Example sentences of "[vb base] we have [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 We mistake it for reality because we are so involved , so lost in the illusion , so absorbed by the drama , that we forget we have chosen to be here , that we are willing participants in an elaborate stage production .
2 I think he had a little bit of ill health and my immediate superior took over as Traffic Superintendent and he was there throughout the war and when I came out he was my boss and er you see and er and then in nineteen forty eight was made Transport Manager , because as you say we had to split from Electric Supply and he carried on until erm nineteen seventy two and erm , we had government reorganization and erm they did away with people like the Town Clerk and Transport Manager and erm erm was retired , early retirement , the same as the Town Clerk and erm they brought in a General Manager from away and brought in more staff with him and that was came in and er so I then applied for the position , which was going , there was , there was Traffic Superintendent was going er Chief Administration Officer , Chief Engineer and erm er Bodywork Maintenance Superintendent .
3 I imagine we 've got at least an hour before any more humans come , and it 's not a lot different to a truck . ’
4 Hope we 've finished with the snow now
5 We hope we have contributed to the debate surrounding human aggression in a constructive and novel way ; and that we have raised some questions surrounding a number of basic notions that have remained unexamined by both the scientific and lay communities .
6 I hope we have succeeded in appointing a Project Manager and will be able to get him here to start work sooner rather than later .
7 We greatly value all the prayer support we have had in the past and would continue to seek your prayers for the way forward and that those who come along and do n't know Christ may find him .
8 ‘ As we move into independence , we will be conscious of the help and support we have had from the LEA .
9 ‘ Well , yes , I must admit , ’ replies management , ‘ that I am making a good thing out of this , the best break we have had for years — you see , my methods of production are so cheap and efficient . ’
10 5-in-a-row is the best run we have had under Wilko .
11 A further consequence of having time zones is that , when we travel we have to adjust to local time in the new time zone .
12 The Danakil guide we had acquired at Bilen had tried to bolt on the march , so I detailed two soldiers to guard him till dawn .
13 Er whatever reasons people give we have to accept as reasonable reasons .
14 But are n't , are n't changes are n't these changes er in Russia and in China forced upon them to a degree by circumstances , by the fact that the outside world immediately withdraws and opposes a rising of the people as a whole against the established government er I mean we 've seen in recent times with Iran and so on have n't we ?
15 You ca you 're gon na , you 're gon na cover it , I mean we 've got to re
16 you know , I have got to get , I mean we 've got to be ready at four ai n't we , which means we 'll have to be ready before we get there ,
17 And it seems to us I mean we 've talked about the different principles , the ne sensible next step is to talk about the criteria .
18 I mean we had given to us our friends , mad on radios
19 And you know this brings another important aspect up which is very important about communications , erm you know we 've jollied along talking about what communication is making sure people know you know what you want etcetera etcetera etcetera but also do n't forget that different people can have different perceptions of the same same things but as I say here we are we sat here we done we 've done about an hour an hour and a half on written communications and yet you know when we passed the papers around it has n't been too bad but there has been different things that people have gone for both in the writing of these reports and both in the marking of them as well .
20 on the ar , we well you know we 've paid for his education since he was seven because he was n't doing anything at primary school !
21 Now he might remember I think the court come just before the after Nicola , and the car was going to because I know we had to go on the train to Liverpool and er , I 'd got ta give evidence as well , they made such a palaver !
22 But you know we have to look beyond the first year or two , we have to look at what 's going to happen to that school over a much longer period of time , and quite frankly erm I would feel safer with erm what was called the big brother of the Local Authority .
23 The data set we have used in the analysis is constructed from the United Kingdom Department of Social Security ( DHSS ) Cohort Study of the Unemployed .
24 To see what it was once like we have to turn to the chalk downlands , notably the Ridgeway that follows the crest of the Berkshire Downs or the Icknield Way near Royston in Hertfordshire .
25 ‘ I suppose we 've mellowed over the years , ’ said Iain .
26 Suppose we have lived in utter darkness and only believed that darkness was light ? ’
27 So it , it was , I suppose we have to say in the past tense , it was , the National Anthem of Czechoslovakia .
28 Well I suppose we have to start with what we 're doing .
29 I do think there are problems and difficulties , I do n't think it will be easy , not least because we do n't have a shared morality and a shared consensus , on the objectives for the voluntary sector , but it is a set of concerns which we must address , er , and I believe that if , if I 've done nothing else today , I 've kicked off a debate , or I 've contributed to a debate which was already rolling , erm , and that we must address those difficulties , and try and find ways through them , because there are opportunities as well as threats in the current situation and I believe we have to look at all of those er , so that we can move into the nineteen nineties which I believe will be a very exciting period for the voluntary sector , and one which the voluntary sector should er , see as exciting , grab the opportunities and move forward .
30 Outside , it 's still raining , and as we gallantly struggle to open our umbrella in the wind , we suddenly find we 've come to a halt beside a large black car , and a man in a smart suit is opening the door for us to get in .
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