Example sentences of "we [vb base] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should attend to the fact that knowledge of the external world means representing a lot of facts at once , so many facts that we lose hold of the idea of ‘ representation ’ . |
| 2 | In the fluidity of contemporary values we do indeed sink into a relativism for which your opinion is worth as much or little as mine whenever we lose faith in awareness itself , and surrender to irrationalism . |
| 3 | ‘ We lose money on recycling , ’ he admits . |
| 4 | Looking down at the fish we lose sight of its great depth and instead see how thin it is across the back . |
| 5 | But , like observers of cricket , we must not become so engrossed in our analysis of the statistics of the game that we lose sight of the fundamental issues of strategy . |
| 6 | But if we exaggerate the earlier parallels to the announcement made in Tintern Abbey and The Prelude we lose sight of Wordsworth 's purpose and of his originality in terms of the philosophic situation in 1798 . |
| 7 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that too often we lose sight of the fact that the national health service was born as a result of co-operation between three parties ? |
| 8 | The irony is that having frittered our energies away in our endeavour to possess the object of our desire , having done all we can , even lied or deceived in order to obtain the object of our desire , we lose interest in that object because , whether consciously or not , we realize that we have not found lasting satisfaction or peace of mind . |
| 9 | But the style is sometimes so impressionistic that we lose track of which island we are on , and to whom we are talking . |
| 10 | As we change labour by one unit what 's the effect on total product or output well that effect is measured by our marginal product . |
| 11 | In particular , we commend attention to the potential ( and challenges ) of staff meetings . |
| 12 | Ooh , various methods , er at the moment , we , there 's just solely six of us throughout the whole country , that er work on appeals , er we raise money through various means er from flag days in the street to major fund raising efforts , er and events that we organise er round the country . |
| 13 | On occasions consequential loss or liability cover can be provided and therefore we qualify exclusion by saying ‘ not specifically provided for by this Policy ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ That was the best ever , ’ she gasped as we lay side by side , our arms and hips touching lightly . |
| 15 | We lay side by side on the floor all over the house — there must have been a dozen or more of us , including nice old Ma Mi who was delighted to see us . |
| 16 | I can now reveal that if we remain second from bottom we will not be relegated . |
| 17 | Eat , drink and be merry , for tomorrow we intervene in social crises , we perform for the masses , we weave at the loom , we grieve for lost lovers and we bring salvation to the suffering patient . |
| 18 | We , we advocate training for our members , encouraging bosses to offer them more . |
| 19 | As anthropologists we stress context as a methodological necessity . |
| 20 | I think part of the reason for this collective blindness or , more accurately perhaps , this collective lack of action , is that we lack conviction that many of these problems are solvable , and we lack understanding of what actually can be and needs to be done to correct them . |
| 21 | They will be geared to making us express how we lack contentment with one system of government or another . |
| 22 | In the 50 seats that Labour needed to capture at the next election , people would continue to view the party with suspicion ‘ until we display democracy in our organisation ’ . |
| 23 | For example , in terms of food , cattle that we eat ; we eat meat in the rich countries , these are fed on grains that are fit for human consumption that are produced , for example in Central and South America , soya meal and so on . |
| 24 | Dietary fibre is the substance which makes the waste matter from the food we eat pass through us and out of us at the desirable , speedy , natural rate . |
| 25 | ‘ Watch your backside , Gringo , back home we eat dog for dinner . ’ |
| 26 | In the afternoon , one or both of us goes in for extra teaching , discussions , etc. in the afternoon , and then we eat dinner at 6 . |
| 27 | Unlike classical behaviourists , functionalists believe that is not possible to explain intelligent behaviour unless we make reference to processes that are taking place inside a person 's head . |
| 28 | When we make love for the second time this throbbing afternoon it is like lingering over liqueurs by a log fire . |
| 29 | We make love for hours and hours , long into the night , and I am not afraid . |
| 30 | We make love like no one ever has in the whole world — the whole history of the world — we are better than Antony and Cleopatra , ’ his voice began to rise with his spirits , ‘ Romeo and Juliet , Paolo and Francesca , Beatrice and Dante , ’ he was lost for words , ‘ better than … better than … |