Example sentences of "[conj] we [vb mod] [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may not be able to contain a spill , but we must do all that we can to prevent another disaster . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't want to rush you but I 've booked at the bistro down the road for nine o'clock so we ought to have this drink and go . ’ |
| 3 | I did make the point that Mr Maxwell 's company wants co-operation on the eastern edge of the City , vis-á-vis their football stadium , and we ought to have some co-operation on the western edge of the City where all these houses are boarded up and empty , bought at double the market value , and I made that point publicly . |
| 4 | Yeah , what we call a new cut , we dredge right opposite the Harbourmaster 's office and we dredged all and we used to do that tide time , had to work at ti tides , when it 's high tide , cos that otherwise there were n't any water there at all . |
| 5 | And erm so we started the Brownies and I could train them and we used to have such fun together , you know |
| 6 | And we used to have one gentleman come in from the country . |
| 7 | See like erm l l l lorries and all like that , caravans , I mean I , caravans , we used to load the small ones and er we used to have two bars go underneath with a bit of wood on top and we used to have one hand on one end while they cos that was a damn nuisance . |
| 8 | Oh ah we used to get together and we used to discuss each other you know what we could take and what we could n't take . |
| 9 | Not every Saturday morning but we used to do this job . |