Example sentences of "we [verb] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | " The one thing we regret about the move is that we ca n't still get HTV . |
| 2 | It was a very frightening experience — and only afterwards could we laugh about it . |
| 3 | So we agreed about tea , and invited Father D'Arcy to join us . |
| 4 | Hon. Members will be aware that at the same time as we consulted about our council tax proposals , we issued a consultation paper in Scotland about water and sewerage charges . |
| 5 | Yet were we taught about Crapper at school ? |
| 6 | Erm would the convenor say erm what he understands from the statement of faith and the statement of faith alone erm to be the teaching on the atonement that is , wh what are we taught about the atonement from the statement of faith ? |
| 7 | The main assumptions of this debate are structured by concepts and social conventions which through the past centuries have helped us to understand reality : keywords of emerging bourgeois society like ‘ individual ’ , ‘ society ’ , ‘ state ’ , ‘ market ’ , ‘ democracy ’ have slightly different connotations in different Western societies and in different periods but — on the whole — form the common language with which we communicate about complex processes and attempt to understand and structure them . |
| 8 | The main assessments we made about the structural situation of the economy and the direction of change needed for both the economy and society have been verified . |
| 9 | Nor , for that matter , did we regard the suggestions we made about Jesus as in any way shocking or outrageous . |
| 10 | There is a footnote from the editors : ‘ We now unreservedly withdraw any recommendation we made about this book . ’ |
| 11 | Well we read about prayer and we know about its power but you know we often do n't avail ourselves off it and yet it 's plainly written . |
| 12 | It follows that behind every statement we make about the historical Jesus there has to be a tacit qualification : ‘ We are told this by such-and-such an evangelist , writing in a particular literary mode , far a particular audience , in a particular place at a particular period of history . ’ |
| 13 | No one fully understands the workings of these interlocking systems and we may forgive ourselves for having a sensation of something slipping through our fingers when we try to grasp them — but one thing is certain : the choices we make about the order of the information in discourse reveal our own assumptions about the world and about the people we are trying to communicate with . |
| 14 | In response to the noises we make about services disappearing , cuts in services and increased fares , the Minister might say that we are speculating . |
| 15 | An approximation we make about the actual behaviour enables us to model this behaviour in a dynamic framework without complicating the estimation . |
| 16 | So may be we make about Rs 2,000 every month . |
| 17 | Only by drawing the attention of the public to these threats would the buildings we cared about ever be saved . |
| 18 | The the individuals , the the members , to see that we we cared about what what their interests were . |
| 19 | ‘ We created a virtuous circle , ’ said Lockett , ‘ since the act of instituting the questionnaire in itself demonstrated to clients that we cared about them and their requirements . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I wanted to show that we cared about their predicament and wished to conduct a genial and mutually satisfying transaction , and I thought the head of the company bothering to put in an appearance might do that . ’ |
| 21 | In addition , we asked about voting preferences . |
| 22 | We asked about going into Finland but he shook his head . |
| 23 | But if we asked about the history of the appearance of characters then the answer is ‘ yes ’ . |
| 24 | Sectarianism and intimidation in the workplace have not been taken into account either , when we asked about this at the same meeting we were told you had to prove you were being intimidated . |
| 25 | Mussels had colonised the remains of an ancient forest and we asked about waders , so busily taking advantage and feasting there . |
| 26 | This was also the case when we asked about whether the police discri-minated against certain groups , two-thirds of Blacks and Whites believing this but only about one-third of Asians . |
| 27 | Besides this , we asked about contacting the police for help . |
| 28 | Finally in part one we asked about actions taken as a consequence of the use of the booklet and the overall acceptability of a scheme of this kind . |
| 29 | In our follow-up work we asked about other kinds of self-evaluation and other evaluation schemes . |
| 30 | And of course , now they when we originally moved in here we asked about the rates and they said oh they co they would n't raise it because it was an unfinished project |