Example sentences of "[conj] we [det] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although we each have a body , that is where the similarity ends . |
| 2 | So , if I believe that we each have a number of incarnations , what do I think is the purpose of it all ? |
| 3 | First of all I think at the end of the day that we all know a democracy never comes cheap , it 's erm , there are cheaper alternatives for administering decisions , but erm , but dictatorship does n't go well and therefore democracy will never come cheap . |
| 4 | ‘ I think Mr Fairham means that we all share a concern over the incident that happened here not so long ago , ’ Clinton said . |
| 5 | And sometimes Madame would just decide that we all needed a change and there 'd be paint ordered and people would come in during the day and work for a couple of days and the whole place would be done out for a party or a festival . |
| 6 | Again , there are those who would quarrel with this view but let me tell you that we all have a mentor , an inner teacher , a guardian angel , a being of light who protects us and is totally dedicated to the task of leading us to the point of self-realization , to bring about the harmony and peace for which we pray . |
| 7 | Now is the time for us all to inform ourselves about the problem to make sure that we all have a part in the making of that decision ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ Natural ’ : does this mean that we all have a gene that determines we will be shocked ? |
| 9 | That 's right , and I think that erm , yes , there 's a notion that I find useful in talking to students that we all have a comfort zone , there are all things that we know about , that we know how to do and if anything comes up — I mean in business it might be accountancy , we do n't all know how to handle figures , and so that 's an area that we 've hived off in that area and we all know that when we do that we are , as it were , giving up a bit ; we 're saying ‘ well , I ca n't manage I just do n't have I ca n't do that , it 's not for me ’ . |
| 10 | And we all got a flip on Ronaldsay for our trouble . |
| 11 | Inevitably , hygiene was not the guards ' top priority and we all got a dose of diarrhoea . |
| 12 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |
| 13 | In the evening , Michael came in with Patsy 's husband , the boys and Chris , and we all had a meal together . |
| 14 | Janet Whittaker , the producer , her assistant and the engineer greeted me and we all had a cup of hot beige stuff masquerading as tea , before the first read-through of the script . |
| 15 | Yeah we went to France and then the thing about the bath came back and we all had a bath but we were all wearing clothes |
| 16 | We took off within minutes and flew about 100 miles to Swift Current , at which point the storm had increased to such velocity that Buchanan made an emergency landing and we all found a hotel in the town for the night . |
| 17 | Good on you , I say , it adds a light-hearted touch to a great magazine and we all need a laugh now and again , do n't we ? |
| 18 | We construct the character of the giant ; a child makes a suggestion , and we all have a go at enacting it , seeing what it would look like . |
| 19 | ‘ We both read them and we both made a mistake . |
| 20 | ‘ And thanks for the recommendation , but seriously , I 'm twenty-seven and Tony 's thirty-three , and we both want a family . |
| 21 | As a country , if we all ate a lower-fat , and less-processed diet , Britain would not have one of the world 's highest rates of heart disease . |
| 22 | ‘ I think it would be a good idea if we all had a swim before breakfast , do n't you ? ’ he said , the announcement seized upon with alacrity by the two little girls who , once again , began jumping up and down on the mattress as if it were a trampoline . |
| 23 | It might be easier if we all presented a resume of ourselves rather than waited for the questions ! |
| 24 | For Christmas Brown Owl thought it would be a good idea if we each made a Christmas cracker for the children in our local hospital . |
| 25 | But we all have a murderer in us . |
| 26 | I 'm glad it went there , because we all got a chance to see it , but the chances are it would have come to us and , and fitted much more snugly if you like . |
| 27 | I , er I was gon na spring another type of love because we all spend a lot of money on it , the love of pets of animals |
| 28 | His strength of character was invaluable in dealing with the guards and his commitment to his fellow hostages was such that he would listen quietly and matter of factly on the occasions when we all had a heart-to-heart about the little ways in which we got on each others ' nerves . |
| 29 | You may not have behaved too badly under the circumstances ( though we all have a limit to the length of our inner fuse ) ; but how much of the conflict was contributed by the part of you over which you seem to have less control , the fire down below , the lesser-disciplined arena of your own strong inner responses ? |