Example sentences of "we [vb base] [pron] can [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody is absolutely able to put their hand on their heart and say we know we can get there . ’ |
| 2 | erm We feel we can do well , I 'd be ecstatic if we could come away with a world championship point , I think we possibly can if we 're a bit lucky . |
| 3 | ‘ We are not expecting miracles but we think we can do well . |
| 4 | Since crime , however it is defined in any particular society , always involves some degree of restraint on individual self-interest , our natural tendency is always towards deviation : we will , it seems , always choose the deviant alternative when it suits us and when we think we can get away with it . |
| 5 | As Anthony Alexander , the group 's chief operating officer in Britain , put it , ‘ If we think we can get more for them than they are worth to us , we will sell . ’ |