Example sentences of "we [verb] [v-ing] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will see that we intend sending a leaflet to each member with the summer edition of Rural Wales , with the plea that they use it to recruit at least one new member . |
| 2 | For those of us who are not free to live exactly where we want picking a place to live is very , very important . |
| 3 | Our target route — the splendid Tudor Rose , which takes a stunning line up of the best section of the cliff above Guillemot Ledge — remained unfulfilled , as we found handling a clutch of fine HVS and VS routes fully occupied our energies , leaving us totally sated . |
| 4 | Recognition of the true self can only come about when we show the world that we accept the fact that we are not the perfect , flawless human beings we wish to portray — when we stop living a lie . |
| 5 | I pay tribute to the Association of British Insurers , to which we began talking a couple of years ago . |
| 6 | If we delay making a decision about an interpretation we can allow later , high-scoring information to pull up the score of the earlier element . |
| 7 | Later these grew into Hundreds and Lathes , so we find Halling a Manor or Parish in the Hundred of Shame ] in the Lathe of Aylesford . |
| 8 | I think it probably bothered me later when we started getting a bit bigger . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We thought we might have to spend the night down there and that 's when we started getting a bit worried , ’ he said . |
| 10 | We started singing a carol . |
| 11 | ‘ Every time we started doing a piece of research , ’ said an NCC officer , ‘ we 'd find the CEGB then commissioned another research team to investigate the same thing . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We started having a row . |
| 13 | We started making a profit . |
| 14 | For the first ten minutes of the second half , we started playing a bit ( but at this time we needed 4 goals to go thorough ) and Whelan scored after a good cross by Kelly . |
| 15 | If we take Cournot 's time-honoured example of the mineral water duopoly , with the exception that we suppose developing a spring involves a fixed cost F , after which all the water desired can be extracted at a constant marginal cost ( of c , possibly zero ) , then we have a natural monopoly in the sense that average cost is continually declining . |
| 16 | ‘ In fact , there are 20 guys in a field of nearly 300 who could win the championship , and we keep hearing a lot , too , about the young New Zealander , Phil Tataurangi , as well as a good bunch of Swedes . |
| 17 | ‘ We love you , we love having a girl . |
| 18 | If we start waving a lot of anti |
| 19 | Then we envisage starting a housegroup on the estate , and then a monthly family service , and in the end a church . |
| 20 | Before there would have been a striker in there to finish it , so that 's the way to do it , you know the roles are reversed and we 've getting a bit of luck . |
| 21 | ‘ Where do we start unravelling a mystery ? ’ the Doctor asked . |
| 22 | If you like styling products , we recommend using a gel when your hair is wet because the moisture in your hair will dilute it . |
| 23 | We considered buying a coffee bar and being a presence in the market place , but we realised this would not be a suitable place for Sunday worship , and our attempts to buy a suitable shop were consistently blocked . |
| 24 | ‘ How have you found us ? ’ the headmaster asked me — masochistically — one warm summer 's afternoon as we sat watching a cricket match . |