Example sentences of "and we [modal v] [vb infin] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It raises the question of internal control and we would expect a bank facing this difficulty to inform us right away , ’ said an official . |
| 2 | If we did that , we would do away with all these debates about local taxation , whether we should have the rating system or another system such as the poll tax or the council tax , and we would have a system which , at the end of the day , would give the local people the opportunity to determine priorities . |
| 3 | In their nervousness they offered at once the gifts they had brought : tea , fruit , duty-free whiskey — ‘ It 'll be useful to have in the house even if nobody drinks it and we might need a glass ’ — a printed silk headscarf , thick fur gloves . |
| 4 | Apart from indicating status , each church represents perhaps the most important local focal place for any settlement , and we might spend a lot of time studying it in our local research . |
| 5 | And we may antagonize a lot of people in doing so . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , yes , come on in , we 'll fit that in , would you like to come into the morning programme or , I 'll come out with a Ewer and we 'll do a bit and we 'll slot it in . |
| 7 | She came up in front of my parents and said : ‘ Would you like to take this home , put a sample in it and we 'll do a sperm count for you ? ’ |
| 8 | Tell him to ring about seven and we 'll fix a place for eats . |
| 9 | ‘ We 're both obviously suffering from jet-lag , and we 'll feel a lot better after a decent night 's sleep . ’ |
| 10 | Yeah , folk here just never been out since New Year , then she had to work at the hospital Tuesday , well Bradley said if you do n't feel fit enough phone up and we 'll send a nurse to you I said you 're bloody mental , you ask for everything you get , I said instead of phoning the nurse in , ah but I think Alison told me they both need a good , good bloody feed they do |
| 11 | Oh , he said , I expect in a minute the door will be flung back and I 'll be dragged off to some sort of temple arena where I 'll fight maybe a couple of giant spiders and an eight-foot slave from the jungles of Klatch and then I 'll rescue some kind of a princess from the altar and then kill off a few guards or whatever and then this girl will show me the secret passage out of the place and we 'll liberate a couple of horses and escape with the treasure . ’ |
| 12 | Bit of a squeeze , but if I can get through , you can follow , and we 'll make a dash . ’ |
| 13 | Then come back and we 'll make a start on the potatoes . |
| 14 | But join us in ninety seconds and we 'll have a crack at it . |
| 15 | Let's go into the other room and we 'll have a word about his diet and a few other things . " |
| 16 | Listen , you sit down , I 'll get a couple of coffees and we 'll have a chat , OK ? ’ |
| 17 | And er once you 've had a look at that , you can er perhaps break for coffee , and we 'll have a chat about it after the break . |
| 18 | ‘ Come back with me in the car , and we 'll have a chat . ’ |
| 19 | Right get the cigarettes out then and we 'll have a snout . |
| 20 | ‘ And we 'll have a bottle of the Number Fourteen . ’ |
| 21 | You know , give us a chance to get into the play and get comfortable on our feet and we 'll have a go , well , Johnson does n't give you that option does he ? |
| 22 | Oh well we 'll we 'll have a look at these I E words and we 'll have a look at punctuation some time . |
| 23 | Okay we 'll leave that for a minute and we 'll have a look so you can forget all about it right then I 'll ask you later when you 've forgotten okay . |
| 24 | ‘ Now please let us in and we 'll have a look around . ’ |
| 25 | That 's a socket , that 'll time for a cup of coffee I think , while we have a look at , and we 'll have a look at the , the boot log file in a minute and see what it did . |
| 26 | Er and we 'll have a look at all the things that they carried and erm fought with later on . |
| 27 | But let's wait and see cause I 'll take you out and we 'll have a look . |
| 28 | Friday afternoon we could and we 'll have a look at . |
| 29 | But when this wretched business is over , we sha n't have to be enemies any more and we 'll have a drink together . ’ |
| 30 | Sensing that Dora was about to protest , and to avoid further argument , Melissa said hastily , ‘ Come along to my room and we 'll have a drink . ’ |