Example sentences of "and [vb base] we [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rich is personal expression and influence we mix pigment not only in response to the subject , but through our mood at the time of painting . |
| 2 | In both of these cases our body clock is wrongly timed for our life-style and so it does not cool us down and make us feel more fatigued in the hours just before bedtime . |
| 3 | The great Italian poet Leopardi had this to say : ‘ Works of genius have this intrinsic property that even when they give a perfect likeness of the nullity of things , even when they clearly demonstrate and make us feel the inevitable unhappiness of life , even when they express the most terrible despair , nevertheless … they always serve as a consolation , rekindling enthusiasm , and though speaking of and portraying nothing but death , restore to it , at least for a while , the life that it had lost . ’ |
| 4 | Unfortunately it is exactly these thoughts and behaviours which make the panic attack worse , make us terrified of having another and make us begin to avoid any and every situation where it could possibly happen again . |
| 5 | Death will quickly draw the veil and make us see how near we were to God and one another , and did not sufficiently know it . |
| 6 | And make us see through wine as if through glass . |
| 7 | By 35 , our faces have undergone structural changes , so that the hair-styles which suited us throughout our 20s may suddenly seem severe and make us look older . |
| 8 | I admit to having been a bit sceptical beforehand about this year 's family holiday to Florida but it turned out to be a huge success , not least on account of the terrific food and service we encountered everywhere . |
| 9 | The Medau Society , together with many other organisations , contributes to the rich diversity and high standards of movement and dance we enjoy in this country . |
| 10 | And lay us to rest . |
| 11 | As time went by , I knew I had to do something , that there was no way I could simply forget you , so I decided that once the final Grand Prix was over I 'd get in touch and suggest we meet . ’ |
| 12 | As soon as women are coerced into adopting their own dreary , pathetic , feminist views by the opposite sex , they take offence and suggest we revert to behaving like pigs — which is , of course , what we 're best at . |
| 13 | Er has been to see me about it , but I 've said that the initiative for farm watch has got to come from them , I said , we 're not gon na stand up and draw up a load of support and expect us to service the damn thing , I said it 's up to you and your members to do it , and I still think he 's trying to get us to do it via the back door , He 's been to talk to me now about it , and I 've told him exactly what I want to do and that we we 'll be involved , but it ai n't gon na be a police run scheme , it 's gon na be a farmer 's run scheme with police support locally . |
| 14 | No longer were we ‘ engagé volontaires ’ , who could be treated as nothings — we had proved ourselves to the instructors on our course , and henceforth they would treat us as legionnaires and expect us to behave as such . |
| 15 | External factors include pollution of the environment — the air , water , soil and food ; infectious agents such as bacteria , viruses and other parasites ; the sort of work we do , which can give rise to postural problems ; the people we work and live with ; the amount of exercise we take ; the amount of fresh air we breathe ; the amount of rest , relaxation and sleep we get , and so on . |
| 16 | For the daily bump and grind We grease the |
| 17 | Liberal Democrats actually get in corners and say we hate Government , y'know , what can we do to get po power away from London ? |
| 18 | But Charlton was quick to squash any suggestion his players overstep the mark physically , countering : ‘ I do n't think anyone in the world can point the finger at us and say we 've started a war on a football field . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Go in and say we 've found her , dear , ’ orders Lil . |
| 20 | Well erm you know we 've had a lot of people come to us and say we 've qualified sales by telephone , I do n't present that a problem with that , but we have discovered people have not listened to what we 've been saying , even on the training course , when they go out there to sell the space they keep making appointments to go and see people to talk about advertising . |
| 21 | why do n't you wait and see what the numbers are like and then you can always ring up a few people and say we 've got a space if you 'd like to come |
| 22 | I remember David started crying but Ralph would not back down and say we deserved the money , or to have some of it , so we just left them at the Brummel Club before doing their thing . |
| 23 | Nobody is absolutely able to put their hand on their heart and say we know we can get there . ’ |
| 24 | But I have to be honest and say we tried to join flesh again all our lives . |
| 25 | Erm if the water 's very high and say we have a little a little pipe coming through there in the bottom . |
| 26 | say do it once and say we want six years , put equals equals equals |
| 27 | So what we , we need to go to him I think in the first instance and say we want to do X Y and Z , and if he , if he says fine you know . |
| 28 | okay , so if I mean if you come to me and see and say we wan na exchange on tomorrow |
| 29 | You know very often , in fact usually the best way of working things out is to go right back to the beginning is n't it , it , to start off at square one and the trouble is sometimes we want to start in the middle , we want to pick it up where we think we can come in and it does n't work that way , we 've got to go right back to the beginning , and what is it at the beginning , well we look to see how God , what God 's plan and his purpose for us is , how God made us , it tells us there in the book of Genesis in the first chapter in verse twenty seven , that God created us to be like himself and you 've got to look in the mirror and I 've got to look in the mirror , not just the glass mirror on the wall , but into the mirror of ourselves and realise we do n't have to be intellectuals , we do n't have to be astute observers , but even the very cursory of glances will show to us that were nothing like it , if God made you and me to be in his image , then something has gone wrong , but that 's how we started , that is how he made us and in making us to be like himself that does something tremendous because it gives to men and women , it gives to human kind a status and a responsibility in creation , he did not make you and me like the animals , no matter how wonderful their abilities are , they 've got tremendous instincts , they 've got tremendous homing instincts , how that tiny bird weighing , weighing less than an ounce can fly thousands and thousands of miles , for the first time and come back , six , nine months later to the very spot where it was hatched out of an nest , now you ca n't do it , I ca n't do it , but for all wonders that God has put into the , into his , to his creative to his , in , in his creation , in animals , in birds and in other creatures , he has done something that marks you and I humanity out above and beyond all his others creation , he has given to us a status and a responsibility |
| 30 | ‘ Foreigners who live in cities and criticise us have a bunny-love approach . |