Example sentences of "we [vb base] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally we have found some success in moving into areas where , for example , we bring either a customer base , or a skill or research base which can be applied to another business . |
| 2 | So , we lack both a time and a place for the murder . |
| 3 | We have as many lovely things here as on the Mountain of Butterflies but we lack only a prophet and the eyes and emotions to see them . |
| 4 | We , we sell quite a lot of Amnesty products , a lot , a lot of clothing in every |
| 5 | We propose here a name for the gene we have partly described , and for the protein products ( GGFs , NDF , ARIA , heregulins ) derived from it . |
| 6 | We want just a week 's paid holiday ! |
| 7 | No , we 'll wait for the opportunity outside , if we wait here a month and more . |
| 8 | And one of the things we need to talk about tomorrow is how we put together a briefing |
| 9 | ‘ We put together a set of rules and also ask the bully what should be done if the rules are broken . |
| 10 | Last year , for example , we put together a summer reading campaign with the Booksellers Association Charter Group , and I was perfectly happy that they should order via a wholesaler , in this case from Barnicoats . |
| 11 | We put together a team of prestigious judges from the world of fashion and beauty . |
| 12 | Sorry yeah , certainly , part of it thinking about the way on which we put together a package of ideas , and how we 're going to get that across and sell that to the other party . |
| 13 | Okay and if we put perhaps a water tank here and the water 's trying to get out and we 've got these two big pipes , go through one big pipe and one little pipe . |
| 14 | In this document , therefore , we list only a selection . |
| 15 | Oh , and I belong to a Young Wives ' group , we meet once a fortnight , and I see people from that quite often . |
| 16 | Erm we save quite a lot er which is what we 're trying to do , yes . |
| 17 | We hear only a fraction of this animal chatter . |
| 18 | We know quite a bit about the historical context , the world in which both figures existed . |
| 19 | In the case of behaviour , we know quite a lot about what animals actually do , and about the anatomy and physiology of the brain , but only in the simplest cases can we explain the former in terms of the latter . |
| 20 | We know quite a lot about him as a son and a husband , but little about his feelings as a parent — he makes no reference in his surviving letters to the deaths of four of his children . |
| 21 | First , as will be explained in the next chapter , we are not yet sure exactly which theory successfully combines general relativity and quantum mechanics , though we know quite a lot about the form such a theory must have . |
| 22 | But the psychoanalytic theory of paranoia enables us to see that these two equally-well-attested interpretations are not in any way in conflict with one another because in the latent content of paranoia we find both a tendency to symbolize the father as the sun and a delusion of persecution concerning him which in a typically paranoid way denies the homosexual factor by saying I do not love him , he hates me . |
| 23 | At each level in this hierarchy we find both a dependence on those subjects which lie below and also a claim to a degree of autonomy for the concepts which are specific to that level . |
| 24 | One official said ‘ Twenty or so forgeries have turned up so far , but we believe quite a number more are in the system . ’ |
| 25 | In one of the supporting in-depth interviews , one respondent said : ‘ We have one lawyer whom we contact once a month on average for disputes or land deals and so on and another one who specialises in debt collecting who may be chasing about 20 customers at any one time . |
| 26 | We s it 's a word we use quite a lot . |
| 27 | To tell the truth , there ai n't much to do in the garden , but we go quite a lot anyhow . |
| 28 | He says we play basically a bump and grind game . |
| 29 | Erm we quote once a year for it really er Shane this is one that |
| 30 | Well , apple tart , but you know , things we bring in , apple tarts erm , custard slices , a the occasional eclair erm , yeah , we do quite a range , actually . |