Example sentences of "we [verb] [noun] [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 | Such a consideration did not arise in connection with Sainte-Agathe , however , and when Jean-Claude felt he needed to refresh his memory of details , we rode cross-country to the village . |
| 11 | We rode north to the ferry and , God knows how , got across the Forth . |
| 12 | You 're about to put a proposition to us , later on , about how we change documents in the process form , authorising the change and the re-issuing . |
| 13 | If we change notes from chord to chord this weakening does not occur — the notes retain their ‘ freshness ’ . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | How many times have we heard comments along the lines of ‘ What can you expect from a child from that kind of family ? ’ |
| 16 | In particular , we commend attention to the potential ( and challenges ) of staff meetings . |
| 17 | When we raise questions about truth and reality , we carry with us presumptions derived from the special sciences , and thus can not achieve transcendental reflection . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Personally , I do n't even eat chicken ; I prefer my protein to come from eggs , fish and cheese — but that is a personal choice based on my own unhappiness at the way we raise animals for slaughter . |
| 20 | On occasions consequential loss or liability cover can be provided and therefore we qualify exclusion by saying ‘ not specifically provided for by this Policy ’ . |
| 21 | Should we regard music as a kind of anaesthetic for weary executives so that we can opt out a warm bath of string sound ? |
| 22 | We agreed terms for Enichem of Italy to use the BP Fluid Bed Process for producing polyethylene . |
| 23 | we met , we met Ashley with the rabbit |
| 24 | We visited Abu Dhabi and Dubai , where we met members of the royal family and other officials ; Hong Kong ; Gibraltar ; and other towns and cities in Britain . |
| 25 | In private discussions , we met churchmen of many denominations . |
| 26 | ‘ We met Taplow in prison and saw the poor bastard die ! ’ |
| 27 | In the temperature controlled sample room , where Bob keeps his hops as well as batches of ale , we savoured examples of Sovereign and Best Bitter . |
| 28 | We applied shades from the Wella Koleston 2000 range to lighten the roots and warm the ends . |
| 29 | ‘ That was the best ever , ’ she gasped as we lay side by side , our arms and hips touching lightly . |
| 30 | 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 . |