Example sentences of "we [adv] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Peking and Sian , the main streets here are spacious and tree-lined , but we rarely explore the back streets , which you see branching off everywhere , alley-ways where the people live in hovels which would make the slums of European cities appear spacious mansions — but even these alleyways look clean and well-cared for , in spite of their higgledy-piggledy mud- or wood- or brick-walled dwellings . |
| 2 | We rarely see the Old Testament as a whole and little attention is paid to the system of political economy which is set up under divine instruction in the Pentateuch . |
| 3 | With our sister company , Wood Group Engineering Contractors , we successfully secured a long term contract from BP to provide integrated engineering services for the Miller , Magnus and Thistle platforms . |
| 4 | They are really frustrating to play against and we badly need a good start . |
| 5 | By doing so , we effectively answered the first part of the question of principle raised by the appeal , and decided that the court has the power in its inherent jurisdiction to override W. 's refusal to undergo the necessary treatment . |
| 6 | Could n't we rather pick the one tune and the other ? |
| 7 | We eventually finished the first day 's walking . |
| 8 | Gradually , as the stress level in our glass continues to rise , we eventually reach a critical point , some distance from the top of the glass , at which the body begins the signalling process that the stress level is too high . |
| 9 | Since we needed someone to skin and look after the specimens we collected , we eventually employed a lanky youth called Yusuf German who had worked for a Greek taxidermist in the town . |
| 10 | Basta , che sol tu chieda ’ has all the solemnity for which we most admire the great bass arias from Messiah . |
| 11 | We entirely repudiated a personal liability on us to obey general rules . |
| 12 | Thereafter we eagerly obtained the precious four novels of the canon and she became our favourite writer . |
| 13 | Each year we naturally lose a few active teachers through ill-health , retirement or when having babies ! |
| 14 | After a while , if we constantly wear the same , favourite scent , we can become immune to its charms . |
| 15 | ‘ If we constantly wear the same scent , we become immune to it ’ |
| 16 | It generates paper in sickening profusion ; it makes unconscionable demands on the heroes of the piece , the thirteen or fourteen hundred volunteers drawn mainly from ‘ that two-handed engine ’ we pompously call the binary system of higher education … but with all its faults the system works . |
| 17 | 2 clubs that were not only fighting for European places , but are good enough to win the league , but we obviously need a few slip ups at Old trafford . |
| 18 | But for our last point we had to rely on being half-right about two issues : we rightly predicted a Common Market between the US and Canada — but wrongly thought it would also include Mexico and Venezuela ; and we predicted that unemployment would rise sharply in the West , causing more flexible working patterns — but were over-optimistic about the implications , seeing masses of people returning to school in middle life and then starting a new career . |
| 19 | We greatly value the close contact we have with the Junior School prefects and the Sixth Year pupils , as well as the assistance we receive from parents in a variety of situations . |
| 20 | I remember coming into the store one Saturday at five minutes to four , I apologised for being so late and you said to me ‘ That 's alright Sir , we only shoot the last three ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ If we move to London , become bigger , when we come back we would want to play this place but there 's the danger that the manager is not going to pay us more than a hundred quid because we only draw a certain crowd … |
| 22 | Nobody knew there were any in the loch but then we only got the one and it would not surprise me if he had not eaten all the others if there had been any others that is . |
| 23 | We only get a certain amount a week off our dad [ parents separated ] and that 's about it — and what I take home . ’ |
| 24 | You see , we only get the German news in this Place , and of course that does n't mean a thing ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It 's very early days — we only saw the first draft last month and it could be three years before it is implemented . |
| 26 | We only saw the last |
| 27 | By chastising a horse , we only make a tense situation worse . |
| 28 | Of course we only support a tiny proportion of the proposals put to us , mainly because it is very difficult to create new and revolutionary approaches . |
| 29 | well we were considered to be fortunate that we did n't , we only had a small percentage that we had a problem with |
| 30 | It was as though previously we only had a limited knowledge of what children were capable of thinking , feeling and making , until encouraged to respond in a personal way to the real world around them . |