Example sentences of "we [vb base] [adv prt] on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | If we push down on the canvas by putting a heavy object on it we create a dent . |
| 3 | What I do n't like is that we went back did n't we , I do n't know if you saw my thing to David where we report back on a fax , report every month |
| 4 | When we 're talking to the people on the phone we home in on a thousand pound . |
| 5 | Once , before starting a new stage in the story , we catch up on the other branch of the family . |
| 6 | We lie out on the stones and talk , |
| 7 | And quite clearly there is a lot of work that needs to be done because if we look back on the discussion this afternoon , er this morning er and this evening , quite clearly there are conflicting views and conflicting interpretations about various criteria , various elements of information that should er er should go into the mix . |
| 8 | A result , I ca n't hear myself speaking if I are the policy and resources committee there were other they were erm er in the debate there were some very good cases brought in to it and some erm good recommendations and this is why I 'm surprised I 'm er forget now why , there were some who were er against by majority because I believe that when we look down on the decisions of the P N O , we have made some very good recommendations if I say so it says on twenty , paragraph twenty in and you people on this authority , members of this authority have been saying a a clear definition of the role of the local government now and for the next twenty years , should underpin any consideration of local authority management structures and the role of members and therefore the joint working party 's consideration begin from an inadequate base . |
| 9 | We travel down on the train that leaves Shrewsbury at 09:10 . |
| 10 | We pass by on the other side so easily . |
| 11 | I arrived at the Castle early on Monday morning , and after a glass of rum and milk , we set out on the road . |
| 12 | But , thanks to the kindness of a lady in the petrol depot who agreed to phone our host when a delivery was about to be made and where , we eventually refuelled at about 9.00 am on Thursday we set out on the last leg of our journey . |
| 13 | With full combat kit , helmet , rifle and webbing , and weighed down by a thirty-five pound rucksack , we set off on a run . |
| 14 | My father always used to say , ‘ The holiday begins the moment we set off on the way . ’ |
| 15 | Then at Dunkirk we set off on the first 400-mile stage to our overnight stop at Vandanesse . |
| 16 | But now , we get back on the road . |
| 17 | I mean we go round on a Saturday night and we come out stinking of smoke , cos they smoke one after another |
| 18 | Yes , we go up on the Ridge most of the time because er we 've all got mountain bikes ; it makes it a bit more fun . |
| 19 | We go off on the appoint and we make no sales . |
| 20 | ‘ We go out on the last night , ’ said Rodney . |
| 21 | ‘ We ask a blessing of you , O Lord , as we go out on the beaches , and we pray for a really neat time and some big swells . |
| 22 | But when we go out on the pitch , I hope he has a stinker . |
| 23 | Now when we go out on the road we would like to go through a vehicle check with you . |
| 24 | And then when we come in , the assessment form is written out and erm er there 's a marking sheet which I 'll I 'll sh sh show you before we go out on the road . |
| 25 | We 're all talking as if migration can be manipulated and a share between housing for migrants and housing for local need can be er arranged by us planners according to the numbers we write down on a sheet of paper . |
| 26 | If we talk to people only enough to get the job done , we miss out on the added pleasure we can get from developing relationships at work . |
| 27 | And we come back on the thirteenth . |
| 28 | We bore down on the landmark at a steady six to seven knots under a single genoa , the 15 – 20 knot wind on our port quarter with 10 – 12ft ( 3 – 4m ) steep-sided swells barrelling up astern and sweeping past . |