Example sentences of "we [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Does n't say about time she retired Mm mm ha In our report , headed the burden slaves , on October the thirteenth we mistakenly a picture of Vidalia Oberia in place of Mrs Filamenia Agassi typical Daily Mail !
2 Are we still an item ? ’
3 We also a member of the Accountants ' Business Network ( ABN ) which exists to circulate details of companies for sale and companies wishing to buy among the major accountancy firms .
4 ‘ Your father does owe us rather a lot of money , you know , will your cousin meet the obligations ? ’
5 For it is becoming increasingly clear that a semantic theory alone can give us only a proportion , and perhaps only a small if essential proportion , of a general account of language understanding .
6 Could she give us just a handful of examples of people who were moved from geriatric beds into the private sector in the early stages of the development of the policy and were given the assurance that she says was publicly given that the Government had no intention of meeting fees , however high ?
7 Here we are , hale and hearty , neither of us exactly a moron .
8 ‘ Bobby trains us once a week at the local leisure centre and we 've really progressed this season under his supervision . ’
9 At first they came to visit us once a month but then the visits became few and far between .
10 It gives us also an indication of where those flows went .
11 You 've been with us nearly a year now , and it 's thanks to your work that we 're well on the way to managing the volatility problem at high temperatures . ’
12 They sent us nearly a box full of it .
13 The second is that from the Cherwell boathouse to the point where the tragedy occurred is a distance of over two and a half miles , including a strenuous portage , and took us nearly an hour .
14 ‘ Why do n't you fix us both a drink while I 'm trying to find the answer to the problem ? ’ he added , stripping off his tie and undoing the top buttons of his shirt .
15 I gave us both a refill .
16 Thelma gave us both a refill , shaking her head .
17 " So am I , Fiddy , so am I. Oh , go and get us both a glass of brandy , woman .
18 John Heminges of the Queen 's Men taught us both a lot .
19 ‘ You could save us both a lot of trouble by handing over the papers without any fuss . ’
20 wants to see us about a quarter past two
21 It took us about an hour by bus to get into the Central Market but in the last year we were there , the public transport system collapsed and we had to go home in trucks just as if we were cattle .
22 ‘ It will take us about an hour to get there .
23 That was the general feeling but he did , he gave us about an hour and a half .
24 Get some petrol , go home and have a cup of tea , that gives us about an hour
25 I think it took us about an hour and a half to get home !
26 Will you fly to us tomorrow a representative who can lay down principles and answer specific questions .
27 So it actually comes to us quite a bit smaller than when it 's filled in by them .
28 ‘ It took us quite a while to persuade other people just how much tennis in general could benefit , especially in those countries where Government grants are dependent on Olympic membership , if tennis was once again a member of the Olympic family .
29 To be able to create different effects by changing plants around is exciting , and it also tends to teach us quite a lot about the relationships in spacing of plants , of different shapes and habits of growth .
30 Studies of simple brains like that of Aplysia tell us quite a lot .
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