Example sentences of "we [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was thirty-eight years old at the time — why the hell had n't we heard of him ? |
| 2 | He then spends ten minutes getting radio engineers — ‘ Here , have we heard of Duns ? ’ — to afford him diplomatic status , and then mend a faulty link . |
| 3 | ‘ This is in reply to a request we made of Greek Intelligence for as exhaustive a list as they could supply of all places where Andropulos is known either to do business or have contacts . |
| 4 | We are receiving many worthwhile bids from schools wishing to become technology schools in response to the announcement we made of the availability of capital funds for this purpose . |
| 5 | Why we eat what we do and how much we eat of any particular food is a fascinating subject . |
| 6 | How we buy food also has an influence on how much we eat of it at any one meal . |
| 7 | The exchange has roused the analyst to contributions that are firmer and more energy-consuming than those he generally vouchsafes : ‘ it 's not the past but what we make of the past that shapes our future and present . ’ |
| 8 | No wonder , then , that we make of them a symbol of our own visionary dreams . |
| 9 | I think Mr Wright realises he has produced a piece of special pleading that does not wholly stand up , but it is difficult not to feel sympathy with his assertion : The past can not be changed , but what we make of it certainly can . |
| 10 | Like any tool ; cable TV is what we make of it . |
| 11 | The myth is the idea that to talk of a mental process of remembering is to explain the use we make of the word remember . |
| 12 | But , you see the thing about it is we have got a take towns for what we make of them you see we could just all sit back , people say they 're bored ! |
| 13 | The importance of information is the use we make of it . |
| 14 | Even the simplest , most basic requirement we make of translation can not be met without difficulty : one can not always match the content of a message in language A by an expression with exactly the same content in language B , because what can be expressed and what must be expressed is a property of a specific language in much the same way as how it can be expressed . |
| 15 | This environment provokes the type of inquiries we make of the past . |
| 16 | The other point I have is N Y ten , can you tell me what erm we make of that one ? |
| 17 | The other demands talents beyond — in the case of the most creative far beyond — the average , the ability to have insights or craft exquisite objects which , by common consent , we judge of great scientific value or aesthetic worth . |
| 18 | Given that this is so , what sense can we make of the way in which God , as opposed to John or Jane Smith , is personal ? |
| 19 | What , then , do we make of the substantial and growing literature on informal carers ? |
| 20 | So what do we make of the anger response ? |
| 21 | So what do we make of that once we 've stopped chuckling ? |
| 22 | But what do we make of that gourd business ? |
| 23 | The powers attaching to a Prime Minister are considerable , but what can we make of the thesis about prime ministerial government ? |
| 24 | What sense can we make of support for these parties at the polls ? |
| 25 | What can we make of this perspective on British politics ? |
| 26 | What can we make of the corporatist perspective on British politics , and just how stable is the pattern of politics which is suggested by those who point to close collaborative arrangements between particular interests and the state in pursuit of ever more state intervention ? |
| 27 | What can we make of this pattern and can we suggest dates for the elements within it ? |
| 28 | Mm what have we got over here then , what do we make of yours ? |
| 29 | What can we make of that ? ’ |
| 30 | In none of these cases do we think of the owner as having parted with the right of ownership , though it may be that the contract between the parties creates rights in favour of the bailee which the owner can not use his right of ownership to override . |