Example sentences of "we [vb base] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All except ( 6 ) have an introductory adverbial clause or phrase providing a point of orientation before we launch into a main clause . |
| 2 | We launch into a little Talmudic logic-chopping of our own on the question of free will and responsibility when a dybbuk is in residence . |
| 3 | And in the dark , when we lay beneath a single sheet and I gave off a Calabrian sweat , when the middle stretch of the night was shorter but still hard to get through — then , as I turned towards that loose S beside me , she would , with a soft murmur , try to lift the lost hair from the back of her neck . |
| 4 | There is no logical starting point , since we bring to a literary text simultaneously two faculties , however imperfectly developed : our ability to respond to it as a literary work and our ability to observe its language . |
| 5 | My group has nothing to be ashamed of , but , like everybody else nowadays , we suffer from a general shortage of cash . |
| 6 | Irritation can also be caused by inflammation such as when we suffer from a cold or allergy . |
| 7 | Cos we advertise in a special format do n't we ? |
| 8 | ‘ If they want something manufactured to their own spec , OK , but we insist on a thumping great order or a high price . ’ |
| 9 | Here , we concentrate on a partial equilibrium story and explore how economic agents tackle a rather difficult dynamic decision problem ; in later work we shall embed this story in a market context , but this first step will enable us to isolate certain elements in the market story . |
| 10 | The area , I mean , we back onto a big council estate . |
| 11 | Bailey gives me instant coffee and a plate of Tesco jam doughnuts , still in their plastic packet , and we sit at a dusty picnic table outside , slapping off flies . |
| 12 | It is through literature that we grow into a particular kind of awareness of ourselves and — an inseparable corollary — of our manifold relations with each other and all that is not self , without which there is really not much ‘ self ’ to talk about . |
| 13 | The advantage of our body clock is that it improves the way in which we fit into a rhythmic environment ( this was considered in more detail in Chapter 8 ) . |
| 14 | Notice that I have a red pencil and a blue one has no crossed interpretation , which is what we expect from a genuine ambiguity . |
| 15 | The reason why company law should have been so concerned to legitimate the power of corporate managers is that this power potentially threatens the political-economic organization we associate with a liberal democracy . |
| 16 | Diane says : ‘ Quite often we build within an existing community and will retain its name . |
| 17 | It is always a big event and probably just what we want after a bad defeat . ’ |
| 18 | So , if we are grooming a horse and it tries to cow-kick us , we retaliate with a sharp verbal reproach or a smack with the flat of the hand , and usually the horse decides to accept that we are the boss and minds its manners in the future . |
| 19 | We kiss for a long time , then I straighten up . |
| 20 | From this high point of religiosity we descend to an ironic concluding sentence , recalling another leitmotiv which makes its first appearance in passage [ 3 ] : [ 6 ] " Dear me , dear me ! |
| 21 | Economics , sociology , mathematics , law and accounting were suggested as the essential subjects , and although colleges could provide liberal studies also , ‘ we would stress the importance we attach to a liberal treatment of the whole curriculum ’ . |
| 22 | My hon. Friend is right to emphasise the great importance that we attach to a successful GATT round . |
| 23 | Thus Mackie is what he calls a ‘ moral sceptic ’ , though he is in favour of continuing to live in the light of moral values and obligations which we acknowledge as a human invention or construction serving widely shared human purposes . |
| 24 | In our response to the English language , both as readers and writers , we depend on an intimate feeling for words and rhythms and innuendoes and images and ironies which can only be achieved by exposure to great English literature . |
| 25 | The main good grains on which we depend for an essential part of our daily diet come from plants belonging to the family of grasses and can not be readily digested until the tough outer shells are broken up and , sometimes , removed . |
| 26 | Before we embark on a major explanatory exercise , however , we must be sure that the effect is truly causal , and not just the spurious result of joint association with a prior explanatory variable , as explained in chapter 12 . |
| 27 | We conclude with a brief discussion of the interaction of some recent participatory initiatives with the local representative system of democracy . |
| 28 | After a more general treatment of the direct vs indirect tax debate , we conclude with a brief look at recent reforms of local taxation and social security benefits . |
| 29 | He said : ‘ We hope for a favourable result because Oswestry could be a major force in the Alliance . |
| 30 | When we speak of a delinquent subculture , we speak of a way of life that has somehow become traditional among certain groups in American society . |