Example sentences of "[subord] we [modal v] [vb infin] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , using a plural in a continuation based on the verb + with conditions , where we might expect some sort of strain , does indeed produce a reliably higher number of continuations using both . |
| 2 | ‘ Is there anywhere near here where we could get some bread and cheese ? ’ asked Breeze , thinking that at this moment she could eat a dog-biscuit with gusto . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , although we must reject any dichotomy based upon the assumption of radical differences between the mental attributes of literate and non-literate peoples and accept the view that previous formulations of the distinction were based on faulty premises and inadequate evidence , there may still exist general differences between literate and non-literate societies somewhat along the lines suggested by Lévy-Bruhl . |
| 4 | However , although we can keep this association in mind , it does not give us the whole picture . |
| 5 | It could be Lorrimer 's vomit , so we 'll need some information on his stomach contents . |
| 6 | ‘ We made a conscious decision not to use the horn section this time around , so we could have more space for the guitar . |
| 7 | Inevitably , therefore , there must be a good many eruptions taking place below sea level , so we will conclude this chapter by looking briefly at the sort of activity that results . |
| 8 | are , are out , are out now , in , in relation to consultation and user groups and their re or representative organizations , have been asked to comment in relation to the whole process before we go , we get to Panel and P and R er , so that we get , and then full Council , so we will get some indication , and twenty six particularly , so that , maybe those members in the last er , er , Council do realize they might have got , we might have got our fingers burnt in relation to this particular issue . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , we 'd like more adverts , so we can make more money and expand a bit . |
| 10 | ‘ We 've also had problems reported with Barnet , Northampton and Brighton this summer and I 'm just glad that the season 's started so we can get some income from gate receipts . |
| 11 | I 'm sure there are people who do n't sort of bother with them at all , you know just saw er a man he dropped he 's erm , he dropped his till receipt and he looked as if he had a tremendous amount you know in his basket so I reckon it would of been over , but there was no erm cos you get it stamped yes so we have er , yes I 'd forgotten about those little erm chickens of course , so we can have that roast |
| 12 | ‘ No , just a glass of hot milk — half a glass , actually , so we can have some breakfast . ’ |
| 13 | Hence the possibility of saying , when neither speaker nor addressee is at home : ( 83 ) I came over several times to visit you , but you were never there So we must append another clause to our gloss , namely : " or motion towards the home-base maintained at CT by either speaker or addressee " . |
| 14 | Until we can ram that message home , we are going to see more families robbed of their nearest and dearest in the most senseless of tragedies . |
| 15 | ‘ Until we can get enough food through to stop people starving to death , you wo n't be able to stop those who are prepared to kill for the few precious supplies , ’ said Julian . |
| 16 | But it is a strange life when one sees one 's friends for perhaps one month in the year , and then we all go our separate ways until we can grasp another opportunity — sometimes between flights at airports ! |
| 17 | Then I did ask myself if we would see this place again ; and when Jaffa started to disappear to our starboard , I remember I said to myself : ‘ If this ship could turn round now , I would return to Jaffa . ’ |
| 18 | Of the scientific Discourses at the Royal Institution some were describing original research , occasionally very new as when J. J. Thomson reported in 1897 the discovery of the electron ( if we may allow that phrase ) ; others were in the nature of a review of recent work . |
| 19 | I wonder if we 'll get any snow ? |
| 20 | Instead he said , ‘ I was going to ask you if we might have some breakfast . |
| 21 | ‘ If we can identify this Person Y … it seems the only thing to do . ’ |
| 22 | If we can answer that question — and I believe with Christ 's power we can — we can turn the tide of war and tyranny here . |
| 23 | If we can answer this question , we shall have gone some way to understanding the different claims made in the Conservative and Labour manifestos . |
| 24 | You see if we can split this Union in two , that 's exactly what the management wants . |
| 25 | If we can treat any piece of conversational data as a process in which two or more participants speak within the topic framework , we should also find in their contributions elements which characterise their own personal ‘ speaker 's topics ’ . |
| 26 | Hopefully , we can if we can retain some membership , then obviously hopefully we can put some money to return to these unemployed centres and give the government what it needs , a good kick up the arse . |
| 27 | If we can capture that human look it helps to characterise the bird |
| 28 | If we can establish that literacy practice involved a socially variable set of conventions ( as I hope this book will make a contribution to doing ) , then claims for its consequences will not so easily be disguised as universal truths . |
| 29 | If we can reduce that term , at no extra cost , surely be an advantage . |
| 30 | If indeed there are dangers to the health of our children in exposure to low levels of lead , and if we can reduce this exposure by banning lead additives from petrol , then something can and should be done . |