Example sentences of "to [pos pn] [noun sg] we " in BNC.

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1 To my mind we 've gone overboard on fitness .
2 If you 'd like to come back to my office we can discuss it there , ’ he said , looking at Fairham .
3 They are living genetic banks , so that when the world comes to its sense we may be able to repopulate areas with descendants of the original animals .
4 After towing them back to their ship we were friends for life and the word soon went round the fleet .
5 To his chagrin we threw away the letter about a skiing holiday .
6 If we do pay attention to his thought we feel we are listening to a public orator of unimpeachably orthodox Christian principles , a Poet Laureate in training — he did not in fact attain this honour until the reign of Queen Victoria in 1843 .
7 When we got to his house we found he was out so Dad poked a message under his door .
8 To his list we would add that authors should have the right of reply when a journal has published correspondence critical of their publication .
9 To his list we could add attorneys and even local receivers of taxes , six of whom appear in a list of country bankers drawn up in 1784 .
10 So , let me , Simon , when we get back to , to your division we 've really got to sit down with Graham and Peter now and erm , get it as part of their work to produce .
11 Thanks to your determination we have achieved our object — ‘
12 I said to your dad we ai n't had that in here five minutes .
13 If you are interested in coming to our University we shall be very glad to find a place for you if we can , and most certainly to welcome you if you are admitted .
14 ‘ If the League agree to our request we are also asking them to lift the transfer ban on incoming players the consortium will make £250,000 immediately available to the club .
15 To our horror we saw wormlike blood-sucking leeches making their way unerringly towards any passing animal , including us .
16 To our delight we also got a grandstand view of the original owners of the bay — the otters .
17 We may well not choose to , but if we could be cool , calm and collected and stand back objectively , we might just find that in some conflict situations , to our surprise we may be the unwitting agent provocateur .
18 As we added to our knowledge we extended the field of our activities .
19 Agreeing that precision timing and strategic planning was essential to our success we assembled a group of twenty indomitable dykes .
20 To our relief we found the seas calm enough off the normal east landing at Geodha Stoth and dropped anchor a few yards off shore .
21 Over the entrance to our guildhall we have an effigy of the head of Cromwell , pinned back by his ears by two large nails .
22 Looking to our right we recognised the Cottages with the road in front of them close to the ditch ; also our Professor 's stable , coach-house and dog kennels , with the back entrance from the road to his garden … we were soon in King 's Road [ Pancras Way ] which we found to be well studded with trees on each side … to our left the Country residence of Counsellor Agar [ builder of Agar 's Town ] … we turned to the right and first took notice of the front of our Professor 's house with its large garden protected from the pathway and road by a brick wall .
23 On the way to Upper Halling we find that the names have come down to us unaltered , to our right we have Yew Tree Kill , which has disappeared into the chalk quarry , also the Vicarage Close , further on and still on our right is Foxes ' Hole , a name that has continued down to this day .
24 To our sorrow we know now that it is disavowed by the spokesmen of this nation today , who publicly and proudly profess not to share it .
25 Note : Further to our visit we have placed an order for the set of Selwyn Higgins photographs , together with the six photographs taken by Dr J. Simpson .
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