Example sentences of "we [verb] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we make up a helical coil ( Fig. 4.2(b) ) the wires are going round always in the same direction so the voltages simply add and we may rewrite eqn ( 4.13 ) in the form |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | We got out the 300mm-long lens . |
| 4 | ‘ They had n't paid the interest and court fees , but we got back every single penny they owed . |
| 5 | ( 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 |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | English applicants were twice as likely to be selected , and this difference would probably have been greater had we carried out the full study and been able to include posts in teaching hospitals . |
| 8 | As we glissaded down the final snows to the hut , the summit of Mt Blanc was burnished by the setting sun and the Flammes de Pierre were flickering , true to their name . |
| 9 | We are inundated with rabbits , so we fenced off a rabbit-proof area for vegetables and netted the top — the pigeons , caterpillars and slugs ate the lot . |
| 10 | The accompanying suggestion that we send round an additional sheet giving dates of events , at least within the area , has been taken up . |
| 11 | Now we 've got a formula , so we build up a little table . |
| 12 | In the course of our psychic experiences with the objects of our feelings in our environment we build up an inner world which is peopled by ourselves and the residual images of these objects . |
| 13 | For instance , ash we build up an initial market share with a tyre that does not wear out we move away from the long-term profitability because replacements fall sharply . |
| 14 | Gradually we built up a common world , partly based on the great of the past , like Jane Austen , partly on Ivy . |
| 15 | We fled down a long avenue towards the river . |
| 16 | ‘ We found out a funny thing about the kids , lads really , they were n't so young . |
| 17 | We wandered up the darkened staircase back to our chamber . |
| 18 | ‘ Of course , we have n't time to give it more than a catlick , ’ she came to realize as we staggered up the grand flight of stairs to the first floor . |
| 19 | Because of our late start and leisurely progress , the light is thickening as we stumble along the forgotten stretch of ridge between Bwlch Ciliau . |
| 20 | She was watching the road as we roared down a slight incline at all of seventy . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ If we cut off the right hands of thieves in this country , we would be well off — because then there would be no burglaries . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We hope over the five years to make a significant impact into solving the area 's many problems , ’ said Coun Carr . |
| 23 | Our trucks had open sides and Marius , Vermulen and I clung to each other , faces buried in our hoods , as we churned down the slushy autoroutes , the speed of the trucks sending icy , sawing winds through us at seventy kilometres per hour . |
| 24 | Thomas enthused : ‘ It 's quite a feat to beat Liverpool on a normal outing , but the side we put out the other night was straight from the creche . |
| 25 | As a last resort MOD might tell us if we filled in the right forms . |
| 26 | Finally his conscience gets the better of him and we break out the large billy from his sledge and light another fire in the lea of a sledge . |
| 27 | We came out the other side of it with a temporary chauffeur , a good profit and a really first-rate new name : that of Hamilton de Souza . |
| 28 | You know when we came back the next Saturday as we 've gone through the front door , he 'd gone to the Little Chef for breakfast because there were n't any crocks left to u , to use |
| 29 | Sick of talk , we cycled down the green tunnel |
| 30 | It was a good seven-hour jeep-lurch , even with Abu at the wheel , and for the last two hours we drove over a tyre-tearing track down a parched spit of land . |