Example sentences of "[verb] that we [be] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did n't know that we were asking for impossible things , because we had never worked in the record business before — and we 'd get them . |
| 2 | ‘ We often say that we are looking for the intention of Parliament , but that is not quite accurate . |
| 3 | Lord Browne-Wilkinson quotes the observation of Lord Reid that ‘ we often say that we are looking for the intention of Parliament but that is not quite accurate . |
| 4 | You have seen that we were waiting for you . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , anyway , the fact that the whole of Europe is against you shows that we 're fighting for something worth-while . ’ |
| 6 | Oh well , well er most of us are b even , even the Tories themselves know , they know that we 're fighting for the old people , but do they we get the same old reply from them , where is the money coming ? |
| 7 | If these three are all to be included , the remaining eight players must al be able to bat well , which means that we are looking for at least three allrounders , including the wicketkeeper . |
| 8 | We never had much to eat in ordinary times , but we had less now and us kids were really glad of the extra slice of bread and jam that we were given for our school breakfast . |
| 9 | We have doubled our medical input to our immunisation clinics and struggled through the difficulties of vaccine availability only to be informed that we are working for no reward . |