Example sentences of "[subord] we [modal v] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the Corniche we asked a traffic policeman in a white booth where we might find a hotel . |
| 2 | That way , if the worst happens an' they fire the house an' make a run fer it , we 'll drive most of 'em back towards the highway , where we 'll have a reception committee waitin' to meet ‘ em ! |
| 3 | Then we would move to a training ground in the foothills of the Alps at Canjuers , where we would spend a month away from the regiment and the barracks , and learning the basics of fieldcraft , tactics and shooting , and where we would spend a lot of time living outside as self sufficient soldiers . |
| 4 | We agreed to have a summit meeting in Bromley High Street after school , where we 'd make a decision on what to do . |
| 5 | ‘ But I know a special place , in the campagna — in the country — where you will see vineyards and ancient castles and rolling hills , where we can drink a wine that the gods would have kept for themselves if they could . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Money will only be invested in ideas where we can see a gain , ’ said Ken . |
| 7 | There is no place , for example , where we can have a coffee-break with them during the morning . |
| 8 | Is there anywhere around here where we can have a cup of coffee ? ’ |
| 9 | We 've got a lot of friends whom we can talk to about a policy generally , and where we can put a word in . |
| 10 | On Saturday we had an option of staying in camp and being lazy , reading or whatever , or paddling across the lake and climbing a 2 ½ mile mountain where we could climb a Ranger tower to see a magnificent view of the entire area . |
| 11 | Please could I ask for a moment 's silence and look to the north er we wil where we will have a dedication fly past by A-Tens of the Eighty-First Tactical Fighter Wing . |
| 12 | Or again , considering ( 4 ) , there is no fixed length for turns in conversation , and sometimes one participant holds the floor for some time ; yet although we might call a turn of four minutes part of a conversation , we would consider conversation to have ceased if someone talked for an hour and a half . |
| 13 | b ) We would expect to maintain the duration clause in the contract for this additional application although we would accept a qualification along the lines of ’ … |
| 14 | Certain psychological processes have something of this quality , too , and although we can achieve a degree of insight and control over them , they need to be handled with care . |
| 15 | He was hustled up to London to have his head cut off with less mercy than we would treat a chicken . |
| 16 | Remember we said about , that only applies if you miss two consecutive erm , years ' rise in the R P I , then we 'll say right , if you want to take up any more , than we 'll need a medical . |
| 17 | Right , so we 'll type a formula into this cell , this is where I want the total sales figure to be . |
| 18 | okay , so we 'll have a look at that and , obtaining money , well |
| 19 | That 's right , so we 'll have a look at it shall we ? |
| 20 | What we 're gon na do now , it 's just coming up to twenty past three , so we 'll take a tea break and then after tea we 'll come back and we 'll spend about an hour or so looking at identifying trainees . |
| 21 | We want to turn state companies into shareholding companies by moving perhaps on to an Italian model of state participation in industry , so we can create a situation where companies would be owned by a combination of the state , private shareholders and foreign investors . |
| 22 | On the livestock side Stuart Ashworth warned that beef producers should brace themselves for a cut in the Beef Special Premium ‘ the base for Scotland is 244,000 male animals but there will be at least 300,000 head this year so we can anticipate a cut of somewhere in the region of 20-25 per cent in BSP payments . |
| 23 | The gradient of a curve is the gradient of tangent , so we can draw a tangent where you wanted it at that place . |
| 24 | Could you let us know the application number so we can take a look at the file ? |
| 25 | Yes , so we can have a rest . |
| 26 | We had a brilliant time and it 's a pity you only get to do it once : Maybe we 'll split up and reform under a different name — so we can have a crack at it next year . |
| 27 | ‘ It does n't start until nine forty-five , so we can have a coffee before we leave . ’ |
| 28 | Well could you take responsibility for actually sort of sitting down with me sometime so we can have a meeting to talk that through ? |
| 29 | These days we can do it much easier and we do it electrically , so we can use a relationship between conductivity which has to be er compensated for temperature and pressure at which you 're doing your readings , and that gives us a measure of our chlorinity and then that gives us a measure back to our salinity . |
| 30 | " So we should make a start now . |