Example sentences of "[adj] we [vb mod] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since unc and all the ri are non-negative we must eventually reach a first integer l for which |
| 2 | putting up with that and me not going out then I 'm afraid we 'll just have to put up with it ! |
| 3 | ‘ Well , judging from the size of the village , there may well be room for us if we 're to be content with small animals only , but I 'm afraid we 'll never get any farm work . |
| 4 | If it 's below sea-level we 'll just say that if it 's you owe me rather I owe you |
| 5 | [ If proceeds can not be disclosed , then to be consistent we should perhaps delete earlier reference to $97m for small divestments ? ] |
| 6 | 4.5 Consider the following sentences : ( 33 ) we believe the detective innocent Leonard proved the theorem incorrect Atkins will guarantee her picture authentic We can perhaps take it as self-evident that these do not contain attributive adjectives , but they also differ from predicate qualifiers . |
| 7 | The idea of boredom is not very distressing to us because if we are bored we can usually do something about it , and so can a horse in the wild . |
| 8 | Newspaper technology is so sophisticated we can even make politicians say things they do n't know they 're saying . |
| 9 | It is not likely we will ever achieve such a radical solution . |
| 10 | If a cat is sick we should always take veterinary advice . |
| 11 | By the time we reached Tony it was obvious we would never find a crossing point . |
| 12 | So that was a contrast from the people near the hospital where I was and , what happened was , we used to do a little service and then anybody that wanted to be seen used to come along and we needed an interpreter and it was a bit like a surgery really , and they would come with any problems , and anyone who was severely ill we would then take back in the Landrover back to the hospital . |
| 13 | If we are feeling ambitious we can then take train and ferry to the top of the South Island and proceed down the West Coast . |
| 14 | The air was so cold we could hardly breathe it . |
| 15 | If it is diatonic we may never need to modulate at all . |
| 16 | all over the place , it could take months to trace and it is possible we will never find all of it . |
| 17 | To consume , therefore , is to be fully alive , and to remain fully alive we must continuously consume . |
| 18 | Although while we are alive we can never return to Eden , we can benefit from the ever-flowing waters of Eden . |
| 19 | ‘ Sure we 'll just let them wet their whistles a bit longer , then we 'll start winning this gravel . ’ |
| 20 | You and Daryl where in the first form room before afternoon school and I 'm sure we 'll all remember you saying you 'd like to put a spider down Mary Lou 's neck . |
| 21 | Besides , he was sure we 'd quickly make up the time once we got out to sea . |
| 22 | You have no it was that they were a bit big were n't they anyway I 'm sure we could possibly get it out you could try I suppose . |
| 23 | I 'm not sure we can actually make ginger bread , but , I 'm not sure we 've got any ginger but we could certainly make some biscuits is what we 've got |
| 24 | I 'm sure we can all recall cases of being driven to distraction by blaring music and late night noise especially during the working week . |
| 25 | All things being equal we could probably turn one of these things around , which is basically preparing all the literature , briefing the systems people and getting it all printed up and everything in about six weeks . |
| 26 | Thus ( 54 ) , with an adjective which can occur predicatively ( but not in the prenominal attributive position ) , is quite acceptable ; but ( 55 ) , containing galore which is excluded from ordinary predicative position , is not : ( 54 ) the observers reported Her Majesty ( to be ) asleep ( 55 ) the observers reported the whisky ( to be ) galore We may further note that there are certain inherently restrictive adjectives ( including superlatives and , under certain conditions , ordinals ) which imply selection out of a known set , and which appear to occur ( unlike most adjectives ) in ordinary predicative position accompanied by the definite article : ( 56 ) ( a ) your slice is the largest ( b ) your slice is the small ( See Chapter 7 ; and Ferris , in preparation . ) |
| 27 | Our spirit is fine and I am confident we can soon improve our position . ’ |
| 28 | Yes you do and , and also , another thing , and it 's , in a way it was a bit annoying because we 'd go on these like crash diets , you know , we 'd get really nasty and s well not nasty and skinny we 'd just get really skinny before we went cos you know we would n't eat anything except like fruit for a we , we 'd eat , we 'd go on a diet and then we would n't eat fruit for , would n't eat anything but fruit for the week before and so we 'd , you know we 'd like have flat stomachs and you feel , if you have n't eaten you feel thinner even if you 're not , it 's all , it 's a bit , it 's psychological is n't it ? |
| 29 | ‘ The Poor we will always have with us ’ . |
| 30 | No , well that 's it int it ? so er if things are reasonable we might just go away for a long weekend or something , go find us a place in Southport for a weekend |