Example sentences of "[be] [adj] we [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we are drowsy we may not hear either the piccolo or the dog whistle . |
| 2 | But I think we 'll update not so much is over public authorities would probably take your advice , but I 'm thinking of people who are not public authorities who might in a way suffer , that your advice may cause them some expense , and they might choose to delay it , and well I am guilty we ca n't afford to do that this year , so it never gets done . |
| 3 | Although while we are alive we can never return to Eden , we can benefit from the ever-flowing waters of Eden . |
| 4 | ‘ I am afraid we shall not see your cousins when we disembark , Ruth , ’ Mrs Carson said . |
| 5 | I am afraid we could not agree over certain … artistic matters . |
| 6 | Since unc and all the ri are non-negative we must eventually reach a first integer l for which |
| 7 | The idea of boredom is not very distressing to us because if we are bored we can usually do something about it , and so can a horse in the wild . |
| 8 | WE 'RE SORRY we ca n't return any of your Gallery pictures , but not half as sorry as we are for inflicting this smirking , high-voiced , tubby toff with less personality than a plasticine man on you . |
| 9 | Our spirit is fine and I am confident we can soon improve our position . ’ |
| 10 | No , well that 's it int it ? so er if things are reasonable we might just go away for a long weekend or something , go find us a place in Southport for a weekend |
| 11 | When you come to internal democracy and how much , say , the pupils have , I agree with Bob that is a very tricky one and certainly you ca n't just transplant erm democracy onto what is really a rather authoritarian system , you 'd have to prepare and train pupils much more than we do and what I think is the most dangerous thing is playing at democracy which I am sure we should not do in schools . |
| 12 | Certainly so far as we are concerned we would completely recognise your position and we are in fact , since your position is shared by several other experts in their respective fields who have been good enough to assist us in this venture , doing our very best to see that the names of those who are taking part in the policy study groups do not become public property . |
| 13 | Oh , and by the way , I 'm sorry we ca n't make it tomorrow . |
| 14 | I 'm sorry we ca n't finish this one up . |
| 15 | against the advertising say I 'm sorry we ca n't do it . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sorry we ca n't help you dear , ’ she said . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm sorry we ca n't ask you to come and see us again , but we live very quietly . ’ |
| 18 | so I said but I 'm not disappointed but she said just listen to what I 've got to say , she said , erm , because anybody else that 's failed we 've just said I 'm sorry we ca n't have you , but she said with you , we all feel that you 've got so much to offer she said I 'm gon na offer you a relief post which means that you can go into other people 's ho er other homes , all around , all different hospitals if somebody 's short , they can call on you and I said could it be a full time job , will it give me enough money to say that I 'm working ? |
| 19 | I 'm sorry we could n't do it the day you arrived , but it took a little bit of organizing . " |
| 20 | If there is a fracture it 's possible it may show up more clearly now , in which case I 'm afraid we wo n't have any choice but to put it in plaster . |
| 21 | Er I 'm afraid we ca n't do anything about that . |
| 22 | I 'm afraid we ca n't do any chopping up into biscuits , I should of checked the recipe before we started really should n't I ? |
| 23 | I said that 's business I said and I 'm afraid we ca n't carry on like that . |
| 24 | Anywhere , sir , I said , and ‘ I 'm afraid we ca n't serve alcohol before departure . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm afraid we ca n't help you at the moment — we 've been told simply that Mr. Andrew is away from the office . |
| 26 | putting up with that and me not going out then I 'm afraid we 'll just have to put up with it ! |
| 27 | ‘ Well , judging from the size of the village , there may well be room for us if we 're to be content with small animals only , but I 'm afraid we 'll never get any farm work . |
| 28 | The doctor said , ‘ I 'm afraid we can not hope now . ’ |
| 29 | I 'm afraid we can not have any of this . |
| 30 | [ If proceeds can not be disclosed , then to be consistent we should perhaps delete earlier reference to $97m for small divestments ? ] |