Example sentences of "we [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The fact is , ’ wrote Clark himself on 15 August , ‘ that if we lose out in the Middle East , we shall be immediately destroyed . ’
2 During the day we lay up in the desert , camouflaging ourselves with pieces of hessian sacking against the R.A.F. patrols who were out looking for us from the air .
3 I was beginning to become impatient as we lay about on the sand for several hours waiting our turn to go aboard one of the tank-landing craft , after it had discharged its cargo .
4 If we push down on the canvas by putting a heavy object on it we create a dent .
5 So , we bang on about the play and the staging and the big themes , and , if there 's any space left , then , as the chairman of Critics ' Forum wearily intones , ‘ I suppose we ought to say something about the performances . ’
6 That we sit down with the figures and it might be another thing like we did with the bridal magazines , that we go to somebody and say , look we would like to do this to increase our turnover , will you fund us for half a year ?
7 Over supper we sit down in the low evening sun and watch the hills change from one blue to another , to mauve , to grey , to black .
8 ‘ I do n't suppose we sit out in the sun above twice a year .
9 He watches after us with evident satisfaction , as we teeter back to the stadium much the worse for the experience .
10 As children , we grow up with the lovely stories in which animals really are people : The Wind in the Willows , Just so Stories , Watership Down .
11 Will my right hon. Friend confirm that on 15 May 1983 he said : ’ We want out of the Common Market ? ’
12 The canal 's over that-a-way , but if we head over towards the old brickworks- ’ She unlocked a huge padlock which fastened the gates .
13 So what are your plans in the next year or two as we head up towards the next winter Olympics ?
14 We head back to the apartment only when the day folds in around us for good .
15 Only when we catch up with the Americans in this respect shall I feel comfortable ’ — Vadim Tumanov , displaced Soviet politician , reflecting on his first trip to the US .
16 We catch up with the latest exploits on the portable front in Living with a Notebook .
17 Once , before starting a new stage in the story , we catch up on the other branch of the family .
18 We gear up amongst the debris of ascents earlier in the week , thankful that we 're first to the route today .
19 The moment we walk out into the sun to play we all break out into a heavy sweat .
20 When we walk out of the forest into the candlelights of the lodge , the forest moves into our spaces like the sea into scoops of sand .
21 We walk down to the shore in the warm drizzling rain and wait at the quayside .
22 We walk back through the park and disperse : tonight they 're going to a party , it 's Paul from The Soup Dragons ’ birthday .
23 He laughs again , and as the light is fading we walk back to the village , past small boys running hurdy-gurdies ; he teaching me plant names for which I can find no translation .
24 ‘ I 'd just like you to understand the problems we have … we do the best we can , ’ sighs Soliz as we walk back to the bus stop .
25 From the history of man in general we focus down to the story of a single individual , Abraham , and his descendants .
26 We taxi on to the runway , midday on the murder mile , to fly to the capital of the New United States Of Europe .
27 Now , in the twilight of the 20th century , is the time to re-establish our commitment to the earth and embark on a new decade of environmentalism as we count down toward the year 2000 .
28 The doctors said that he would have bled to death at a lower altitude and I 'm sure this is so , because as we let down over the Channel his bleeding started again .
29 We cut down to the riverbank before we reached them and walked along the water 's edge out of sight of the buildings above .
30 Then we cut back to the newsreader .
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