Example sentences of "we [vb base] [vb pp] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All right , now we 've got pretty well way out — have we been able to reach the furthest objects in space by these methods , or are we stil stuck for a method ? |
| 2 | As you know I 've er been holding a number of er small meetings with staff er and one of the questions I 've been asking is whether or not there has been a need for the building presentation that we 've done for a couple of years er and generally there was the view expressed that yes it was desirable but perhaps in a different format . |
| 3 | We know all the damned silly things we 've done for a thousand years , and as long as we know that and always have it around where we can see it , some day we 'll sop making goddamn funeral pyres and jumping into the middle of them . ’ |
| 4 | Approaching the crags we 've seen for a couple of days . |
| 5 | Figures we 've obtained for the first three months of this year show astonishing variations in cautioning rates across Kent . |
| 6 | Perhaps a little more expensive , but we 've opted for a powerhead run undergravel — which will ensure adequate throughput of water through the gravel , and offers many similar features to the internal power filter , in terms of flow and aeration . |
| 7 | Erm and how we can speak to time and how we can control that time and make sure that even with interruptions which is what in a way what a meeting is about a discussion , that we 're able to stick to the time that we 've allocated for the particular meeting or presentation that we 've got . |
| 8 | Hello there … welcome to Australia for a Central South sporting special … where we 've come for a race of the future … the Solar Challenge … sun powered cars racing through the wild outback … that 's our Friday Feature … first it 's back to Britain … for our football parade |
| 9 | We 've known for a long time that when you can talk on the run , the miles just fly by . |
| 10 | Mills was amoral and untrustworthy , but we 've known for a while now that he definitely worked for us . ’ |
| 11 | We 've known for a hundred years that there were Roman burials in this area . |
| 12 | Er well Madam Deputy Speaker I think erm that the last half an hour shown that er the quality of debate in this house er remains extremely high and that even when you have an issue which on the face of it looks to be as dry as dust er that er there are some honourable members who will pick an argument er when perhaps er on the face of it there ought not to be much of an argument er I ca n't erm I ca n't say that erm I agreed with much of what erm the honourable member for Great Grimsby said er he seemed to imply er quite early on his er speech that most of the City of London er was collapsing in a sea of sleaze and er er other other goings on which are extremely er to be regretted but erm I think we ought to er remind him er that erm , you know , all all of these four orders er followed the Bingham inquiry into er what happened at B C C I which was not a British bank , was an international bank based erm overseas and I think I 'm right in saying this and I 'm sure my honourable friend the minister will confirm when he winds up er this is the first er such difficulty er that we 've experienced for a great length of time . |
| 13 | What we 've got for the first time I suspect , since any of you joined this company and you take the experience over there as well , is that the time you spend two days together , and actually find out what it is that makes you go and I do n't suppose that happens often , , dropped you off the boat together for more than two hours at a time . |
| 14 | ‘ We 've tried for a donor … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We 've acted for the club for a long time and have always had a good relationship with them . |
| 16 | The irony is it 's the best team we 've had for a very long time . ’ |
| 17 | that we 've had for a while . |
| 18 | Unless there were special factors involved and although I can not recall a situation where we 've paid for a person to go into that 's for members to discuss , not me , but we have certainly paid an enhanced rate where somebody wanted to go to live near their daughter who was in and we felt that was a legitimate reason for paying a higher rate and , and , and we did do so , so there are other types of flexibility . |
| 19 | Alice said , " We 've paid for the gas boiler , for a lot of cable , for tools , for wood , for glass . " |
| 20 | And we 've allowed for the fact that cooking for a family or organising a dinner party may take you away from the cooker when you want the food to go on cooking . |
| 21 | ‘ We have sent for a doctor . |
| 22 | I am afraid that while this ban is in force my wife and I will not be trading in Darlington as we have done for the last 20 years . |
| 23 | ‘ We have trained for a month since the end of our home season , ’ explained Mark Catchpole , son of Aussie legend Ken . |
| 24 | ‘ We have asked for a full investigation . |
| 25 | ‘ We have applied for the use of a pitch at the Welsh College of Horticulture in Northop but , meanwhile , if anyone else has any ideas I would be grateful if they would contact me . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Our side against Huddersfield will be the most experienced we have fielded for a long time . |
| 27 | We have argued for a long time that there is a peripheral argument that in the strategic interests of the nation we should be concerned about the coal industry . |
| 28 | We have argued for a revised theory of the relations between state and people : one reflecting the role of states in managing social relations and moral careers but one which recognises too that states , in representing a general or ‘ national ’ interest , have an important emotional significance . |
| 29 | As a way of understanding these linked themes we have argued for an increased emphasis on ‘ the expressive order ’ : the understandings , interpretations and theories which people have of their social world and the way it is changing . |
| 30 | Although we have argued for the view that law is differentiated rather than monolithic , we have to stress that there do exist common factors and interrelations , both within specific arenas and within the legal system as a whole , that have to be considered . |