Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [adv] [verb] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coercion may well be an inherent part of the metaphoric process , but we may nevertheless ask whether it might not be possible to imagine a different type of metaphor , one that was truly interactive in a positive sense . |
| 2 | In this context we may well ask whether we are not living in an age when God is judging our Western civilisation — whether the inflation of the Western world is a judgment on materialism , or the rising unemployment a judgment on militant trade unionism or the crisis of capitalism a judgment on the secular humanism of our age . |
| 3 | Our days weave together the simple pleasures of daily life , which we should never take for granted , and the higher pleasures of Art and Thought which we may now taste as we please , with none to forbid or criticise . |
| 4 | I told Harry that I did n't really see how this could be resolved in your absence so we should just leave until you return from holiday . |
| 5 | Well we 'll soon know if he snores |
| 6 | Er , My Lord we will obviously calculate such interest that has to be calculated er and figures have to be sorted out and will be agreed if that is appropriate , er and we 'll also consider whether it 's proper er to seek to achieve a structured settlement . |
| 7 | Do n't forget the same with , with take-aways as well , if the signs are the same you get a plus or you get an add , erm so that 's , I mean I can see this is the bit you 're not too happy with , but we 'll just see if it works . |
| 8 | The nine other sites are ’ — we 'll just put because they 're not in , writing this thing — ’ and they will open from the first of May nineteen ninety-one between nine and six p.m. each day of the week . |
| 9 | We 'll never know whether it was Tony 's plan or David 's plan . |
| 10 | We 'll never know if we do n't try it at Czerny 's tempo which also happens to be Beethoven 's for his Scherzo . |
| 11 | Erm and and we could actually give if we if we can find some small reject ball bearings or roller bearings , then we can or reject I mean erm dead stock . |
| 12 | Yes , I think that we could actually kill as it were two birds with one stone here er , the conversion of military industry into civilian industry has begun in the Soviet Union but it was going very slowly and part of the reason for that is , is it 's very expensive , now that seems to me a worthy recipient for Western direct economic aid . |
| 13 | We 'd never know if we did n't check . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Send the girl in ; we shall soon know if she 's Sally-Anne . |
| 15 | We shall never know whether he was counting Mark Twain . |
| 16 | There seems to be three possibilities : 1 ) There really is a complete unified theory , which we will someday discover if we are smart enough . |
| 17 | We will now see if it is possible to state in what circumstances the different tones are used within the very limited context of the words ‘ yes ’ and ‘ no ’ said in isolation . |
| 18 | But we will only win if you vote for us on 3rd May . |
| 19 | But we will only win if you vote for us on 3rd May . |
| 20 | We now face a life sentence of misery and uncertainty but we will never rest until we know what happened that night . |
| 21 | In practice that is a recipe for disaster since , without knowing what the brain and its components do , we will never know whether we have a good description of how they work . |
| 22 | Also , we can usually say whether it is a farmstead or a village which is under examination . |
| 23 | Although we 're working er all the time to keep security as tight as we can at the John Radcliffe , er the scheme is going to give us the ability to challenge members of staff , legitimate members of staff , as we currently do , er and they will then have to provide , produce the card , er so we can then assess whether they are or are not a member of staff . |
| 24 | Even if someone else comes up to us and tips us off about a possible shoplifter we can only act if we see the person steal again , ’ she adds . |