Example sentences of "we [vb base] at a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | En route to Chicago , we stop at a truck stop and come face to face with Al Jourgensen , head honcho from Ministry and disciple of Aleister Crowley — and Dennis Wheatley . |
| 2 | I get into step with him and we stop at a door at the end of the corridor . |
| 3 | I suggested we stop at a bar for sherbet |
| 4 | We stop at a war memorial for what guitarist Graham Lambert ironically calls ‘ a photo opportunity ’ , only to be chased away by a jobsworth demanding a permit , and pause at a sculpture dedicated to the Jews that died in World War 2 , one of those chilling reminders that provide a spot of scary realism in every fantasy city . |
| 5 | Despite the reported remarks ‘ to scorer colleagues … it must be very difficult to give a decision so far out ’ , it is n't ; we stand at a distance from which we can see . |
| 6 | ‘ We stand at a crossroads , Cam , ’ Mr Whistle said . |
| 7 | For musicians , the lure of the West must be strong , and for reasons as understandable as basic working conditions and standard of living , but as a result we stand at a crossroads : how can we possibly avoid the continuing standardization of orchestral , instrumental and vocal production , and continue to have the opportunity of hearing music played in a style and tradition for which it was probably originally conceived . |
| 8 | What really happens when we look at a globe , or a painting ? |
| 9 | In fact , if we look at a conversation like Conversation B or Conversation D , where all the participants are British-born and in their late teens or twenties , it is most often the case that a Creole utterance does not receive a Creole response . |
| 10 | If we look at a relationship or any type of communication as a situation where somebody 's going to win and somebody 's going to lose there 's not gon na be much chance of two people working together on that so what happens is somebody 's got to lose . |
| 11 | If we look at a relationship or any type of commu mean taking a bit of a different look at things thinking well what is it that this person wants from me and what is it that I want from this person ? |
| 12 | This month we look at a catfish with an unusual spawning technique . |
| 13 | When we look at a house in the distance and we see a small house — say half an inch high — surrounded by trees two inches high , we are not fooled into perceiving them as small . |
| 14 | It is easy enough to send information at the speed of light : after all , we do exactly this when we wave at a friend or , to be more subtle , use any form of sign language . |
| 15 | If we multiply the former figure by a factor of two to obtain a roughly comparable population at risk size , we arrive at a ratio of seven to one in favour ( sic ) of work-induced avoidable suffering . |
| 16 | If we follow Wimsatt and Beardsley this far , we arrive at a position that has had a great deal of attraction for literary critics , that the object of criticism must be the literary text itself . |
| 17 | By ingrafting representation upon democracy , we arrive at a system of government capable of embracing and confederating all the various interests and every extent of territory and population ; … |
| 18 | ‘ We have maintained the low profile here because the level of publicity we received at the start would actually hamper the work we do at a community level . |
| 19 | ‘ No , but we live at a sort of peace with each other , which is good . ’ |
| 20 | WE live at a time when reporters go to foreign countries where there is trouble and come back to write books in which they say that it was hard to make out what was going on . |
| 21 | It was thought to be efficient to increase the yield to produce more than we need at a price which is more than we can pay and then dump the surplus on the world market , leaving the farmer with nothing . |
| 22 | I suggest we work at a readjustment of your ideas . |