a bit better we got quite a welcome tonight . |
| 7 | oh well , we ca n't very well be whether Julie said she liked boys to go out with her , go , and we provisionally booked , I think it was the last week in February , we got quite a bit on , I said er if I ca n't make it I 'll ring you , but then , oh that was it she rung me up , and she said Lynnie |
| 8 | We got , we got quite a lot of meat |
| 9 | Between Silver and myself , we got together a crew of the toughest seamen you can imagine . |
| 10 | We got together a jury of 13 good hairdressers and asked them to nominate the hairdresser they most admired . |
| 11 | We got together a group of important dealers and they all came over and testified , and the gallery owner said the artist was lying , but in the end the show was closed and the gallery closed . |
| 12 | We got there a quarter of an hour early , around nine in the morning . |
| 13 | I even made sure we got there an hour early in order to take everything in . |
| 14 | ‘ Can we wait just a minute ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We began filming at 7.00am at the Bryman Airways check in. was shouting directions and the cameraman and soundman were fretting over which positions were best — we drew quite a crowd . |
| 16 | We propose here a name for the gene we have partly described , and for the protein products ( GGFs , NDF , ARIA , heregulins ) derived from it . |
| 17 | We want just a week 's paid holiday ! |
| 18 | And er we , we did erm we , we started making er bench models because we found quite a lot of these had been made in Germany . |
| 19 | Yes , where erm my next neighbour gave me some stuff erm , then I went into her shed cos she had erm , some mice problems so dad went in there to have a look round , seeing the poison were wore off and we found quite a lot of old gardening chu , tools . |
| 20 | We stopped briefly a couple of times , presumably for checkpoints and , as on other occasions , the driver would sometimes get out and speak to the people manning them . |
| 21 | We learnt quite a bit . |
| 22 | We noticed now a trail of well-trodden snow winding back towards the shore , obviously a route known to be safe by the experienced locals . |
| 23 | During our journey we noticed quite a lot of work being done on several station platforms . |
| 24 | What do we do once a year ? |
| 25 | No , we 'll wait for the opportunity outside , if we wait here a month and more . |
| 26 | And one of the things we need to talk about tomorrow is how we put together a briefing |
| 27 | ‘ We put together a set of rules and also ask the bully what should be done if the rules are broken . |
| 28 | Last year , for example , we put together a summer reading campaign with the Booksellers Association Charter Group , and I was perfectly happy that they should order via a wholesaler , in this case from Barnicoats . |
| 29 | We put together a team of prestigious judges from the world of fashion and beauty . |
| 30 | Sorry yeah , certainly , part of it thinking about the way on which we put together a package of ideas , and how we 're going to get that across and sell that to the other party . |