Example sentences of "we [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being committed to pray for someone is perhaps the greatest commitment we could make and as such we as a church need to be faithful in this , that is why it would be good to get prayer support groups together . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's more precious to us than the crown jewels . ’ |
| 3 | If you do so you must repay to us immediately the amount by which your withdrawal exceeded the amount available and if you fail to do this we may debit any other account or accounts you may have . |
| 4 | Anyway , there was hardly an atmosphere of trust between the two of us so the idea of me ‘ dealing ’ with him was not a comfortable one . |
| 5 | She is neat at sewing , and we will take in lodgers between us until the business is paying its way . ’ |
| 6 | What are the prospects for us if no change takes place ? |
| 7 | Back in August we joined forces with Cossack and asked you to look at your fella and tell us if the man of your dreams had turned into the man of your nightmares ! |
| 8 | She asks us if the cinema in front of which we 're standing , the one with the large sign saying ‘ Odeon Mezzanine ’ , could in fact by any chance be the Odeon Mezzanine . |
| 9 | However , perhaps it would be best for us if the tour is not soon ’ — LAURIE MAINS ( new All Black coach ) on future contests with South Africa . |
| 10 | Civil War is an awful thing , not to be lightly encountered , but it is not the greatest evil which confronts us if the coercion of Ulster is tried . |
| 11 | ‘ You know what will happen to us if the book is not found , ’ snarled Dashwood . |
| 12 | I bet they did it worse than us if the truth was known . |
| 13 | If , however , you feel unable to do this , it would still help us if the questionnaire could be filled in for the largest course , and some indication be given of provision in other courses . |
| 14 | This dubious eschatology need not worry us because the novel makes no attempt to encompass it . |
| 15 | They come to us because the manufacturer or retailer wishes to take advantage of exposure in what is simply the best and biggest fishkeeping magazine in the UK . |
| 16 | ‘ I believe we suffered the downturn because of the way in which we kept our clients up to date , insofar as when the recession hit , our clients did n't need to come to us because the Revenue was on their backs . |
| 17 | ‘ She 's badly run down anyway — like most of us since the war — and has very little resistance . ’ |
| 18 | Crilly , I 'll tell you about the sparkle of Belgravia , the shimmer of white marble , a sumptuous , salubrious white , the sugary white of fluffy friendship , cloudship , feely white , and the slim cobblestone road which led to the river where I met James who was fresh from Waterstone 's with his arms full of Pinter plays , O he was as a young Terence Stamp , Crilly , but for the sly cracks of wisdom about the corners of his eyes , and we drank espresso and he told me about Spain and the high mountains of India , and the Pyrenees he had taken on foot , and though I was as trite as my shopping Saturdays and my small muggy and squirming palms in summertime , he painted my body swirly-lined and peach upon a large canvas and made love to me upon the tip of the Heath with all of London a basin of rooftops beneath us while the sky loomed low in grey and pink , the Heath a dark pudding of sloping mountains , wild and white and wide as Brontë country , with only the smug suburban cliffs of Highgate Village peering from behind its sprawling hem , and big dogs scurried like brown birds to the crevice of foothills and then disappeared , so we made love for a while beneath that sky , which cast a blaze upon us the colour of cream . |
| 19 | Order , will the right hon. Gentleman seek to have the report of the Select Committee on Energy on the privatisation of the electricity industry in Northern Ireland available to us before the debate takes place ? |
| 20 | No , no i ever every decision was taken at the lodge , the shop stewards did n't run the strike between them and just inform us after every decision was taken by all fifty members at the start and forty members at the finish , and I 'm you know I 'm proud to say that everyone was part of what went on . |
| 21 | Your mother left us after the lad was born , and she 's ne'er been seen since . |
| 22 | As the Scottish islands await progress on the matter , can the Leader of the House tell us whether the Secretary of State for Scotland will make a statement early next week on ESAs for Scotland ? |
| 23 | In that case , will the hon. Gentleman tell us whether the occupancy of the development corporation board place will change when the occupancy of the lord mayor 's seat changes ? |
| 24 | The report has informed the contents of the Bill , so will the Secretary of State or the Under-Secretary tell us whether the Government are going to reject the advice in the Rothschild report about the future size of the coal industry ? |
| 25 | The Minister has an obligation to tell us whether the Government intend to implement Rothschild if they are returned to power . |
| 26 | When significant parts of the system are reformed , we have no test to tell us whether the outcome is an improper breach of the constitutional order , a proper amendment , or whether the reformed institutions were not part of the ‘ constitution ’ at all . |
| 27 | They want a spread of expenditure for the contract works So what we agreed with them is that we will forthwith start sending them client reports and I 've asked them if they will report back to us whether the client reports are in the form they want them . |
| 28 | I wonder whether the Minister can tell us whether the project at Grimethorp is now securely funded , so that it will be able to complete its programme of 1,250 hours of operation ? |
| 29 | The property is inspected by a valuer who tells us whether the place you 're buying is worth what we 'll be lending — not what you 're paying for it . |
| 30 | It tells how much of the variation among individuals in a population is due to variation in their genes ; which in turn tells us whether the population would respond to natural selection on the trait . |