Example sentences of "we [adv] [verb] the [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Could n't we rather pick the one tune and the other ? |
| 5 | We eventually finished the first day 's walking . |
| 6 | Basta , che sol tu chieda ’ has all the solemnity for which we most admire the great bass arias from Messiah . |
| 7 | Thereafter we eagerly obtained the precious four novels of the canon and she became our favourite writer . |
| 8 | After a while , if we constantly wear the same , favourite scent , we can become immune to its charms . |
| 9 | ‘ If we constantly wear the same scent , we become immune to it ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | You see , we only get the German news in this Place , and of course that does n't mean a thing ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It 's very early days — we only saw the first draft last month and it could be three years before it is implemented . |
| 16 | We only saw the last |
| 17 | You see we only had the one van , you s cos the one van was wanted to go to Wicken on a Saturday again . |
| 18 | As Bourn was such a new station , we only had the bare essentials in the way of equipment , mainly the Stevenson Screen with its thermometers , an aneroid barometer in the office and the aforementioned teleprinter . |
| 19 | We only switched the last few minutes on . |
| 20 | We only cleared the vital point by 100 yards . |
| 21 | We only see the worst , and some of those are fairly horrible , I can tell you . |
| 22 | We only want the best teams on a project , if it is to stay on schedule . |
| 23 | … In a court it would be so easy if I was on the other side to get up and say that in respect of eight of the conditions ‘ We complied and we only contravened the suspended solids condition and we 're very sorry it was 30,000 p.p.m. but you 're not gon na cane us for that are you , Mr Magistrate ? |
| 24 | And we only wanted the melted chocolate , we could have had a sticky finger then could n't we ? |
| 25 | ‘ Now that we only have the one line , we want to catch up on the backlog of maintenance and repairs . |
| 26 | we only address the urgent things . |
| 27 | We suddenly saw the wizened old man in a new light . |
| 28 | Our Verdict : We especially liked the facial saunas , a relaxing treatment that gave a lift to tired skin . |
| 29 | We especially oppose the two-tier Health Service which the Government is creating . |
| 30 | Should we all do the same questions ? |