Example sentences of "[subord] we [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Even when Vinnie left — although we sold him for either what we bought him , or maybe 50 grand more , he had a very good season at Leeds , proved he could play a bit , he should have gone for more . |
2 | the other one , so we left it on that channel , channel nine I think it were . |
3 | When I was at college I did a pastiche of the student magazine , doing the fold , and it was called Shell , so we renamed it for that one issue Rolling Shell , and I ever so carefully did the lettering for both the title boxes , then I got really disappointed when it came to set the type for the front page article underneath the big photograph which we printed as duo tone , because I could do it on the I B M — I could actually do it in Times and I thought it was going to be really , you know , I 'd have to really struggle and find |
4 | One cultural tendency feminists must be critical of , and ultimately indeed try to eliminate , is the tendency to impose the categories ‘ masculine ’ and ‘ feminine ’ on every aspect of life , so we see them as natural categories instead of what they are , restrictive and unequal constructs . |
5 | Well we decided , decided what we w , what the object was , and then , we got into a position that certain cards so , the cards were split between u , the two of us , so we aimed it in different directions . |
6 | Once we made it in four hours , door to beach to door : bury Mum 's feet in the sand , forget they 're there , plunge spade into sand and come close to severing three toes . |
7 | Cos we had it on one |
8 | But we never really believed that John Major was a sports fan until we saw him on that bleak Sunday afternoon at Stamford Bridge . |
9 | Beforehand they were tense and quiet , and no doubt very frightened if the truth were known , but on their return , if we saw them at all , they would be relaxed and only looking forward to bacon and eggs in the Mess — and then bed . |
10 | We would prefer to go back but if we close it for good it would be far better to have no Timex in Dundee than a Timex with scab labour earning scab wages and working under scab conditions . ’ |
11 | Well if we get them into threes |
12 | Cos I thought if we round it off both ways |
13 | If we put them in little bags I think there 's some more in the grass outside . |
14 | We oldies can find digging soothing and satisfying , even enjoyable — particularly if we take it in small doses and choose good weather and soil conditions . |
15 | Most horses can be highly motivated to do what we want if we reward them with some favourite food . |
16 | In ordinary politics , however , we must treat integrity as an independent ideal if we accept it at all , because it can conflict with these other ideals . |
17 | But , that just means the levels of insurance , as a risk , ah , you know , and we 've just put a rate in to , to represent the , the levels of insurance because we charge you more if we insure you for more then . |
18 | ‘ It has the range if we fit it with FAST packs , ’ the Air Force general told Morton Stannard at the Pentagon . |
19 | Is it certain that if we divide it in alternative ways , and attach a value to the parts in each case , the sum will always be the same ? |
20 | It 's perhaps perhaps easier to see it as the as the N As and the O Hs though okay or if we did it with sulphuric acid we 'd have hydrogen sulphate plus sodium hydroxide what 's that going to give us ? |
21 | So we 're just adding the conductances again , and if we did it with three of , we had sort of three pipes |
22 | W we tried internment before , it caused a massive escalation of violence cos you never , you get families are angry , it escalates the numbers who are committed to terrorism , last time it was just the Republicans , if we did it on both sides it would just escalate terrorism . |
23 | Yeah , I go to Mrs , erm can we fish , sharing lists I ga , you know , I think it 'll be easier if we did it in twos , and Becky goes why ? |
24 | We wanted to avoid all the delays that creep in if we hack them by hi-speed Busby post to Dover , put them on board a ponderous Sealink ferry and eventually consign them to the decidedly risky hands of some unknown foreign postman in the forlorn hope that they-might , with luck and a following wind , reach the Antipodes before the turn of the century . |
25 | We do n't see as much of you as we 'd like to ( if we see you at all ) . |
26 | Will some of these carrots grow larger if we leave them till next week ? |
27 | let them , let , do you think , let them , let , cos if we leave it to International Secretaire they may still not do it . |
28 | Still if we move them on fifty five quid I reckon nice set that 'll tempt somebody . |
29 | A pink milk pudding or blancmange is simple in the sense that , if we slice it in two , the two portions will have the same internal constitution : a blancmange is homogeneous . |
30 | Right so if we pay you by five yearly value in three months , and invest for initially life cover of twenty thousand , and that 's O K for now . |