Example sentences of "we [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Why , in particular , should we rule out a fourth possibility , that the origin of life is a far more probable event than is suggested by Statement 3 ? |
| 32 | As we steamed down the Sound of Mull one fine afternoon , my No. 1 , Dave Scadding , who was a keen fisherman , noticed a flock of gulls screaming on the water ahead . |
| 33 | We got up every morning and went to our routine , boring and badly-paid jobs , some of us hoping , some of us dreading the advent of Mr Right : he who would relieve us from , God forbid , the tedium of having to rely on each other for company , comfort , support and stimulation . |
| 34 | We got up the top there . |
| 35 | Well , she went and got the Deputy Head and she was a bit upset about it , and then after that our biology group was chopped right down , more or less cut in half , and most of the boys went somewhere else to do their biology while the rest of us stayed with that teacher and we got on a lot better then , you know . |
| 36 | We got out the ‘ spy in the sky ’ . |
| 37 | We got out the 300mm-long lens . |
| 38 | Yeah , I 'd say , remember when we got out the car I said , I can hear that , dee da , dee da 's ! |
| 39 | Well Les says er when we got out the car and you went he says bloody hell that uses some juice do n't it ? |
| 40 | ‘ They had n't paid the interest and court fees , but we got back every single penny they owed . |
| 41 | Actually just just quickly er I just noticed on that list of your questionnaires that we got back a couple that they did n't actually know what was going on . |
| 42 | we lolled over a tablecloth |
| 43 | Can I suggest that we wind up the meeting and er . |
| 44 | Carefully we laid out the tow lines and attached our snow hooks , Tony to one roadside fence post , me to another , Nathan to the bumper of Odd-Knut 's car . |
| 45 | We checked out the site a week beforehand . |
| 46 | I ran off round to Marie 's and we shared out the Cadbury 's bar and then we went and played ball against Julie 's house . |
| 47 | ( TIM ) Hello there … they all get a look in tonight … as we round up the local sport … on the start line ready to go first is the football parade |
| 48 | We round off the holiday with a regatta . |
| 49 | So we sit around the TV and watch John Lee on the screen , having this great party outside this very house , with his grand-kids and his ladyfriends . |
| 50 | Most of the time we sit around the clubroom playing cards . |
| 51 | The girls continued to sing , ‘ Wallflower waltz , where we sit around the walls … ’ |
| 52 | I do n't want to be blown across the room in the first ten minutes so I hang back a little as we sit round the table with Anthony Hopkins and Campbell Scott to read the scene through and discuss it . |
| 53 | As we sit round the set , |
| 54 | We act cool , like we 're not delighted to meet up again , then we sit round the kitchen table and talk . |
| 55 | Alison Vaissiere ( the Fair 's organiser ) : Four years ago we drew up a five-year plan ; the first theme in 1989 coincided with the tercentenary of William and Mary and was titled ‘ A tribute to the age of William and Mary ’ ; the following year was ‘ Italy and the Grand Tour ’ ; last year , ‘ The Art and influence of Japan ’ coincided with the Japan Festival ; and of course this year celebrates American patronage . |
| 56 | In 1977 , we drew up a petition in the name of AMPES which was distributed to factory owners . |
| 57 | ‘ We drew up a list of things we wanted to do and people we wanted to see , ’ says Bridget . |
| 58 | For last year 's service we drew up a plan and then wrote a personal letter from the laity group to all the Churches , emphasising how much we believed in the power of praying together for Unity . |
| 59 | Manager : We sat with the clinicians and said , look we 've got to identify the capital to do this properly and we drew up a clinic scheme and then we had to compromise on what they wanted and John at one stage said , " I 'm sorry , that is what you 're getting . |
| 60 | Which means — since I did n't know about all that when we drew up the contract — there will be a surcharge . ’ |