Example sentences of "we [verb] [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | We regret we are unable to cater for people with physical disabilities . |
| 2 | We regret we are unable to accommodate wheelchairs or pushchairs . |
| 3 | We regret we are unable to accommodate wheelchairs or pushchairs . |
| 4 | We regret we are unable to accommodate wheelchairs or pushchairs . |
| 5 | Erm , they write down nothing , they remember nothing , and I have to phone these clowns every other day , to make sure that they 're doing what we agreed they 're going to , otherwise I have no panels next month for my stand , and I would be up the creek . |
| 6 | Erm you 're now you 're not doing anything at the moment , we we agreed it was resting . |
| 7 | ‘ The last time we met they were frustrated by our tactics . |
| 8 | Hell , the first time we met you were bringing in some by-hand-of-bearer letter telling us we were trying to depose the monarchy devalue the pound and make the natives play baseball instead of cricket . |
| 9 | The last time we met he was singing the number at a Friars ' Club gala in New York and , for all the lofty intellectual disdain one feels obliged to muster at tuxedo circuit events , it was undeniably impressive to see him afterwards , the only British subject in the room , surrounded by Lauren Bacall , Lena Horne and Gwen Verdon . |
| 10 | When we met she was still afraid she might be rearrested . |
| 11 | You know we could 've We limited They were limited to the intake , but we could have er increased I think . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , the extent to which we are loved , our degree of significance and the way we perceive it are different things . |
| 13 | ‘ We realised we were cutting through a bit of red tape but everything seemed to be in the baby 's best interests . ’ |
| 14 | Then we realised we were in the WRONG parade . |
| 15 | These were sooty shearwaters and we realised we were passing Kidney Island , a local nature reserve which held large colonies of seabirds , including many thousands of these sooty shearwaters . |
| 16 | Suddenly we realised we were discussing question 5 ! |
| 17 | When we came to move on from our camp we realised we were trapped by the river and the only way out was via a small rock face and a narrow traverse made lethal by snow and ice . |
| 18 | The cave itself was surprisingly warm and we realised we were walking through a gallery which led us into a lofty underground cavern . |
| 19 | When she nodded , he went on , ‘ It would probably have been better if we had discussed it right at the beginning , and certainly when we realised we were becoming attracted to each other . ’ |
| 20 | That was when we realised we were terrifically compatible and started ‘ going out ’ . ’ |
| 21 | The heater was magnificent — a piece of copper tubing from the engine up between the two front seats meant regular stops for fresh air before we realised we were being poisoned by fumes . |
| 22 | ‘ But when we saw the tape we realised they were n't world beaters after all . |
| 23 | ‘ Suddenly we realised it was eight o'clock and we rushed to the sitting room to put on the TV . |
| 24 | Seeing a big hole in the jeweller 's shop window , we realised it was not . |
| 25 | But when Strawberry reached under the seat and produced the first bottle of an apparently endless supply of Star Tiger rice spirit we realised it was not going to be that kind of adventure . |
| 26 | We realised it was going to be years before it would be right . ’ |
| 27 | It was only then that we realised it was a woman . ’ |
| 28 | Their lawyer , Patricia Hambrecht , says : ‘ We witnessed a dramatic drop in our appraisal business for donations to institutions , and even though we realised it was not in our narrow self-interest , we knew it was for the good of the overall arts community ’ . |
| 29 | It was at that point we realised it was n't a very large bear . |
| 30 | On our return we realised it was our last evening at the campsite in Waldsee . |