Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We know that we ought to care for the subnormal precisely because they are subnormal : they are weak , defenceless , at our mercy . |
| 2 | But I do believe that we should seriously look at getting say , internal usage bags for nutrients er bags for lime , anything that we have printed , we ought to look at the and say to Mike or get 'em printed or something . |
| 3 | We ought to focus on the practical and urgent business problems we have of managing our growth and creating a business strategy that will unite us . ’ |
| 4 | She had set a very high standard for our display work and had established a tradition which we would do all we could to uphold in the future . |
| 5 | We used to invite in the other children from the yard and I would pretend to be our music teacher and conduct a lesson . |
| 6 | A classmate said : ‘ We used to talk about the affair all the time at first . |
| 7 | ‘ I hardly ever saw him , ’ she said , ‘ but we used to talk on the phone for hours . |
| 8 | But erm towards about the sixth year , we used to plant about the average of fourteen , thirteen , fourteen , sixteen thousand , aye aye . |
| 9 | Well the standpipe used to freeze up and er when that occurred the grown men in the house used to light a fire round the standpipes , of course it was cast iron it was n't copper or anything like that , and light a fire to thaw it out , I do n't remember ever being without water but we used , it was a bit primitive but burn newspaper and stuff round the standpipe and er the old as I say we used to , the water for the washing we used to pump into the sink and er fill the old dolly tub with water for the washing and use the rainwater for washing . |
| 10 | We used to thrash in the winter-time : and then , of course , we had to do something else in the summer . |
| 11 | and what have you come down for a meal and we used to sit with the landlord having a having a natter whilst having a few few drinks and er yeah he he used to say er when we went up what do you fancy tonight ? |
| 12 | And because I had only one chair , we used to sit on the edge of the hard , narrow bed and draw up the table so that we could write on it together . |
| 13 | We used to sit in the garden for hours going over her various plans to get married . |
| 14 | We used to sit in the evenings and watch the lights come on . ’ |
| 15 | She remembers how ‘ in the evenings we used to sit by the fire and grandma 'd let me comb her hair . |
| 16 | Jake also had a share in a larger , sea-going vessel , which we used to visit in the harbour , examining enviously the neat bunks and tiny galley . |
| 17 | communication yes , so that we used to have the difficulty , and we used to rely on the odd person , railway people , drivers and their guards , they used to be knocked up during the night for early duty , by call boys , we used to make use of them if we wanted a message sent anywhere . |
| 18 | We used to feud about the oil-leaks which would drain down the side of the.little courtyard and get under and into my flower-pots . |
| 19 | Sometimes they were so drunk they fell asleep where they were and lay without pillows or covers until I returned from work , and then I would rage at them in Arabic , telling them that thanks to them my room was no better than the Italian 's pigsty at home ; we used to spit on the ground whenever we went near it , children and grownups alike , shouting exclamations of disgust , even though all we could see of it was the outer fence . |
| 20 | ( It is not exactly the right answer because of the rough averaging procedure we used to arrive at the direct effects . ) |
| 21 | When my children were very small we used to live on the outskirts of Richmond Park , where every day I used to take my eldest child for a walk , and it was here that I first began to collect horse mushrooms . |
| 22 | ‘ You know , ’ he said , excitedly , ‘ right back before all this , right back when we used to live in the old hole , I used to sit out at nights and watch the moon . |
| 23 | We used to live in the king 's house . |
| 24 | After his election , he went to the ‘ Milanese ’ church of San Carlo Borromeo and quite openly wept ( why not ? we used to pray for the ‘ gift of tears ’ ) as he quoted the words of Jesus to Peter : ‘ When you were young , you girded yourself and walked where you would ; but when you are old , you will stretch out your hands , and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go ’ ( John 21.18 ) . |
| 25 | what we used to do at the gym ? |
| 26 | Why ca n't we all afford our own homes , visit the dentists for treatment and change our cars , as we used to do in the Sixties ? |
| 27 | Its what we used to do in the 2nd div championship year , and even in the first division the first year up . |
| 28 | It 'll be interesting in the year two thousand and ninety to look back and see what we used to do in the nineteen nineties . |
| 29 | ‘ We used to swim in the river as a way of washing , but there is a small black fly there which can carry a parasite , a burrowing worm which can lie dormant in your body for up to two years , preparing to release thousands of offspring . |
| 30 | I , I , I was lucky in the three ground I went too the worst that ever happened to me was I was put head first into a dustbin , but luckily it had been emptied it was still well mucky , but I just fucking went and had a shower , and I come out of the shower and I 'd got pounced upon again and I was there , it must of been a funny site , there 's me right in just a pair of fucking deck chairs that we used to wear for the , the shower block right , fucking shaving , er like the wash kit bag in my right hand and I was holding me fucking towel round , round me waist with me left , I was streaking across the play ground , going as fast as I could |