Example sentences of "we [to-vb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The men did n't like us to sit on the platform . |
| 2 | I 'd say that leaves the way dear for us to concentrate on the robberies . ’ |
| 3 | This has allowed us to concentrate on the problems of running an established business . |
| 4 | Special circumstances are required to justify the er proposing the new settlement through the local plan structure planning process , and I believe that is exactly what has occurred over the last five years , and if I could just quickly run through paragraph thirty three of P P G three , and the your invitation for us to comment on the criteria set out there , first of all the first element , the ex the alternative must be erm seen to be a less satisfactory method of providing land for the new housing that is needed , that is the essence of what has occurred in the process which the County Council has undertaken over the last couple of years , all of the policy options available have been examined in great detail , have been subject to public consultation , public participation , d I believe clear view was that there were erm constraints operating on York which meant that not all of that additional development accommodated in the adjacent to the existing er York city villages surrounding York . |
| 5 | There were only three episodes of acid gastro-oesophageal reflux without associated oesophageal distention , too few to allow us to comment on the effects of acidification alone . |
| 6 | These fast-changing times should cause all of us to reflect on the lives we are leading and how we can better them for ourselves and those around us . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Ron Paget tried to get us to build on the Britches again . ’ |
| 12 | Encouraging us to exist on the brink of starvation is one way of stopping us from getting too liberated . |
| 13 | Another time he got us to lie on the floor with our legs in the air . |
| 14 | However , I can agree with comments made by others that the way forward lies in a package of investment in small business , training and education to enable us to capitalise on the skills which exist . |