Example sentences of "[verb] that [pron] we " in BNC.

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1 I suggest that what we are really trying to do is to re-establish contact with the earth spirit through visiting sites , to emphasize pilgrimage rather than tourism .
2 How do we know that what we 're drawing into our lungs is n't doing us harm .
3 Then if we are taxed with what we said about someone , we shall be calm for we shall know that everything we said was benevolent .
4 Thus , it is reasonable to argue , instead of trying to determine what class is by theoretical disputation , let us recognise that what we have here is a concept which probably indicates something significant about social behaviour , but precisely what that is is not clear .
5 Some religious traditions emphasise that certain events in the world can be considered to be God 's actions , and have claimed that what we know of God is derived from our interpretation of these events .
6 Compare them both and you realise that what we should be parodying in 1993 is rap .
7 er because er her children but erm say that we we did n't want to sort of upset her by erm you know
8 When we say that what we see is a mile away , we must mean that were we to move forward a mile , we would be ‘ affected with such and such ideas of touch ’ ; and so Berkeley concludes that the things we see are not the same as those we touch .
9 what we 've done , you know say that you we only want to see
10 But in many boroughs , Mr Easey said , ‘ we began to find that whatever we said , they 'd go ahead and charge them anyway ’ .
11 She and I agreed that what we really envied them for was the power of crying when they are bored or , as an extreme measure , being sick .
12 it 's not just like going going on a bus and but erm my daughter 's very generous and seeing that we we get to her and we spend about three months with her .
13 The the individuals , the the members , to see that we we cared about what what their interests were .
14 It is also confusion between a proper assurance based on experience and the insight deriving from it , and the dogmatism which so easily follows but is distinct from it , and which insists that what we happen to know is the only thing that matters — what others have discovered or had revealed to them is unimportant .
15 We believed that what we were doing did n't infringe on the characters of any group of people , and therefore we had a clear mind .
16 It happens that what we 've done is we 've taken it and hung it on the starlight , the magic of starlight — how wonderful it is , how much you can tell from just looking at a star through a telescope and measuring the light that comes out of it , and this takes us into realms of why a star shines ; what do you mean by time when you go back millions of years into the universe lifetime ; what do you mean , why do stars shine with different colours .
17 Does not that confirm that what we really need is a continuation of my right hon. Friend 's policies , not a regional assembly for Wales , which would be an unnecessary quango that would cost the people of Wales £1 million a week ?
18 It must be accepted that what we are collecting is people 's answers to questions , which is not necessarily a true picture of their activities .
19 Remembering that what we were experiencing was meant to be enjoyable left our wits spinning like a lawn sprinkler .
20 You know communications is a very big area there 's a lot to be talked about erm certainly rapport and leading and things like that you asked for that we could 've done a lot more with , the type of language people use we could do a lot more with but when we 've got a limited time we 're gon na have to take a limited snapshot and I hope that what we 've done so far today you found useful and I hope when we put it into practice tomorrow maybe you can understand a little bit more of some of things that we 've been talking about today .
21 It is difficult , to remember that what we are presenting here is an entertaining rehearsed reading rather than a full-scale production . ’
22 We should feel that what we do has value , whatever it is .
23 But with the younger erm West Indians I did n't feel that we we we just did n't seem to be able to find an approach .
24 I think it maybe has to be said that we we picked these figures , not because we wanted to talk about the figures , but simply to use them as for you to hang on to .
25 You can take a B A I E examination without being a member of the association at any level because I 've said that what we should do is we should insist because Napier want to bring a lot of students in on this
26 Now we have to break out from this story of the individual and imagine that what we have described is general .
27 To suggest that everything we are — our health , our wealth , the very structure of society — is encoded in our DNA is simply to justify the status quo .
28 They would have failed to recognize and acknowledge that what we have on the basis of sense-experience is worth having , and worthy of the name of knowledge .
29 I do not believe that what we have heard today represents a settled statement of policy , or that it is founded upon solid conviction .
30 Perhaps it is , perhaps it is not ; our ignorance shows that what we mean when we speak of personal identity is continuity of consciousness , not of substance .
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