Example sentences of "we [verb] [is] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The metal we used is from an old caravan roof which we bonded to the wood with Evostick , ’ explained Tony . |
| 2 | Still climbing down the column , the next great limestone development we meet is in the lower part of the Upper Devonian . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Every time we question users of Teletel , particularly frequent users , the only complaint we hear is of the speed . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | Whereas the district in which we live is under an agreement between the three great companies — the Midland being one — that not one of them shall promote a railway in the district without the consent of all three companies ; the continuation of the Bishop 's Castle line is now saddled with the further condition that it shall not be made independently of the Corvedale line , whereas a proposal was made by one of the largest shareholders in the Cambrian to complete it independently of any other line . |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't you ever realise , ’ said Helen , ‘ that the way we live is unlike the way other people live ? ’ |
| 10 | Which of these three numbers is the most appropriate depends upon which of the following three statements we think is nearest the truth : |
| 11 | The shot we require is of an American Trident missile being launched from a submarine and eventually going out of control . |
| 12 | ‘ The only race trouble we have is between the Indians and the Pakis , or the Hindus and the Sikhs . ’ |
| 13 | Well , the only evidence we have is from the people who believe it has worked for them — and this includes many celebrities . |
| 14 | What we need is for every single appeal stage , for the member to at least have the right to know why he or she has lost . |
| 15 | Now all we need is for The Stone Roses to resume their proper business ( which is making records ) and clear away all the current rubbish in the chart ( That would surely mean that The Stone Roses would have to release 100 singles which would all have to chart . |
| 16 | ‘ John Dyson , ’ the chairman was saying , ‘ do you , as a journalist , agree with the suggestion that what we need is for the press to take a firm moral lead and play down all news to do with race relations ? ’ |
| 17 | To take one last example , when we read in Canto 101 ( and many other places ) about ‘ Mont Ségur ’ , the gloss we need is in the Michelin Guide to the pyrenees , where we learn that the Château of Mont Ségur saw the last stand of the Cathars or Albigensians , another heretical movement of the Middle Ages which is mysteriously connected with the quest of the grail . |