Example sentences of "we [verb] more [n mass] " in BNC.
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1 | Books were included in the W H Smith catalogue for the second consecutive year , which proved ‘ popular with our customers , and we reckon we got more sales out of it ’ . |
2 | So we supply more people overseas that we are in the U K. |
3 | Do we need more data or better theory ? |
4 | ‘ Trespassing is not a criminal offence and we want more people to understand that . |
5 | The Tories said : ‘ Unlike Labour , we want more people to have the security and satisfaction of owning property . ’ |
6 | We want more people to use them , from particular divisions , i.e. if you 've got common numbers , you ca n't really say numbers to the handset adequately , the system has been proved to be , so it 's a lot easier to have common numbers and publish them in the telephone directory , so look out for that when next the lists go round to update it , update the telephone directory . |
7 | ( Perhaps if we ate more fish the old brain cells might multiply a bit . ) |
8 | ‘ Thanks to Mrs Ashley we employed more people , the weavers were paid overtime and we enjoyed an Indian summer for a good few years . |
9 | For some reason my clients nearly always ask : ‘ Where can we put more people ? ’ |
10 | My own company operates in more than seventy countries , and we employ more people in other parts of the world than we do in our homeland , the United Kingdom . |
11 | ‘ We regretted having to do it , but we had more people attending the Christmas parties last year than we have employees at Wilton . ’ |
12 | If we anticipate reversing the fact that much of our population holidays abroad , so that instead we have more people from overseas holidaying with us , a straightforward reversal of where the money is spent would beneficially affect the foreign exchange by £1,600 million . |
13 | ‘ It 's going down , the atmosphere of the school , as we have more staff of , if you do n't mind me saying it , lower calibre . |
14 | We need more people like him to bring pleasure and a happy friendly atmosphere to everyone visiting Liverpool , and to raise cash not only to the Newborn Baby Appeal , but to any other charity he chooses . |
15 | Fourteen people attended the first meeting last week but Phyllis Horsley , a member of the Darlington Trust said : ‘ There is room for everyone ; we need more people who can help with conservation work , people who can help record data on local animals and plants , and older people who just want to help raise money . ’ |
16 | It may not help us to catch more fish , but it could help us to understand why we have n't when we feel we ought to have . |
17 | We try to reduce the distance between ourselves and our boss by using first-person-plural pronouns , talking of what ‘ we ’ ( i.e. the boss and I ) will do in the future — ‘ We could always write to head office , and ask them to let us have more data . |
18 | This will enable us to house more people on the waiting list and , in some cases , to provide more opportunities for homesteading . |