Example sentences of "we [to-vb] on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The men did n't like us to sit on the platform . |
| 2 | It would be inappropriate for us to dwell on the matter unnecessarily or to attempt to second-guess the decisions of the Lord Advocate in Scotland on the matter . |
| 3 | The important distinction between accommodation and services , recognised in the Wagner report ( 1988 ) helps us to focus on the fact that a complete environment is being offered . |
| 4 | After Daniel Bonnal , Hélène de Roquefeuil is featuring the Milanese Alessandro Traina , who causes us to meditate on the notion of time by juxtaposing a variety of disparate materials . |
| 5 | One night they crept into our house but he had arranged for us to sleep on the roof whilst through a crack he could watch our sleeping chamber . |
| 6 | Encouraging us to exist on the brink of starvation is one way of stopping us from getting too liberated . |
| 7 | Another time he got us to lie on the floor with our legs in the air . |