Example sentences of "but we [modal v] [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm but we 'll do the questions together as a class and I would like you to just speak one at a time , otherwise it will all get blurry . |
| 2 | We 've lied and said it is , but we 'll tell the truth for once , ’ says Cairns . |
| 3 | We broke that , or that was broke er , but we 'll blame the carrier now and look at it , then our security guy goes out and they know it 's been sitting around someone 's you know , it 's been there for months ! |
| 4 | ‘ But we 'll keep the news in the family for now . ’ |
| 5 | Now that the exchange rate is around the $1.40 to $1.45 mark there could be a case for going back but we might have the difficulty of seeming opportunistic . |
| 6 | ‘ We know we have no chance of getting the money back , but we would love the rings back , ’ she said . |
| 7 | specific points in the development of people , whilst that we recognise that the partners in practice was going to go into a quiet spell er something but we would run the risk if that happened on losing the expertise , the skill base that we 've got there and the undoubted qualities of the people within , we had to find a way in which we could use that skill base and other practice er of the practice and in fact that 's been quite successfully achieved in in recent months er with due diligence work for example er with legal support work is another example , when people in the insolvency practice have been very active on special science weeks ago tree . |
| 8 | So that the social , the social idea in the towns and people can gather in a market place and do what they will without too much trouble , but nevertheless and immediately you try to restrict , we , we run into trouble , but we must protect the people and that 's the purpose for the trading standards . |
| 9 | But we must examine the facts dispassionately . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ But we must feed the birds , ’ said Mrs Wright . |
| 11 | The author Jeanette Winterson provides a maxim for female artists past and present when she says : ‘ We do n't want men to package us but we must have the freedom to describe ourselves ’ . |
| 12 | But we must have the right to carry out our duty to impart the moral convictions , the moral teaching of our Church to our own members . |
| 13 | No one wants to shoot birds , but we must balance the survival of an entire species against that of a few individuals |
| 14 | Thus , it is technically feasible , but we must define the risks and potential complications . |
| 15 | Naturally , I understand Rolls-Royce 's disappointment , but we must put the matter in perspective . |
| 16 | But we must take the legislation as we find it . |
| 17 | We ca n't control the climate but we can control the air pollution . |
| 18 | But we can treat the zero exponent on the ladder of powers as the log , since its effect on the shape of data batches fits exactly at this point ; it corrects upward straggle more powerfully than taking roots , but it is not as strong a transformation as the reciprocal root , or reciprocals . |
| 19 | The countdown to one of the country 's … one of the world 's oldest sporting challenges is underway … after a hundred sixty four years the score stands at 69 to 68 … the sport is rowing … the contest is the university boat race … they 'll be naming the crews on Monday … but we can meet the Oxford blue boat in our Friday Feature |
| 20 | We can not change what is happening inside , but we can change the hair condition by applying correctly prescribed , penetrating protein treatments to the hair . |
| 21 | So who 's going to be the next manager of Oxford United … the shortlist is being drawn up this weekend … the appointment will be made early next week … we ca n't tell you yet who it 's going to be but we can tell the Manor Ground directors who you want … |
| 22 | For most men the interior light of the mind is dark as in a black and white picture but we can make the dawns rise and colours come as in a coloured picture . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ We ca n't jam the signals but we can make the advertising and sale of decoders illegal after this date . ’ |
| 24 | Similarly , Freeman argued , in relation to unskilled labour , that ‘ uneducative ’ employment was unavoidable and , therefore , it was necessary that ‘ the intelligence and character of the adolescent be trained outside the workshop ’ : ‘ We can not train for a trade , but we can enable the worker to do his duties as thoroughly as possible ’ ; such training would give a ‘ familiarity ’ with ‘ ordinary tools ’ and ‘ simple machines ’ , a grounding in ‘ mechanics ’ and ‘ competent draughtsmanship ’ . |
| 25 | Because of the non-linearity of the cross-equation restrictions we can not use the F-test in this case , but we can use the likelihood ratio . |
| 26 | As I have indicated , the requirements for competition are slightly different , but we can use the fitness built up through normal training to provide a platform upon which to establish more specialised requirements . |
| 27 | But we can see the horror now , we only need to look at television and Yugoslavia . |
| 28 | But we can see the influence of this traditional Western monastic spirituality in Hilton 's discussion of verbal prayer . |
| 29 | Of course this could be a coincidence but we can calculate the odds against this . |
| 30 | It probably is not practical to remove nuclear weapons entirely , but we can lessen the danger by reducing the number of weapons . |