Example sentences of "we of [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What chance have we of topping the Order of Merit ? " |
| 2 | I wish we of had that knowledge when |
| 3 | The case of the Tari Furora paralleled that of the Melanesians in ‘ Marie Lloyd ’ , but it is to his ideal City , and his actual urban Western civilization that Eliot relates this Papuan discovery : ‘ … if we are so helpless in the hands of our ‘ civilization ’ that we admit our inability to prevent it from ruining Papuans , what hope have we of saving ourselves ? ’ |
| 4 | If our " helping hands " were in fact the embrace of a leper , " what hope have we of saving ourselves ? " |
| 5 | If we ca n't cross the Sea of Storms , a tenth of the distance , what chance have we of navigating that far ? ’ |
| 6 | What hope have we of assessing movements in population in the tenth , eleventh and twelfth centuries ? |
| 7 | After all , we thought ( quite irrationally and knowing next to nothing about the Germans ) , even if they met two young girls cycling in the countryside , they would never suspect us of taking food and clothing to the English . |
| 8 | The hon. Gentleman has changed his wording — at last , he did not accuse us of privatising HMI . |
| 9 | An arsenal of political treacheries was employed to impede our progress , from the medium-range one of accusing us of lacking the right political perspective , to the more insidious long-range ones of accusing us of divisiveness , bringing men into feminism by speaking about the war in Ireland and , even on one occasion , attempting to show an exhibition — the famous , ‘ Bin Lids and Barricades ’ . |
| 10 | We have the problem facing us of implementing the planned museum extension , i.e. of building the mezzanine floor over our landlord 's garage . |
| 11 | Before my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State made his announcement , Opposition Members accused us of creating a situation where there would be no taper , but a cut-off and said how cruel that would be . |
| 12 | I wanted you to believe that I was as grateful as you that the baby had died and solved the problem for us of concealing the birth . |
| 13 | I know some people accused us of whingeing , but it was ridiculous that they were able to benefit from something that was entirely their fault . |
| 14 | Day 5 Speak to Us of Giving |
| 15 | Then a rich man said , Speak to us of Giving . |
| 16 | ‘ People who have called have told us of going into deep trances . ’ |
| 17 | This was that if we did n't take part in the inquiry , then it would be easy for the pro-nuclear lobby to accuse us of ignoring democracy , throwing up the chance to have our say , implying that our case was too weak to risk exposure . |
| 18 | The third element of European policy that the Leader of the Opposition accused us of ignoring was regional policy . |
| 19 | Because once the vigorous discussion , rarely does anyone sit and accuse us of having had clearly party political discussions , we had a job of work to do and as a result of that job of work is in front of you now in items one and two . |
| 20 | If that money in that it does come into the policy and the guideline here and I erm he accused us of putting out er press releases talk about council tax and this may be popular with . |
| 21 | ‘ To accuse us of letting the dog die — that 's plain wicked ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ No one can accuse us of sitting still ! ’ |
| 23 | These people are specifically given a job of making sure that the rules are obeyed and they have never accused us of doing anything wrong . |
| 24 | A Whig tract of 1711 argued that " The Revolution was almost entirely owing to them [ Tories ] " , whilst the Nonconformist Daniel Defoe repeatedly replied to the charge made by High Churchmen in Anne 's reign that the Dissenters had been responsible for the murder of Charles , by reminding them what they " did to his Son " : " if they will go back to 48 , and provoke us to Recriminate , by telling us of Killing the Father ; let us bring them back to 88 , and tell them of Deposing the Son , and sending him Abroad to beg his Bread " . |
| 25 | We have read the various articles which have appeared in the Press over the last few days which accuse us of cheating in the recent Test series against England . |