Example sentences of "we [verb] the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is time we applied the same reasoning to all . |
| 2 | Genetic differences may mean that although we eat the same diet , the level of cholesterol in your blood may be , say , 200 mg/100 ml ( 5–17 mmol/litre ) while mine is 300 mg/mI ( 7–76 mmol/l ) , giving me more than twice your risk of a heart attack . |
| 3 | Integrity becomes a political ideal when we make the same demand of the state or community taken to be a moral agent , when we insist that the state act on a single , coherent set of principles even when its citizens are divided about what the right principles of justice and fairness really are . |
| 4 | We got the same taste in ! |
| 5 | Surely it 's time to talk to the United States about how they succeed by having a minimum wage in most states and giving trade union rights to people that we deny the same firms employees in this country . |
| 6 | He merely sat on the only chair in my room , shook his head and told me to sleep , and that it would be best if we shared the same chamber that night . |
| 7 | We shared the same interests . |
| 8 | ‘ We shared the same interests , had the same circle of friends . ’ |
| 9 | We shared the same bed , ’ he confessed . |
| 10 | ‘ We shared the same house , but we were n't living together . |
| 11 | I picked him as my friend because he was a quiet , kind boy and we shared the same interest . |
| 12 | Mum has rheumatoid arthritis and , as neither of us could manage the stairs , we shared the same room downstairs . |
| 13 | ALL around Feethams during the Durham-Somerset first day we posed the same question : before leg spinner Ian Salisbury 's inclusion in yesterday 's England squad , which England cricketer last had the same name as an English cathedral city ? |
| 14 | We used the same criteria as the Booker Prize — namely the writer must be from either the UK , Ireland or the Commonwealth . |
| 15 | We used the same phrase once . |
| 16 | Here , we encounter the same pattern which so clearly distinguishes man from the apes — notable absence of canine-tooth dimorphism , prominent displays of hair around the face and neck of the male and , in the female , a secondary sexual display on the chest . |
| 17 | He leapt off a regular bus — the excellent airport service seems currently in abeyance , threw himself through the doors and yelled at me to hurry , which I did , and we caught the same bus back into town . |
| 18 | Furthermore , we would expect any doctor , not just our own , to behave in the ‘ proper ’ manner , in the same way that we expect the same sort of behaviour from all shop assistants , or all priests , or all fathers . |
| 19 | We rejected the former alternative on the grounds that competition can , paradoxically , sometimes be inimical to economic efficiency . |
| 20 | But should we assume the same training is required by the lion 's share of our undergraduates who are not destined for academic careers ? |
| 21 | Well we welcome the latter part of your comment , I was going to make a wisecrack about this is our idea of getting back to basics , family values , but I do n't want , I 'm going to stay out of it . |
| 22 | And I said to myself : ‘ Why ca n't we do the same thing in Lebanon ? ’ |
| 23 | And I said to myself : ‘ Why ca n't we do the same thing in Lebanon ? ’ |
| 24 | Can we do the same thing for the magnetic quantities ? |
| 25 | ‘ Like any hobby or job , it 's vital that we speak the same language , understand the same flying terms . |
| 26 | Right erm these notes are sort of based on a lecture that I went to when I was in sixth form erm and the theme for it is , Men And Women , Do We Speak The Same Language ? |
| 27 | We speak the same language , share similar interests . |
| 28 | Finally , I suppose to salve our consciences , we put the same bet each way on a horse for Dr Barnardo 's Homes . |
| 29 | We played the same game every Sunday ; each one in turn pulled down his or her underwear and rotated slowly while the others watched . |
| 30 | he , we shagged the same bird me and Nick , not on the same times but oh I went out with her after he went out with her . |