pronoun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
As we have seen
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As we have seen in chapter four, women’s pay is generally less than men’s.
as we know it
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The museum outlines the development of the city as we know it today.
as you/we know
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‘I’m divorced, as you know,’ she said briefly.
how shall I/we put it? (= used before saying something in an indirect or polite way )
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Mr Lewis is now – how shall we put it? – hardly the influence he once was.
it can be seen that/we can see that
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From this graph, it can be seen that some people are more susceptible to the disease.
we can safely assume (= it is almost certain )
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I think we can safely assume that interest rates will go up again soon.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Houston, we have a problem
I'll have/we'll have
I'm/We're not worthy
I'm/we're/you're talking (about) sth
I/we don't have all day
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Hurry up, we don't have all day !
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But Sally does not have all day here.
I/we live in hope
I/we shall
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And thus we shall get the Government that we deserve.
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As we shall see later, the ongoing health of children in Seascale has become a critical issue for the nuclear industry.
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Either: As agreed at our initial meeting, we shall inform your auditors of this appointment.
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I don't know what it will be, but I shall find a way to help her in the end.
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It is a kindness I shall never forget.
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That is a point to which I shall return in the next chapter.
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This raises a general question which is central to these areas, and which I shall call the representation problem.
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Three Levels on which rationality has practical significance may be distinguished, which I shall call groundedness, enlightenment and emancipation.
I/we was robbed!
I/we won't eat you
here we are
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Here we are home again!
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I know I read it somewhere... Here we go! It's at the bottom of page 78.
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And here we are in one of the most notoriously capricious seas in the world, aboard a fantastic yacht called 2041.
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And here we are, four years later, reading of another fracas in another rust-belt town.
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But here we are faced with a dilemma.
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However, here we are not to be intimidated and held off.
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Just a Yes, here we are.
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Oh and here we are going to a tango lesson.
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Okay, here we are for the Final Jeopardy round.
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So we bargained, and here we are, in the house.
here we go
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"I still don't see why you blame me!" "Oh great, here we go again."
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Let's do that again. Ready? Here we go.
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And now, here we go again with the Gulf crisis.
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Most of us were peaceful and decent, but here we go again, in our fifth war of this century.
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Oh no, I thought, here we go.
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One two three four, here we go.
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Ronald Reagan fixed that, but here we go again.
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So, again, here we go.
here we go again
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"You've been drinking again, haven't you!" "Oh God, here we go again."
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And now, here we go again with the Gulf crisis.
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Most of us were peaceful and decent, but here we go again, in our fifth war of this century.
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Ronald Reagan fixed that, but here we go again.
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You see, here we go again.
it's ... , Jim, but not as we know it
it's time I was moving/we ought to get moving etc
may I/we ...?
shall I/we ... ?
shall I/we say
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A prankster, shall we say ?
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And what shall I say more?
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Here's how it opens: What shall we say , then?
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In other words, you've got to have, shall we say , the equipment to go with the line.
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Instead, he summoned Ford to Philadelphia, a place where Ford is, shall we say , known?
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It has, shall we say , connotations!
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She was a pretty fiery, and shall we say , a somewhat lusty character.
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What shall I say , eh, eh, eh?
the royal 'we'
we all make mistakes
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As I told you once, we all make mistakes in our youth.
we'll see about that
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"I want to go to Joshua's tonight." "Well, we'll have to see about that."
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Kim wants to go to this party, huh? Well, we'll see about that!
we're not in Kansas any more
we're/you're talking £500/three days etc
what are we waiting for?
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What are we waiting for? Let's go eat.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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We 're looking forward to seeing you on Sunday.
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We are not amused.
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We don't hit other people, do we, Tommy?
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We still know very little about what causes the disease.
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Can we have some cake, Mom?
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What should we do tonight, Sean?