Example sentences of "we [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last month we endured the loss of our beautiful , two-year-old Airedale , Ben . |
| 2 | Finally , we sketch the evolution of Marxism after Marx . |
| 3 | Mrs Humphreys said : ‘ Had we received the £68,000 the company would still be in business . ’ |
| 4 | And then Sylvia came in with apologies and that perennially green hat , and we lowered the lights while she recited De Musset 's ‘ Nuit de Mai ’ . |
| 5 | Then we lowered the sail and sat in the sun , and Pierre spoke of the lot he and his fellow villagers had been born to , the weeks at sea , the gales , the great hauls of fish , the hardships and achievements of a Breton fisherman 's life , while we ate the food he had brought with him , and drank his rough cider . |
| 6 | Notes We regret the factory tour is unsuitable for people in wheelchairs . |
| 7 | We regret the delay and we hope that the promised publication on Waddilove will be earlier rather than later in the current session , and that the government will take an early opportunity to publish clearer guidelines on its assessment of ‘ national need ’ for opencast coal , and the weight to be given to environmental considerations . |
| 8 | We regret the things we failed to do , we reproach ourselves for things we did do and feel relief that we have moved on . |
| 9 | We regret the consequences to the communities of Darlington and Spennymoor of the industry 's terminal decline but then we have never thought that having factories which make a product which kills people was ever anything to be proud of . |
| 10 | ‘ Clearly we regret the court 's ruling , ’ one said . |
| 11 | We regret the tour is unsuitable for people in wheelchairs . |
| 12 | We regret the part we 'ave left , rather than rejoice over the part we 'ave preferred ! ’ |
| 13 | We regret the end of our schooldays but look ahead to the future with great hope . |
| 14 | We regret the use of the word genocide in the motion since it is quite out of proportion erm as well as being offensive to many . |
| 15 | However , we regret the use of the word genocide in the motion since it is quite out of proportion |
| 16 | Late on 29 June 1690 , having so far evaded battle , he was ordered by the government to engage the enemy , being goaded into action by a message from the queen herself : ‘ We apprehend the consequences of your retiring to the Gunfleet to be so fatal , that we choose rather that you should , upon any advantage of the wind , give battle to the enemy . ’ |
| 17 | Their use of the word ‘ consciousness ’ refers to the system of meaning through which we apprehend the world , as well as the ideas , opinions and beliefs which we are aware of holding . |
| 18 | This is not so , they argue , because we apprehend the world through a system of meaning which we have learned from others and of which language is an essential part . |
| 19 | Erm , We revealed the Queen wants the crown to skip a generation . |
| 20 | Of course , David 's bodyguards were guarding the door and I went to see what they wanted and this guy , who said he was the night detective , announced that unless we emptied the room in five minutes , he was going to close the party down . |
| 21 | After Dee left , we emptied the contents of our shiny carriers on to the floor and sat amid the jumble drinking coffee and trying on various ‘ finds ’ for each other 's approval , between ‘ oohs ’ and ‘ aahs ’ . |
| 22 | While the visuals usually tell the story , remember that we lose the support of many of the visual elements we get in realistic presentations — lip movements for example . |
| 23 | We lose the profit of half the increased production . |
| 24 | In the poem you are about to hear , the famous poet , William Wordsworth tells us that the day we lose the ability to marvel at something as wonderful as a rainbow , we lose something very important . |
| 25 | Because of the many hours of sitting that we do , we lose the ability to squat or even the ability to sit down without falling down . |
| 26 | When we lose the ability to cry , our body is deprived of one of the great protectors against stress . |
| 27 | If a motion about a particular industry can not be placed on the agenda , that of our congress then we lose the accountability . |
| 28 | They wo n't keep the barracks short , so we lose the water , we do without . ’ |
| 29 | If British born people of minority ethnic extraction are invisible in statistics on sudden infant deaths ( or any other areas ) we lose the chance to identify accurately both health trends and the health practices that may be associated with specific morbidity or mortality . |
| 30 | ‘ But we lose the cargo , ’ Louis suggested coldly . |