Example sentences of "we [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then my father slowly raised his rifle and there was the tiger , padding towards us along a narrow game trail , his head moving from side to side . |
| 2 | He guided us along a functional passage or three , then finally into a large open area where he halted — obviously to let the full impact hit us . |
| 3 | Bertie led us down a sloping alleyway to a heavy door where we left our shoes . |
| 4 | ‘ Partridge , who acts as guide , as boots , postilion , and boatman , at the Salutation Inn , might have brought us down an easier descent ; but as he had been out with a chaise all night , he was perhaps induced , from fatigue , to take us the nearest way . |
| 5 | First , how to persuade other member states not to insist on proposals which take us down the federal route and , second , how to avoid agreeing to wording which would be inconsistent with the wishes of the British parliament and electorate , while at the same time trying to reach an agreement . |
| 6 | The falling of Burbank , taking us down the moral ladder , and the ‘ saggy bending of the knees ’ of Bleistein , taking us down the evolutionary ladder , lead to the declining ‘ smoky candle end of time ’ which prepares Burbank and the reader to ponder over ‘ Time 's ruins ’ , the etymology of ‘ ruins ’ being important . |
| 7 | The falling of Burbank , taking us down the moral ladder , and the ‘ saggy bending of the knees ’ of Bleistein , taking us down the evolutionary ladder , lead to the declining ‘ smoky candle end of time ’ which prepares Burbank and the reader to ponder over ‘ Time 's ruins ’ , the etymology of ‘ ruins ’ being important . |
| 8 | Gary Stebbing was a stylish England Youth international and sometime captain who joined the Palace straight from school in 1983 and played in a variety of midfield and defensive positions for us over a five year span . |
| 9 | We have an impressive ability to recognise those familiar to us over a wide variety of conditions : for example varying lighting conditions , viewing angles , cosmetic changes ( hairstyles or make-up ) and even age . |
| 10 | The Dalek Killer 's led us up a blind alley . ’ |
| 11 | A gentle breeze helped nudge us up the first incline — then the next , and the next , before we reached a tricky scramble round a rocky peak . |
| 12 | Perry leads us up the unlit stairwell , the smell of urine sharp in our nostrils . |
| 13 | A London consortium took over Springfield Park last week , installed businessman Michael Morris on the board and issued specific instructions to Chief Executive Brian Hamilton : ‘ Get a few results and move us up the Second Division table . ’ |
| 14 | Unless you 've been calling my bluff since day one , you should be able to see off any mere mortal who rubs us up the wrong way . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ One was financial — loss of earnings , keeping a second home and campaigning expenses set us back a great deal over the 15 months . |
| 16 | Once seen , it gives us back a legitimate access to a great wealth of traditional human experience on the matter , which must of course be critically used , but which certainly does not leave us utterly puzzled , as we might be in starting to observe a strange species . |
| 17 | Happily in those days there was no air navel to take us in a few hours to Addis Ababa and bring us back a few days later . |
| 18 | Our university hosts led us into a room bedecked with tinsel and flashing fairy lights , and seated us around a circular table covered with elaborate cold starters . |