Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] we " in BNC.

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1 The Acts gives us many examples of Christian people bearing witness to Jesus , in particular his death and resurrection , to soldiers and governors , prince-lings and mediums , crowds and individuals .
2 ‘ But all the experts told us to stay at Bart 's .
3 The experts assure us that symptoms occur between one and four hours after this particular substance has been ingested . ’
4 Then if the crowds return we can go back to the salaries we deserve ’
5 ‘ It is easier for the institutions to give us records of all accounts rather than trying to strip out just those accounts which paid above a certain level of interest .
6 The world is at last waking up to the dangers threatening us all .
7 Burrows and Hunter 's general conclusion is that " from the views given us by local authorities the 1988 Housing Act 's strengthening of the anti-harassment laws have made prosecutions slightly easier for local authorities but , in practice , there is often a failure to prosecute for a range of non-legal reasons " ( p. 41 ) .
8 Talus president , Steve Sarich says ‘ its like we 've been dropped on a different planet and all the Martians love us ’ — surely sales of NeXT boxes are n't that rare , or are they ?
9 In the course of dealing with those who demanded excessively high wages or who broke their contracts , the courts provided us with a great deal of evidence about wage rates , and continuity and frequency of employment .
10 So we 'd better get back behind our lines , because if the Germans catch us I ca n't believe they 'll invite us to join 'em for tea and crumpet . ’
11 On 4 June , the day the Dunkirk evacuation ended , he wrote to the Chiefs of Staff : ‘ if it is so easy for the Germans to invade us … why should it be … impossible for us to do anything of the same kind to him ? ’
12 The Germans left us to pull the last rope down and headed off without us , leaving us temporarily disenchanted with international fraternity .
13 I told him about our own lack of any real bomber force until the Germans made us build one .
14 Studying the graphs helps us analyze the performance of the component , the problems the component faces given certain types of speech input , and the problems the component will present to higher levels of processing .
15 The notes tell us that all the music was recorded in straight takes , and that no subsequent editing has taken place .
16 No timescale was placed on the proposals to limit US military influence and the USA called on the JSP to clarify its position .
17 We do n't want to go in the other room and watch the nasties do we ?
18 The Times caressed us with recondite information : no Pakistani batsman had made a century at Headingley ; Pakistan bowled their 100th no-ball in the series ( Wasim Akram , not out 63 ) .
19 For instance , The Times informed us that the ‘ unmarried office manager … kept her lunchtime appointment to have a contraceptive coil fitted ’ ( our emphasis ) .
20 There was no rest for the wicked as John Gribbin told New Scientist 's readers that the results of a Chinese study of the alignment of the planets meant we were in for years of terrible weather .
21 Two , two , one and , and the groups tell us who the representatives are , and I , I wo n't serve on the committee , I think I 'll er , that I 'll , you 've given me enough to do anyway , there 's a limit , and unlike our officer , I do have to do some cooking .
22 How do you measure the contribution of organizations like Canadian University Service Overseas or the Methodist Church , who bent the rules to allow us to mail their supporters with our advertising literature ? .
23 In the evenings the merchants invited us to join them as they sat chatting on their cots in the middle of the courtyard .
24 Analysis of the returns leads us to the following conclusions :
25 ‘ We are not putting out any signals which might make the kidnappers think we are going to do a deal .
26 ‘ There just were n't the windshifts to give us leverage , ’ Conner admitted .
27 ‘ We can have the Jheri-Curls chasin' us all the time tryin' to cut our hair and throw chemicals in it ! ’
28 Madeleine came up to see me last Monday for a couple of days and arrived with a sore throat too , so she had a well deserved rest after the excesses of their very social Christmas and life and also encouraged me , the weather and the throats keeping us indoors , to do some MUCH needed turning out .
29 Soon afterwards we were able to use real rifles , for the authorities made us members of the ‘ Universal Training ’ organization , our criminal past being deliberately overlooked .
30 We have to deal with the problem ourselves , until the authorities remember we exist . ’
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