Example sentences of "we [verb] [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we make up a helical coil ( Fig. 4.2(b) ) the wires are going round always in the same direction so the voltages simply add and we may rewrite eqn ( 4.13 ) in the form |
| 2 | Why , in particular , should we rule out a fourth possibility , that the origin of life is a far more probable event than is suggested by Statement 3 ? |
| 3 | Alison Vaissiere ( the Fair 's organiser ) : Four years ago we drew up a five-year plan ; the first theme in 1989 coincided with the tercentenary of William and Mary and was titled ‘ A tribute to the age of William and Mary ’ ; the following year was ‘ Italy and the Grand Tour ’ ; last year , ‘ The Art and influence of Japan ’ coincided with the Japan Festival ; and of course this year celebrates American patronage . |
| 4 | We are inundated with rabbits , so we fenced off a rabbit-proof area for vegetables and netted the top — the pigeons , caterpillars and slugs ate the lot . |
| 5 | The accompanying suggestion that we send round an additional sheet giving dates of events , at least within the area , has been taken up . |
| 6 | In the first stage we build up a broad structured picture which identifies the main parties , the interactions between them and the main areas where their interests may conflict . |
| 7 | Now we 've got a formula , so we build up a little table . |
| 8 | In the course of our psychic experiences with the objects of our feelings in our environment we build up an inner world which is peopled by ourselves and the residual images of these objects . |
| 9 | For instance , ash we build up an initial market share with a tyre that does not wear out we move away from the long-term profitability because replacements fall sharply . |
| 10 | All we in fact observe is that h is regularly followed by B. This consistent association leads us to connect the two in our own minds , to expect A always to be followed by B , and this we then express by saying that A is the cause of B and B the effect of A. This is all perfectly in order , and indeed it is through such links and associations that we build up an ordered and coherent conception of the world around us and make sense of our experience of it . |
| 11 | Gradually we built up a common world , partly based on the great of the past , like Jane Austen , partly on Ivy . |
| 12 | We fled down a long avenue towards the river . |
| 13 | ‘ We found out a funny thing about the kids , lads really , they were n't so young . |
| 14 | She was watching the road as we roared down a slight incline at all of seventy . |
| 15 | It was a good seven-hour jeep-lurch , even with Abu at the wheel , and for the last two hours we drove over a tyre-tearing track down a parched spit of land . |
| 16 | We drove up a steep gravel path , and soon beheld the well , Tobernalt . |
| 17 | Slowly we drove down a broad unpaved street lined with matchbox-houses . |
| 18 | ‘ We soaked up a great deal of pressure , but then hit them on the break , ’ he said . |
| 19 | However , we climbed up a little way , just to get off the road . |
| 20 | We climbed up a twisting staircase past two floors of tables and then took our place in the bay window on the top floor . |
| 21 | Are we going out a third time ? |
| 22 | At Naba we were overtaken by the hospital train and discovered that their food supply had run out , so we handed over a whole case of sausages and one of tinned peaches . |
| 23 | From our mooring at the pier , panting in the heat , we walked up a long steep , straight track , which led to the main village where accommodation in private houses was to be allocated ; there were no hotels or pensiones . |
| 24 | And then we walked on a little bit further and there was big clumps of them everywhere they was . |
| 25 | We walked down an unsteady plank into the Sudan : a desert plain , dotted with scrub , stretching away to steep hills which rose from the sand like islands from a sea . |
| 26 | ‘ We had been to the pub and as we walked along a well-lit walkway this man came towards us . |
| 27 | We walked along a narrow road with elm and oak trees on either side , moving slowly because Macier 's feet were hurting him . |
| 28 | Visiting Stanley village , we walked along a crowded street of shops and many street traders . |
| 29 | Some had national flags flying from their rucksacks so we hung out a tiny Scottish Saltire . |
| 30 | We will back an enhanced role for the International Atomic Energy Agency in inspecting nuclear sites and for the UN Security Council in acting against those nations which break their non-proliferation obligations . |