Example sentences of "we [verb] [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | With machine knitting we tend to restrict it to a maximum of three stitches over three stitches because the machines are supplied with triple transfer tools . |
| 2 | Since Caliban is often performed in the modern theatre as if he were a later version of Thersites , we tend to expect him to be a prose-speaker . |
| 3 | Rather than give young children charcoal immediately on presentation , we suggest confining it to the few who develop symptoms — in a dose sufficient to increase elimination of the drug . |
| 4 | We want to invite you to our home . |
| 5 | She says we do n't want to destroy children 's innocence on the other hand we want to alert them to the dangers . |
| 6 | Having found this macro we want to assign it to an icon but this entails designing an appropriate one . |
| 7 | We want to show it to you as we know it . |
| 8 | ‘ We want to make it to the restaurant some time this century ! ’ she heard him informing her . |
| 9 | Those of us who live and work in Northern Ireland would say that the feeling on the part of the community about bringing these matters to an end is not the result of any war-weary or defeatist feeling but because we want to bring them to an end and restore peace , and it is a very strong feeling . |
| 10 | " We want to bring it to the attention of communities that they can do something about the rubbish in their streets , " said UNEP 's Richard Lumbe , launching the campaign in Nairobi . |
| 11 | We want to address ourselves to concrete problems in today 's world . |
| 12 | When we looked at the figures we proved that we would n't get any more business because of where people lived and when we tried to push them to Detroit over Amsterdam they would n't have it , people would prefer to drive to Gatwick . |
| 13 | Unable to think of anything else to do , I suggested to Eileen that we tried regressing her to her childhood . |
| 14 | We tried to get them to the door but they kept falling about . |
| 15 | Are we prepared to discipline ourselves to restrictions and regulations that we feel we ought to impose for our own good ? |
| 16 | By some miracle , the 2CV had n't been towed away when I 'd finally dragged Ash out ; we 'd made it to the M1 , picked up a hitcher and — rather beyond the call of duty , I 'd have said — dropped him where he was going , in Coventry . |
| 17 | By 25 past , we 'd made it to the car when I realised that I wanted to push — panic ! |
| 18 | If we 'd left it to the day we 'd have been sunk ! |
| 19 | The Sergeant had arranged signals with us if we happened to see anything to our front , by moving our feet and so prevent talking . |
| 20 | There is no need to introduce any technical terms for discourse types , nor should we hesitate to name them to our students for fear of burdening them with jargon . |
| 21 | Are we going to allow ourselves to be intimidated by a tin-pot dictator like Jazali ? ’ |
| 22 | Is this something new for the new budget provide more training for carers and are we going to advertise it to carers if we are ? and the other point is transport and equipment . |
| 23 | We like to lend them to friends of ours . ’ |
| 24 | She would n't go out in the car the other week so we like chained her to the wall we were . |
| 25 | We like to keep ourselves to ourselves and what happened was n't something to boast about . |
| 26 | Do they still own the name or do we have to change ours to The Screaming Yellow Cassettedecks ? |
| 27 | Repacking the camera gear , we decided to abandon it to the elements in orange survival bags , and bracing ourselves , we retreated down the steep and slippery slope . |
| 28 | We decided to show it to a booking agent who books cabaret , so I spoke to Harry Dawson who did a lot of , cabaret work and we auditioned it for him . |
| 29 | Because we try to relate it to the real world . |
| 30 | I mean I think there 's the same problem with children in a sense , I mean , you you talking about confronting them with the realities of the world and I suppose I perhaps if we if we did expose ourselves to the erm to the true meaning of what 's going on in the world , we could n't handle it psychologically without stopping it , without doing something about it . |