Example sentences of "we [vb base] [vb pp] for a " 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | We 've known for a long time that when you can talk on the run , the miles just fly by . |
| 8 | Mills was amoral and untrustworthy , but we 've known for a while now that he definitely worked for us . ’ |
| 9 | We 've known for a hundred years that there were Roman burials in this area . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ We 've tried for a donor … ’ |
| 12 | The irony is it 's the best team we 've had for a very long time . ’ |
| 13 | that we 've had for a while . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ We have sent for a doctor . |
| 16 | ‘ We have trained for a month since the end of our home season , ’ explained Mark Catchpole , son of Aussie legend Ken . |
| 17 | ‘ We have asked for a full investigation . |
| 18 | ‘ Our side against Huddersfield will be the most experienced we have fielded for a long time . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | We have accepted for a long time that traumatic stress incidents are the basis of an industrial injury claim . |
| 23 | We have called for an inquiry by Speaker Betty Boothroyd . |
| 24 | Under this scheme we have arranged for a firm of Solicitors to deal with the remortgage legal work for just £175 ( excluding Land Registry fee ) . |
| 25 | They began their paper with the words : ‘ We have cared for a patient who , according to the textbooks , ought to have been dead , since his arterial p H was 6.59 , well outside the usually stated range of 6.8 to 7.8 ’ . |
| 26 | We have opted for a single 19″ Triton fluorescent tube in this 2′ tank . |
| 27 | Whatever we become aware of , we have attracted for a reason — because it can help us to learn and grow . |
| 28 | We have known for a long time that there is no one right way to analyze a proposed capital investment . |
| 29 | We have known for a number of years that we with every other council in the land , are facing the government that does not believe in local government . |
| 30 | But the Premier League clubs did come up with two positive measures in what Parry described as ‘ the most constructive meeting we have had for a long time . ’ |