Example sentences of "we [verb] [be] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last time we met was at the Training Centre at Achnacarry . |
| 2 | The artists we met were on the whole very unmotivated and their lack of enthusiasm ( not to mention talent ) rubbed off on us . |
| 3 | The perceptual distinctions we make are of the very stuff of our existence , and in some way the foundation of all else . |
| 4 | We 'd been on the bit of fast dual carriageway between Dumbarton and Alexandria , not long after Verity and Lewis had picked me up . |
| 5 | Yeah er cover was the one that , after we 'd been through the document , I did find of be of particular interest |
| 6 | Several of them enquired if we 'd been to the races ( we all had ) and had backed the winner ( no , we had n't ) . |
| 7 | That evening , Abu Salim came to chain Brian and me up after we 'd been to the bathroom . |
| 8 | We 'd hoped that such irritations were behind us , but then they started taking toothpaste and soap away from us after we 'd been to the bathroom . |
| 9 | I remember wandering with Donald somewhere in the East End after we 'd been to the Whitechapel and we saw a group of teddies standing round two middle-aged Indians . |
| 10 | I mean we hardly went into another shop and yet , you see , we have a young chappie like yourself who comes to the Guild once every year and shows us slides of old Walsall , Walsall Wood , Aldridge , the local area , and he said I 'm not very good Ruth at talking but he he 'd got the slides you know , and it , it used to end up with me doing the commentary on Walsall Wood , because you stand on the of Walsall Wood , which is there now , and your Co-op was right on the corner which is why I call it the corner store and you see people congregated there , people met there and when I 'd been accused of the , we 'd been at the college or at other conferences and why ca n't we get Guild members today , well that was the breeding ground your shop , you see . |
| 11 | We 'd been in the same form for two terms without really speaking because we had separate friends and in any case at St Edward 's you were seated according to your exam results at the end of the previous term , so it was n't likely we 'd be close . |
| 12 | But initially there had to be a real , genuine erm working class revolution and therefore Marx looked first to England because we were the most advanced and we 'd been in the business of running capitalism for s so much longer than any other country in the world . |
| 13 | And whereas , if we 'd been in the Lake District we 'd have got a tan , so it just depends . |
| 14 | In response to Mr Fothergill 's letter concerning Carlton amps , we enjoy being in the music business , and to us that means listening to what guitarists want and doing something about it . |
| 15 | Still climbing down the column , the next great limestone development we meet is in the lower part of the Upper Devonian . |
| 16 | The first of the case studies we describe is of the use of robots in a West German factory and gives strong support to the de-skilling hypothesis described in the previous chapter . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , in terms of the numbers of temporary workers involved , the industries we consider are amongst the most important ones . |
| 18 | The descriptions of them in the books we read are for the most part as unlike the truth as are the descriptions of aristocratic life in the books they read . |
| 19 | The only gunfire we heard was from the army rifle range across the hill , and sometimes they would bring tanks up on big wagons so they could practice on the moor . |
| 20 | ‘ Every time we question users of Teletel , particularly frequent users , the only complaint we hear is of the speed . |
| 21 | A LOT OF the enquiries that we get are on the lines of ‘ will a Series III such and such from a LWB fit my SWB Series II ? ’ |
| 22 | But we not regimented in this department we 're flexible that 's why these things are happening cos we turn our hands to whatever we believe is in the interests of the company . |
| 23 | It may be true that the life we destroy is in the main of the lower orders or minute forms , but it is none the less destruction of life for all that , and since ahi sā involves doing no injury to any form of life , it follows that no matter how careful and compassionate and self-restrained a person may be he can not entirely escape committing hi sā . |
| 24 | They stated firmly : ‘ the key to equality of opportunity , to academic success and , more broadly , to participation on equal terms as a full member of society , is good command of English and the emphasis must therefore we feel be on the learning of English . ’ |
| 25 | Everything we did was of the very lightest weight however heavy the humour . |
| 26 | Well what I do is like put it on a tray , right what we do is in the night right and if you 'd stayed up late I 'd put cheese |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't you ever realise , ’ said Helen , ‘ that the way we live is unlike the way other people live ? ’ |
| 28 | Which of these three numbers is the most appropriate depends upon which of the following three statements we think is nearest the truth : |
| 29 | As the shop door closed behind her , Miss Belle , speaking breathlessly as if she had been running , said , ‘ We 've been on the look-out for you . |
| 30 | We 've been on the set since about 8 o'clock and at about ten-thirty nobody 's shot anything . |