Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] we [vb base] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 If you believe , as I do , that miracles sometimes take place between the brain and the writing hand , that we do not always know what we want to write until we have written it , then you will be gratified when the unconscious makes one of its surprise and glorious forays onto the page and not seek to suppress what has been given without your asking .
2 She wants to know if we 've seen him .
3 But can I just answer that because hopefully we do we do try to listen and we try to give you what information you 're capable of taking at the time .
4 Alright cos I think we 've been sent these on approval to see if we want to adopt them for course material
5 With an opportunity we do not know exactly where we want to go until we have found it .
6 ‘ It might still be a bit premature to suggest that we have made it if we beat Lithuania , but it would then become very close especially as we play them again in Dublin in September . ’
7 That is what we intend to do and we intend to do it on the basis of the criteria erm that we have set out .
8 It is because we need to understand that we have asked you to come here tonight .
9 Anyhow we 'll we shall have to experiment before we start doing it .
10 But whatever criteria we use , we can not conceivably make valid judgements unless we spell out what we are attempting to achieve and try to measure whether we have achieved it or not .
11 we 're gon na go soon cos like we du n no what else to say cos we 've crushed you and everything .
12 repeating what they 've just said , to show that we 've understood them ;
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