Example sentences of "[verb] we [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , they only send us about three from the |
| 2 | ‘ They outnumber us about twelve to one . ’ |
| 3 | Children seemed to find us particularly intriguing , and would gaze unselfconsciously , with the characteristically grave , uncommitted regard of the young , before being yanked away from the kerb by their mothers . |
| 4 | It was a long hard fight , but by now it was dark and this helped us very much . |
| 5 | At least no one came and found us half naked in the showers with our arms around each other . |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't know you found us so amusing ! ’ |
| 7 | If it does , you will also remain in the son , and in the father and this is what he promised us even eternal life . |
| 8 | We mentioned a small acquisition in Japan last year , medi on the medical side of Longman , P P S K K it cost us about four million pounds and we were reckoning on a profit of about half a million a year pleased to say that its er , its profit looks like getting to a million pounds by the year end . |
| 9 | That would get back at them for their currency chicanery which cost us so dear . |
| 10 | Very er very very nice fella and very , put us very much at ease . |
| 11 | Even the least of these would give us vastly more sediment than we normally seem to find preserved for us in our stratigraphical record . |
| 12 | And when my grandfather came in he always had a pocketful of these tips , and he would give us all some sixpences and some threepennies . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ The listing will give us much more flexibility and will also enable us to use the market for capital raising exercises if necessary . ’ |
| 14 | A Saturday decision would give us very little time to alter our plans , ’ said the manager . |
| 15 | You know , with the best will in the world , Max will never give us too much help if he thinks he ca n't . |
| 16 | Okay but that will give us too much |
| 17 | queried whether we really needed to be in it and I told him that sales wanted it and the reasons why we wanted to be in erm even the fact that it was going to k erm give us more accounting work erm whatsisname what bank is it ? |
| 18 | The misanthropic gardener elevates his roses and relegates his relations and if challenged , as well he might be , would give us possibly good reasons for so doing . |
| 19 | Clearly , I am focusing on the idea that it is the residues of bad experiences that lurk as bad objects in our psyche that cause us so much trouble because they have to be avoided at all costs and so rarely get modified by experience . |
| 20 | And if , in a woman-centred , woman-positive , pro-woman environment , women discover their affiliation and affection for other women , which raises critical questions about friendship and solidarity and love , and why we spend so much time and emotional energy on relationships with men which cause us so much pain . |
| 21 | Not the colour supplement or phot-album idealized view , but the ‘ warts and all ’ closeness to others that can bring us so much happiness — and pain . |
| 22 | So it 's costing us approximately twenty pence for each bottle and that 's very high , that 's a very high quality bottle . |
| 23 | Jesus ' sufferings draw us into the love of God and show us how much he loved us . |
| 24 | That is what has made us so attractive . |
| 25 | Therese who had made us very welcome said we were fantastic company and that the weekend was enjoyable . |
| 26 | ( I an happy to report , however , that none of us now has any fear at all of dogs — indeed familiarity has made us quite fond of them . ) |
| 27 | Not only could the possibility of salvation be rejected , both James Stephen and Clarkson affirmed , but men and women had sufficiently free will , ‘ to render us justly responsible … for all the sins we commit in this our state of trial ’ . |
| 28 | It would do us far more honour if you could succeed in obtaining a post under some other great lord . |
| 29 | They would show us that much . |
| 30 | Kerslake did nt have an easy task last year , but a whole preseason should show us how good he is . |