Example sentences of "we [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A heavy swell pounded and cascaded over the broken pier at the narrow entrance as we made a hair-raising dash through to keep steerage way . |
| 32 | Now , although the idea that whenever we see that someone is in pain we make an inference from behaviour to feeling is about as mythical as the idea that at some time in the past we made a Social Contract , the ‘ argument from analogy ’ line of reasoning seems much less implausible here than in the ‘ Afternoon on the Sun ’ case . |
| 33 | We made a last cup of tea on the camping stove and retired midnight . |
| 34 | We made a brief stop at the Convent of Les Filles de Dieu near the port of St Severin . |
| 35 | ‘ We made a conscious decision not to use the horn section this time around , so we could have more space for the guitar . |
| 36 | After the Opera , we made a short trip to the famous Sacher Hotel , where a private room was organised for supper . |
| 37 | We made a token search for it on the way back to the bay , but then he went straight to his boat , and it 's gone , and I 've no idea where to . |
| 38 | We made a numerological error . |
| 39 | Erm we made a little mistake with that one because it was a , a very big area , a lot of houses , and er the Crime Prevention Department as it was then , promised everyone that we 'd visit everyone 's house and , and advise them on their security . |
| 40 | Or we made a little fault with the design . |
| 41 | Oddly enough , I found that I could keep the port wing up for a considerable time and , as I lost flying speed and I came nearer and nearer to the Engineering Wing area , the port wing happily stayed in the air until my speed was very low indeed and then gradually — and I did not think of this — one ( and only one ) of the prop blades gently ploughed into the rather soft earth , My port wing was still in the air , and ever so gently we made a beautiful semi-turn to port . |
| 42 | Also 83 per cent believed that we made a positive contribution to good customer relations . ’ |
| 43 | It has been a particular source of worry that sales of the magazine have been so low ; in fact on the current issue we made a considerable loss which as a small Society is very difficult to cover . |
| 44 | We made a considerable effort to adjust for problems related to potential misclassification of anal cancers . |
| 45 | In spite of the great advance in knowledge , we made a grave error in assuming that the stone wall was built with the rampart . |
| 46 | We made a difficult decision , and provided a generous settlement for haemophiliacs . |
| 47 | They are match-winners and we made a special effort to involve them . |
| 48 | My initial impressions , from hearing the occasional report ( as above ) was that we made a disastrous start , and went a goal behind … that took us a while to get over , in the meantime Norwich were boosted . |
| 49 | To put it in another way , when searching for a word which will revitalize an object , we pick a farfetched word , unusual at least in its given application , a word which is forced into service . |
| 50 | Thus we pick a random number in the range 1 to 586÷2 = 293 . |
| 51 | the problem with Jesus ' disciples and the point here is that it 's our problem as well , is not that we lack a big faith . |
| 52 | I mean I think er , when your blood pressure was found out and you 'd been taking tablets ever , so , I think it 's kept it all under control and you 've , you , we eat a sensible diet . |
| 53 | We make a strong distinction between ‘ aggro ’ and violence . |
| 54 | Together we make a perfect whole . |
| 55 | It is not difficult to see that in understanding such an exchange we make a great number of detailed ( pragmatic ) inferences about the nature of the context in which ( 32 ) can be assumed to be taking place . |
| 56 | We make a great partnership , Malcolm . ’ |
| 57 | We also see that teaching will build people up and we make a small amount of time after worship for this also . |
| 58 | We make a collective decision , together , for peace or for strife . |
| 59 | I retorted angrily : ‘ If I have ambition sans ability then we make a good team . |
| 60 | ‘ We make a good team . |