Example sentences of "we [verb] [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The alternative explanation , involving a change in the rate of momentum loss through electromagnetic radiation or particle outflow might be accompanied by an observable change in the radiation pattern or the braking index ; we intend to search for these in our continued monitoring programme . |
| 2 | Broad-front exploration is expensive and tedious so we tend to look for some key factor that will simplify the task . |
| 3 | We got funded for that one though . |
| 4 | Of course we got paid for that as well . |
| 5 | She reminded me that I was a married man — forbade me to approach her or speak to her again in that way , but at the same time I knew I had made her think about the old days — the attraction we 'd had for each other which she could not deny . |
| 6 | ‘ How far have we got to swim for this competition ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We began to work for this journey two years ago . |
| 8 | Going well , I do n't care why should we have to pay for all those poor people ! |
| 9 | Why sho why should we have to pay for this service as well as our poll tax ? |
| 10 | If he go up , we 'ave to look for another ringer . ’ |
| 11 | He 's six foot two , blue eyes and curly hair , and all the girls are mad jealous because we 've fallen for each other . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm not leaving here until we 've done for that bastard . |
| 13 | I speak on behalf of Playback not as Playback itself , but as Playback being part of the Regional Council that can a bit , now I was at a meeting this morning where I , I sort of absolutely had to read the riot act about Playback because they do not have a set budget whether you know this or not , they do n't have a standard budget as they should have , we 've fought for this for years , what we do is , we survive through crisis to crisis , now some money has been extracted from the Playback budget and whilst I have to share two bits of Playback , you know , the , the actual Playback charitable , voluntary bit , and the Regional Council , I mean they , I , I can say that they do not have a backing of money that they can fall back on , too many backs there , but I mean really I would say that I would be concerned if it was Christmas before we were ready , I , I ca n't help but think if we could and I mean , very , very happy to work with , with anybody and everybody on this to try and get these things pulled up quite quickly , I mean if it 's forms to be filled in then |
| 14 | because if one division , we know how many , each d i if we 've got for each division the number of agreements , the number of sessions , the number of staff we 've got three common factors , different numbers obviously |
| 15 | " We think Silverweed is one of the best poets we 've had for many months , " said Cowslip . |
| 16 | In fact , the light weight , the attractive looks , the easy-feeling neck and the light , low action make it one of the most pick-up-able guitars we 've had for some time . |
| 17 | If one person is prevented getting AIDS by this officer , we 've paid for that person for two years , and I think practically every one of these posts that Queenie takes great offence at is producing a useful end product , and the other point is that Government legislation year after year after year puts more responsibilities on the City Council , the new Environmental Protection Act is a good example . |
| 18 | If you actually look at what we 've paid for some of the players say over the last two or three years , I guess you 're looking at about three hundred and fifty thousand pounds . |
| 19 | John Tame , chief accountant for the Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund , which was awarded first prize in Category 1 ( best report and accounts from a charity with income over £1m ) , explains : ‘ We 've entered for many years . |
| 20 | We had to wait for all three of them to finish before getting it back . |
| 21 | We had to wait for some months in order to get a passage and finally set oft on my birthday in January . |
| 22 | We had to wait for some days until a convoy of ships was ready . |
| 23 | We had looked for some impact from the presence of women in senior positions in school , but the highest percentage of women at Scale 4 or above in any school was 35 per cent . |
| 24 | erm We had to look for some lower riders and erm Tony Primmer of course comes in at four , which helps us immensely . |
| 25 | ‘ I have to admit we let him down over the gearbox which was slipping out of sixth gear and we have apologised for that . |
| 26 | ‘ But ladies and gentlemen , ’ he went on , ‘ who is it we have to thank for this great blessing that has come upon us ? |
| 27 | The interest rates in this country are now down to their lowest differential with those on the continent that we have seen for many years . |
| 28 | Garden Life could turn out to be the most valuable contribution to conservation we have seen for some time . |
| 29 | President Michael Ainslie noted ‘ a greater level of consignment activity than we have seen for some time . |
| 30 | One of the most blatant and invidious pieces of political skulduggery we have seen for some time . |