Example sentences of "we [verb] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We regret it had to go this far . |
| 2 | That matter is not really as we perceive it has been known to chemists and physicists for over 150 years , but despite Einstein 's demonstration , and that of other atomic scientists since , that matter and energy are interchangeable , we persist in our view that physical matter is solid and stable . |
| 3 | Any particular finite extension is simply an idea in our minds , and can not have more parts than the finite number we perceive it to have . |
| 4 | We made it round the side of the house , unlocked the back door and got into the street behind . |
| 5 | ‘ The analysts finally said that what we were doing was not the problem — the problem was that we made it look as though the truth was being dragged out of us . |
| 6 | As a mature student I found it difficult at first to work on my own or in groups but now that the course is settling down , I feel that I will be able to tackle most tasks in business because we have had to learn to look for information and assimilate it so that we make it work for us . |
| 7 | Er the only thing that I have not handed you is the Labour resolution which er twice mentions demands now although I 'm supporting this strong report here , I think it 's a mistake to demand things , it is , it does n't put people in a very good frame of mind to coax them but and I would ask the er Miss who I think we 're going to vote for this , whether she would consider changing to request , because I think we going to the situation where we make it known to the Department of Transport that we 're a string of such like , we do n't to upset them any more , I think that we requested that we answer is we would actually get a result in one . |
| 8 | We asked several questions and received confusing replies , and then we asked it to tap out in tens the age of our headmistress at school ( a dreary old spinster with a sharp nose for ferreting out misdemeanors , and no sense of humour ) . |
| 9 | We asked it to look at its promotion material again . |
| 10 | It took time , it took time , it took a period of years till they got it finalized but when we got it finalized , we had for example er welding areas , in which no one was allowed in unless they were a welder you know . |
| 11 | The tea tastes like we got it heated up again because no one would drink it yesterday , and there 's no coffee at all . |
| 12 | Er , no we got it read yesterday , and , and zeroed up , so Jean got the till roll , I 'll have a , I 'll erm |
| 13 | ‘ At first , I had a few reservations but we got it mixed in a day . |
| 14 | But we got it started again . |
| 15 | The budget was about right , except for the extras we added later , and we got it finished in the summer . |
| 16 | And happily we got resolved , happily we got it resolved . |
| 17 | It 's also much quieter and even better behaved , by that we mean it burns cleaner with less exhaust emissions . |
| 18 | That 's right , so as we mentioned it exert yourselves vigorously |
| 19 | ‘ We used it to heal sword cuts in the Holy Land , ’ he said . |
| 20 | A ball of green wool was passed around and we used it to bind ourselves together as the singing continued . |
| 21 | ‘ We used it to pay for car hire , the hall , flowers and drinks . |
| 22 | Having been satisfied with the tool 's performance on the rafters , we used it to tack down sheets of fibreboard on to chipboard . |
| 23 | ‘ When we were approached on this deal we used it to tie in with the release of one of our hostages held in Lebanon . ’ |
| 24 | When we exit from Windows , we expect it to remember our own particular setting , and it obligingly does so by saving this configuration information in a set of files which have the extension INI . |
| 25 | Therefore , if a clause giving a reason for such an action has a pronominal subject , we expect it to refer back to the questioner . |
| 26 | We expect it to fall again in 1993 , although $200 million has been earmarked for growth projects . |
| 27 | In fact , since it has been introduced , the rate at which student numbers have increased has been unprecedented and we expect it to increase by 10 per cent . |
| 28 | ‘ Sugar is still a growth market and we expect it to grow by roughly 2 per cent a year for the next 25 years , ’ he says . |
| 29 | We expect it to produce even better services in the future . |
| 30 | ‘ We expect it to contribute 4.5 per cent of profits , and we base that on our expected group performance of 20 per cent organic growth a year . ’ |