Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] we [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When both parents are dead there is no one to talk with about those uncertain , early memories of people and places , or to confirm when it was we had measles , or where we stayed on holiday . |
| 2 | He has no method , or if we insist on the word , a different method for each child . |
| 3 | This is something which we can only discuss vaguely in terms of chance and probabilities , or if we believe in divine determinism dismiss fatalistically as God 's will . |
| 4 | The most crucial aspect is whether we want our currency to be locked into a stable currency in Europe or whether we want to be able to devalue our currency in the hope of averting unemployment . |
| 5 | And er I remember going to the doctor 's with me Mother and where as we sat in the surgery which was packed , eventually the old doctor come out of the door old . |
| 6 | There are times when we become particularly conscious of it — when we read poetry , or when we come to something we can not easily follow . |
| 7 | We contemplate both the small things and the great realities , at times when it is very hard work , when we feel spiritually dry and unreceptive , or when we rejoice in God and receive his refreshment . |
| 8 | But , that where we went to that pub that time with Geoff , that 's the first time I 've been up there . |
| 9 | ‘ Role theory ’ says that where we arrive in society shapes our lives . |
| 10 | The trouble is , Masklin thought that once we got outside the Store we 'd all be digging and building and hunting and facing the future with strong chins and bright smiles . |
| 11 | It may seem that if we succeed in adapting our values to such disturbances instead of losing them altogether , it is because we still retain some vestige of a Christian and liberal moral tradition a memory of ‘ Do unto others … ’ at the roots of social habit , which saves us from the collapse into competing egoisms into which deepening conflicts are perpetually driving us . |
| 12 | We are so constituted , that if we insist on being as sure as is conceivable , in every step of our course , we must be content to creep along the ground , and can never soar . |
| 13 | The curvature is so intense that if we insist in using coordinates appropriate to distant flat space — time , then we find that space and time inside the horizon interchange the properties normally associated with them . |
| 14 | As I understand our obligations in Europe and in GATT , even if restriction was a good idea — and we could debate that if we had to — that will not happen again . |
| 15 | When I was in Stanley last year , even though I was only in my second year , I knew as well as all the other Stanley staff that if we had in a dodgy case the S.S.O. would fix things so that someone else operated on him . |
| 16 | We got to thinking that if we came to Los Angeles regularly we could make these shows all the time and send them to English-speaking countries all over the world . |
| 17 | Figure 3.1 shows that if we go to bed at the ‘ normal ’ time we sleep about eight hours , a result that most of us would accept as part of our daily experience . |
| 18 | In fact , we know that if we get into a confined space with the intention of defying gravity we are running a risk and have decided to tolerate it . |
| 19 | Well here we 've got an onshore wind , that 's perfect , because we know that if we get into trouble just get blown back ashore . |
| 20 | ‘ I told the IFA that if we got to the World Cup finals and they wanted me to stay on I would and if we did not qualify I would stand down , ’ says Bingham . |
| 21 | We had been advised that if we laid on a couple of bottles of champagne he might stay and chat for a while after the show . |
| 22 | One thing that he did make very clear at the end was that if we thought of other things that he should know about , or it would be helpful for him to know about , we should contact him , so he 's left it very open for us to have an ongoing contact which I thought . |
| 23 | Not surprisingly , they argue that if we persist with the established electoral system then we will continue with the problems of government which they identify . |
| 24 | One thing that can be said in opposition to the simultaneity idea is that if we persist in thinking precisely of causation , of one thing causing another , as distinct from any related kind of connection , we are inclined to try to substitute successions for simultaneities . |
| 25 | Then , since there is no believing without some doubting and since believing is all the stronger for understanding and resolving doubt , we can say as Christians that if we doubt in believing it is also true that we believe in doubting . |
| 26 | I know that if we speak of the ‘ rhythm guitarist ’ as such , the image of a second-rate underdog player springs instantly into view , playing a tiresome , subordinate role to a far more experienced ( and inexcusably vain ) lead player . |
| 27 | The first thing to remember is that if we speak in terms of ‘ I ’ and ‘ me ’ , rather than ‘ you ’ , we run less danger of erecting barriers on the other side . |
| 28 | But you , you 're right that if we stick to somewhere between six hundred and seven hundred as , as a erm even a basic kind of subsistence I E you 've just got enough in just , you , you 're just not using enough food to get yourself up to two hundred , two thousand calories a day at that rate you were still being taxed on , a at a rate of almost twenty percent of your , of your income . |
| 29 | The mundane world view suggests that the tossing of coins or yarrow stalks , or selection of cards from a pack , is random and meaningless — but metaphysics assures us that if we ask for guidance , we will receive it . |
| 30 | I had the almost childish impression that if we kept within the pools of light everything would be fine but , beyond the flames , shadows lurked and powers even darker waited to catch you by the throat . |