Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] that we have " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | Sometimes he 's so determined he 's not going to go that we have to forcibly put him out of the door and get him into the car and get him there somehow . |
| 2 | Twelve months on and we are beginning to wish that we had left things the way they were ! |
| 3 | I was beginning to think that we 'd missed the boat , even though we knew in our heart of hearts that the Lord wanted us in some form of full-time capacity . |
| 4 | If we begin by saying ‘ Wordsworth was a mystic , therefore … ’ , or ‘ Wordsworth was a poetic genius , therefore … ’ or , as in recent years , ‘ Wordsworth was psychologically abnormal , possibly mad , and certainly strange … ’ we deceive ourselves ; it is flattering to think that we have explained Wordsworth , and need therefore pay no attention to what he says . |
| 5 | erm and trying to show that we 'd understood it |