Example sentences of "we [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All except ( 6 ) have an introductory adverbial clause or phrase providing a point of orientation before we launch into a main clause . |
| 2 | We launch into a little Talmudic logic-chopping of our own on the question of free will and responsibility when a dybbuk is in residence . |
| 3 | We agreed on a short-term goal of maintenance of nutritional intake and Mrs Allen said she would make sure she ate one ‘ proper ’ meal each day . |
| 4 | I see from my files that we agreed to a slight change to the Agreement for the above tape , and a revised page 2 of the document was sent to you on 20 April . |
| 5 | We agreed to a limited extension on the basis that we would have to show the court that we had provided reasonable opportunity for the Department to consider the matter . |
| 6 | ‘ We met on a professional basis , ’ said Gregson , his smile broadening . |
| 7 | We met on a wild , windy day near the Ferry in a port on the South Coast . |
| 8 | My photographic equipment was a bit limited by the fact that as a leader I was required to carry a heavy hunting rifle all the time we were ashore , just in case we met with a polar bear in a nasty mood . |
| 9 | And in the dark , when we lay beneath a single sheet and I gave off a Calabrian sweat , when the middle stretch of the night was shorter but still hard to get through — then , as I turned towards that loose S beside me , she would , with a soft murmur , try to lift the lost hair from the back of her neck . |
| 10 | There is no logical starting point , since we bring to a literary text simultaneously two faculties , however imperfectly developed : our ability to respond to it as a literary work and our ability to observe its language . |
| 11 | My group has nothing to be ashamed of , but , like everybody else nowadays , we suffer from a general shortage of cash . |
| 12 | Irritation can also be caused by inflammation such as when we suffer from a cold or allergy . |
| 13 | Cos we advertise in a special format do n't we ? |
| 14 | We cruised to a big lead without getting out of bottom gear and continuity was difficult to obtain after half-time . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ If they want something manufactured to their own spec , OK , but we insist on a thumping great order or a high price . ’ |
| 16 | Indeed , he had hardly referred to her except once as we passed through a small hamlet and had seen children baiting a poor , crazed woman by the crossroads . |
| 17 | On the verge of Connemara , we passed through a steep valley of rocks poised as if to roll down upon us . |
| 18 | To involve people in Billy Graham Crusades we asked for a specific and limited commitment , something that people understood and could accept : a prayer meeting in their home once a week , for five weeks only ; giving a monthly gift to the Crusade , for six months only . |
| 19 | The station was offered to us for the sum of £20,000 , but when we asked for a private valuation in the hope of securing a loan to purchase the site , the valuer valued the site at only £10,000 . |
| 20 | We lived on a small farm which had been partly burnt down , some 1½ km from the main military camp . |
| 21 | ‘ If we lived on a good one , how would things be different ? ’ |
| 22 | If we lived on a very , very heavy planet … ’ |
| 23 | We lived in a tall , narrow Victorian house , which my parents had bought very cheaply during the war , when everyone thought London was going to be bombed flat . |
| 24 | We lived in a three-bedroomed council house , one of the bedrooms being little more than a boxroom , and by this time there were seven of us in the family . |
| 25 | But we lived in a middle-class neighbourhood and I met with a lot of disapproval . |
| 26 | We lived in a detached three-bedroom house on the edge of the town . |
| 27 | We lived in a huge old flat facing the Panthéon , and I began to study medicine seriously . |
| 28 | And , if the positions were reversed and we lived in a black-dominated society … |
| 29 | Let me put it another way , if we lived in a magic world , and were n't having things like essays and package deals together , and any officer was being asked to forecast the money that would be needed for the sensible and , and virile implementation of five B , would you arrive at a figure of about thirty thousand pounds or not ? |
| 30 | We owned no property , as we lived in a rented flat and in any case needed a home in London for at least two more years . |