Example sentences of "many of we [verb] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Solitude adds a special quality to a walk and bad weather can do the same — though it does mean that many of us prefer to stay in the lowlands more often . |
| 2 | Many of us prefer to think of ourselves as English , Irish , Scots or Welsh , but we proclaim our political allegiance by electing members to the British House of Commons . |
| 3 | The popularity of lesbian Balls and Fancy-dress parties suggests that many of us enjoy playing with images and moving away from conformity , but there are gaps in this debate . |
| 4 | Obviously this is an overstatement , but it does not really exaggerate too much the state of mind many Of us have reached in stratigraphical discussions . |
| 5 | That speech was probably one of the most dramatic and remarkable , although it was quiet in delivery , that many of us have heard in the whole of our time in this House , because it was the undoing of a Prime Minister . |
| 6 | It will allow the sense of frustration many of us have felt for a number of years to be replaced by a new sense of purpose . |
| 7 | In his influential Hints on Household Taste ( 1868 ) , Charles Eastlake , whose name is also linked with the Arts and Crafts Movement inspired by William Morris , describes the eagerness with which ‘ many of us have peeped inside the threshold of a Welsh Cottage or Devonshire farmhouse , and longed to sketch its ample hearth ’ . |
| 8 | Many of us have thought of doing similar studies , but none of us has been brave enough to incur the wrath of the establishment . |
| 9 | Those people who have had deep religious experiences often talk about them with a sense of awe — the feeling many of us have had as little children when we 've been in the presence of something powerful and magnificent . |
| 10 | One consequence of this ‘ switching-off ’ ( and how many of us describe flopping in front of the television with exactly these words ? ) could be as follows : you are watching a party-political broadcast in which a candidate is giving a speech . |