Example sentences of "we [verb] [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We agreed therefore to conduct the interview in our local hostelry . |
| 2 | Few of the people we asked either understood the treaty or favoured a ballot . |
| 3 | Eventually we got together to devise the patents and scale up the process . ’ |
| 4 | and er , we had to set it up here and we sit here watching the telly and they 'd sit here for hours |
| 5 | Two organisations which we visited further emphasised the " non-regularity " of their temporary workers ' employment by not guaranteeing them any fixed number of hours per week — they were contracted to work " as and when required " — and this , of course , provided them with an important , additional source of flexibility . |
| 6 | We want rather to see the state intervene only to prevent such use of land as is clearly anti-social or wasteful , while otherwise development is guided and determined by choice and by economic forces . |
| 7 | Having looked at some of the major developments in encouraging teachers , and others , to review the curriculum , we want now to consider the issues raised by such a review . |
| 8 | This whole day event will begin with open classes and those will be followed by the now firmly established ‘ Ploughman 's Lunch ’ when we hope also to show the Festival tape of the two Medau items . |
| 9 | We hope shortly to do the same in Hungary . |
| 10 | ‘ We 'd best try the lodgings again . |
| 11 | In fact , she dismissed it with one word — ‘ rubbish ’ — but we 'd just started the show when there was a loud bang . |
| 12 | So there was we 'd already taken the air out to get us through . |
| 13 | I re do regret that this has come to full council yet again because I thought we 'd already had the debate . |
| 14 | Not only had we increased our self-awareness , but we felt content , happy with ourselves and we 'd also received the encouragement to go for the things we want — to seize the day . |
| 15 | Sally confesses : ‘ We realized , after we 'd had the dividing wall rebuilt between the front room and the back parlour , that it was impossible to get in or out of the back parlour , since we 'd also had the doorway closed off and made into a display case for the tortoiseshell medical implements Peter collects . |
| 16 | ‘ We 'd better douse the torch here , ’ said Thomas . |
| 17 | We 'd better talk the whole thing over . ’ |
| 18 | We 'd better empty the whole kitchen then had n't we ? |
| 19 | ‘ Next time I ask we 'd better drop the wedding dress , I think , ’ he said . |
| 20 | TIME FOR A BIT OF FUN , and we 'd better involve the whole band in this one . |
| 21 | I think that 's when we 'd better leave the bag . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We 'd better give the lads an 'and , ’ he said , nudging Freddie . |
| 23 | I think we 'd better end the interview there do n't you ? |
| 24 | I think we 'd better forget the whole idea . ’ |
| 25 | We 'd better bring the contraption with us . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , we 'd better make the most of it , then , had n't we ? ’ he said softly . |
| 27 | But Des points out that everybody else on this road is running anyway , and if we want to stay unnoticed we 'd better do the same . |
| 28 | Innocently I point out that we 'd better return the key to him , since if we leave the flat unattended he could say we stole his best furniture . |
| 29 | Right planners , now according to me this is for Thursday , next Thursday week t week one Thursday so homework for Thursday finish writing a list er whoever 's giggling will you calm down of things you believe are important do this in rough and I think we 'd better underline the next bit , bring it to the lesson now , quite seriously if you have only managed to get five or six items at the moment on your list that you think are important , that 's not enough , you really do need to be going for a minimum of ten , and if you ca n't then the next piece of work that we 're going to do in the lesson next week is going to be quite difficult . |
| 30 | They did n't hurt exactly , it was more of a niggly pain but I worked it out to about once every four minutes or so and my mum said we 'd better ring the hospital . |