Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [adv] [conj] we " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were at great pains to explain that we were novices and aware that diving in Barbados was unlike diving in the UK and were told that ‘ courses taken on holiday mean nothing at all ’ and that we should be prepared to snorkel around a pool for six months should he deem it necessary , and that even if we did dive to any standard we would be taken on a dive ( presumably in a pool ) , and ‘ ripped down ’ until we eventually failed a test . |
| 2 | They will probably correctly object that this theory of mine seems to get things round the wrong way , and that even if we grant my argument that growth in the power of the state detracts from that of the individual 's superego , there is every reason to suppose that in most cases the total power came first , and the deterioration in personality , however we like to describe it , later . |
| 3 | It was not for some years after we had separated that I had to face the fact that the deepest part of one 's being is always inaccessible to another , and that only when we are lost in passion , eager above all else for our own gratification — yet unconscious that this is the case — that we ignore the gulf , forget that we are strangers . |
| 4 | And and okay if we 're a pound or two different . |
| 5 | wants us to go over as often as we can and we try and and often as we can . |
| 6 | In other words , so far as I am concerned , unless and until we are prepared to deal with this demonstrated cause of inflation and want to do so , we are wasting our time ; and as soon as we want to do so , there is no reason to suppose that there will be any problem or therefore any reason for an incomes policy as defined . |
| 7 | She had trapped a fellow-student at Cambridge — ‘ Brian had the longest hair in college , ’ she chirped admiringly , ‘ and as soon as we 'd graduated , we got married — for fun . ’ |
| 8 | We still very much believe we have been called to work in missions and as soon as we are able to do so , hope to return to that work . |
| 9 | A sprinkling of members was busy ordering drinks and as soon as we approached the bar , there was a chorus of ‘ Welcome back , Captain ! ’ or ‘ Good to see you , Bill ’ . |
| 10 | After arrival at the capital of Reykjavik we watched in some trepidation as our heavily laden Landrover was swung out on a derrick and deposited on the quay , but all went well and as soon as we had cleared customs we set out to take a look at this bright little capital city . |
| 11 | And as soon as we begin to enquire into the meaning of the term , we discover that it has been and still is understood in a variety of different ways , which may have a common core or root but are not identical . |
| 12 | Initially our agents had no idea of who he was , but as I 'm sure you know it 's standard procedure to take photographs , and as soon as we compared them and a descrip-tion with our files , we were in no doubt as to who he was . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It 's eight o'clock , and as soon as we 've had breakfast we 'll be on our way . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ And as soon as we get back , I 'll clear out — up to the house . |
| 15 | We require some evidence of loss , either from a vet or an accountant , and as soon as we receive the reports we look at them speedily and with sympathy . |
| 16 | As I left , if you remember , you were kind enough to invite me to get in touch with you at once if I had any problems , and as soon as we were outside I suggested to the young man that I should indeed wait and continue our talk at some later point in the morning . |
| 17 | ‘ We are taking this matter most seriously and as soon as we heard of the involvement of a British national we protested to the head of the Iraqi interests section of the Jordanian embassy in London demanding their release . ’ |
| 18 | And as soon as we finish it 'll go and get dark again . |
| 19 | Cos usually we do well against the Man United and as soon as we start losing against them we start getting worried . |
| 20 | And as soon as we 've read a story we 'll get washed and dressed . |
| 21 | But as soon as we had found our voice again , we were once more interrupted by visits from Berlin . |
| 22 | But as soon as we are tired of them and we have discharged our duties to society each day , we can say to ourselves : ‘ All those things are of the mundane , but I am of the transcendent , and therefore far above them . ’ |
| 23 | But as soon as we have to commit this question to paper we discover ( or we certainly should discover ) that this is a difficult question to ask with absolute clarity . |
| 24 | But as soon as we bring up this question … we come up against a ‘ sore subject ’ . |
| 25 | But as soon as we forget , just as soon as ‘ no praise ’ describes the situation in our hearts , ‘ No praise … self pride ’ will be the result . |
| 26 | But as soon as we hit with something that was n't what we were about , we always tried to get the band back to what we thought it should be — three guitars and drums played loud by four New York bums . |
| 27 | ‘ But as soon as we got to the line I realised he was going to keel over with me and I just hopped off in time . |
| 28 | No one spoke as we approached them , but as soon as we had gone by , a voice said , ‘ How 'd you like to be turned out of your home , Missus ? ’ |
| 29 | We could , for short periods of time , motivate our work force to achieve the objective which was our responsibility , but as soon as we left , things invariably fell to pieces again . |
| 30 | But as soon as we decide on a ‘ rule ’ there seems to be an outstanding exception to contradict it . |