Example sentences of "[subord] we [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another area is that of foregrounding , where we draw on the terminology of traditional poetics ( " metaphor " , " metonymy " , onomatopoeia " , etc ) . |
| 2 | stales like wine where we loll on grass , |
| 3 | SIR — I have just returned with my family from Tignes , France , where we cheered on my son Graham Nugent and his fellow team members in the fifth Paralympics . |
| 4 | At one end of the town was a bank where we went on our first day to change some money . |
| 5 | I 'm convinced he drew me aside , away from Jeeta and Jamila , into the store-room , where we sat on wooden boxes like skiving factory workers , because he was ashamed , or at least bashful , about his unsweet victory . |
| 6 | When both parents are dead there is no one to talk with about those uncertain , early memories of people and places , or to confirm when it was we had measles , or where we stayed on holiday . |
| 7 | We wandered over Clare Bridge , which always looks as if it is about to collapse , and then up to St John 's , where we stood on the old Wren bridge and talked for some time , gazing at the so-called Bridge of Sighs which connects the old and new parts of St John 's . |
| 8 | The Fish got us a good position at the back of the club , where we stood on wooden beer crates holding on to each other as the floor seemed about to crack open with heat and stomping . |
| 9 | Press through our nothingness where we sprawl on beds , |
| 10 | ‘ I think it might even be further away than we came on the Long Drive , ’ said Masklin quietly . |
| 11 | Many of us place more value on action , decisiveness and ‘ pulling ourselves together ’ than we do on contemplation and reflection in solitude . |
| 12 | Majors spend more on one ad than we did on recording an album . |
| 13 | Quite probably you will have discovered that you put much more emphasis than we did on the immediate problem of trying to discover whether it was Chrissie or Fred who was telling the truth . |
| 14 | We have come to depend on Lacuna even more than we did on her predecessor , who was unfortunately unable to join us . |
| 15 | Surely no civil servant had more unique or peaceful surroundings in which to work than we did on this day . |
| 16 | ‘ This will be a level higher than we faced on Wednesday . ’ |
| 17 | We should warn you that next March 12th another police constable will be on foot duty in Convent St. , and should he notice a repetition of your behaviour , we shall have to consider the possibility of taking even more stringent action than we have on this occasion . |
| 18 | As in all active sports you pick up bumps and bruises , so we insist on medical insurance . |
| 19 | But you do collect bumps and bruises falling off windsurfers , so we insist on medical insurance . |
| 20 | If the basic variable in an implicit row is σ J ( or x J ) and its partner is non-basic , so we pivot on 1 ( as in P2/T1 ) , the pivot column k is simply multiplied by -1 and the resource column changes to . |
| 21 | Ann suggested we get under the table and I was n't about to argue but the table was too small so we crawled on hands and knees to hide under a larger table . |
| 22 | And at one one erm , they was er the other one was the Clements Church Hall used to go to Felixstowe but the er , the other one the Memorial Hall down the bottom of down er that was just off er down there we they could n't afford to go to Felixstowe , so we went on Cobbles Meadow down here , that 's what we had then . |
| 23 | just as when reading a favourite novel , we create the people and places described as we see them , so we draw on our own images and imagination to enrich our inner world , rather than accepting an unknown intruder — the voice on the tape . |
| 24 | The inadequate map suggested villages lay ahead so we stopped on a jut of land at the first hint of cultivation : another delectable bivvy site . |
| 25 | We realised we 'd been depending too much on verbal instructions so we concentrated on producing written safety procedures , including training and planning . |
| 26 | Towards nightfall most of the refugees went back into Myitkyina for the night , but the remaining convalescents and I were too tired to do this , so we stayed on the airfield . |
| 27 | ‘ So we rely on local wholesalers — Easons , Hughes and Argosy — providing they have the titles we want . |
| 28 | Portugal was the original target for our fortnight 's holiday at the beginning of September , but Lisbon seemed a bit far , so we settled on Galicia , the north-western tip of Spain , and northern Portugal . |
| 29 | ‘ Michael and I played budding racing drivers , ’ said Bulloch , ‘ so we started on the go-karts . |
| 30 | It began to get quite hot so we sat on a mossy bank and shared an orange . |