Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [verb] them [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For suppose that the disuse of meat causes a permanent distaste for it , and that an increased demand for fish continues long enough to enable the forces by which its supply is governed to work out their action fully ( of course oscillation from day to day and from year to year would continue : but we may leave them on the side ) . |
| 2 | We get quite used to our domestic dog actually bringing us sticks and balls so that we may throw them for our four-legged companion to retrieve . |
| 3 | ‘ Forget about the bullets , we may find them in the morning . ’ |
| 4 | Even John Henry Newman wrote this about animals : ‘ We may use them , we may destroy them at our pleasure . |
| 5 | Often we may equate them with more formal partnerships which fall by the wayside after only a short existence ; except that in their breakdown the feelings of guilt , humiliation and bitterness may occur even more strongly than when an " honest " attempt is felt to have been made . |
| 6 | I 've a feeling we may need them before this is over . ’ |
| 7 | Those of us who enjoy them need only a name for each condition , so that we may discuss them in expectation and in recollection . |
| 8 | I think we should beat them at H.Q , especially if Batts can get the ball in Midfield , and Deane perks up . |
| 9 | The examples in this section are Janus-like , in that the reader may interpret them metaphorically but , in the light of the examples in the previous section , it seems to me that we should interpret them as cases of underlexicalisation . |
| 10 | Perhaps we should send them to the client on all |
| 11 | When we are in the material world doing work or playing , we should do them with enthusiasm and be wholly committed to them . |
| 12 | Not all small creatures are pests , some are predatory on the pests themselves , and we should regard them as friends . |
| 13 | Absolutely I was aware that Graham was very anxious to be involved in this process , er for example he wrote me a note and I think other members and it 's because of those , of those notes that I was anxious that we should inform them of what we were up to and if you want to share any of the papers or agendas please ask . |
| 14 | That is clear in his mind , the only question for him is how this should be done , and he says , ‘ I think probably we should treat them like mosquitoes , that is to say , we should , we must use gas . ’ |
| 15 | We all know that the task we 've set the officers is to manage within the budgets they 've been given , and to have no cuts in services , and no compulsory redundancies , and thi this is their challenge and this is what they seem to be achieving , and I think we should applaud them for that . |
| 16 | These will get better and better and we should consider them as part of our thinking . |
| 17 | We should develop them to the full . |
| 18 | Instead we should provide them with the means of taking charge of their own lives ; then — if and when they are ready — help them to understand their payoffs and hidden agendas , so that they can choose to stop playing this destructive game . |
| 19 | Right , now that 's what a decimal is a decimal is , that 's what a decimal is , and there are some people think we should write them like this , or you could n't , you could n't do this . |
| 20 | If need be , we should educate them for unemployment , rather than trying to pretend that they are all going to get jobs in which French and Geography will come in handy . |
| 21 | Well we should accept them for the sake of our own spiritual growth for one thing . |
| 22 | We should replace them as the Labour Party 's main op opponents . |
| 23 | In closing I must remark that if we ever make contact with aliens we should take them to Bangor and let them see all that is good in the human race . |
| 24 | ‘ I suppose we should take them with water . ’ |
| 25 | We should take them at their word and hold them to it , rather than resign ourselves to the judgment that they have been lying . |
| 26 | We were , on the whole , comparatively fortunate people but , like everyone else , we had our anxieties and sorrows ; and , friends as we were , it was natural that we should communicate them to one another although , like well mannered people , we wrote letters mainly intended to give pleasure . |
| 27 | We do n't have passports in this country , although as a long-standing Yorkshireman , I 've always thought we should have them with Lancashire , but that 's another issue . |
| 28 | In order to create an individual life in the world , we should use them as colours on an artist 's palette , to paint our own picture . |
| 29 | They were not going to fight any more , and we decided we must leave them on the island . |
| 30 | We can not dictate what our children will make of the Community , but we must leave them in a position where they can effectively influence the shape of Europe , and that Europe must be one in which we retain our distinct national identity . |