Example sentences of "see [Wh adv] we [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't see how we would belong . |
| 2 | Knowing that this is the explanation of the meaning of ‘ It 's afternoon ’ we can see how we might use the term ‘ afternoon ’ on another planet , such as Mars . |
| 3 | ‘ He 'll be 21 next month and I honestly ca n't see how we 'll hold onto him . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ And I do n't see how we could have just driven around in a circle . |
| 5 | Tomorrow I will ring up and see how we should set about it . ’ |
| 6 | If we ca n't blend Rocky in smoothly , I do n't see how we 'd manage to blend Gazza without pissing off a number of players . |
| 7 | I do not see how we can separate principle from practice , policy from implementation . |
| 8 | As we have no continuous contemporary account of the persecution of Antiochus IV and of the Maccabean reaction , I do not see how we can decide whether any Psalm may be labelled as Maccabean . |
| 9 | ‘ I really do n't see how we can accommodate your dear grandmother at such short notice … |
| 10 | ‘ And in the medium-term we must see how we can monitor vehicle permits on a more regular basis . ’ |
| 11 | Let's see how we can recover the familiar x-form from the sequence-type definition . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't see how we can carry on much longer , ’ Father admitted to me . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't see how we can stop them , ’ said Floy , his eyes on the circling Tree Spirits and on the four Oaks who were now hauling on their claw-like roots , dragging Balor 's limbs outwards away from his body . |
| 14 | So I 'm not saying th th that there are n't these th the important other inputs , but , but what I am saying is that if you ask yourself where the kind of gene behaviour interface really exists is clearly in the human er in , in the human mind and it may be that the basic kind of parameters erm have , have been set for our emotions and I really do n't see how we can change those . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't see how we can avoid that , ’ said Robert , ‘ unless you use some kind of periscope . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ D' you want to come and see how we can get in the window ? ’ suggested Tim , as they passed Barbs 's house . |
| 17 | Then you 'll see how we can help you make your home a better place to work . |
| 18 | And I take this opportunity to say that , erm , I had , I moved this at budget revue , and my intention was to move erm , pretty much the wording that Mr moved at property , but I was unable to obtain that wording by the time of the meeting , so I put this forward , erm , knowing that it obviously was different words , but but with that same sense , that we do have to address some very real issues about County Farms and not to pussyfoot about it I think that er , any comparison between the County Farms and a commercial enterprise is a coincidence of terms , but I ca n't see how we can have forty million pounds worth of estate , as it 's valued on the free market , to be making two hundred and ninety-one thousand pounds a year out of it , and think that that is commercial . |
| 19 | ‘ We married early , ’ Mike said , ‘ so I do n't see why we should miss out on what life has to offer . |
| 20 | Christie , who has already signed money-spinning deals with Lucozade and clothing firm High and Mighty since Barcelona , said : ‘ We did n't see why we should pay for a visa when we were prepared to take part in races for nothing . |
| 21 | We do not see why we should pay the environmental price for manifest improvements for the people of north-west England . |
| 22 | In nineteen eighty nine , Mrs Margaret Thatcher said , I do not see why we should pay for the education of conflict . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't see why we should give up these wonderful premises just because there 's another practice about a couple of miles away . ’ |
| 24 | You 're here to see us acting naturally and I do n't see why we should change , because then you 're not getting a true picture , are you ? |
| 25 | I do n't see why we should go to war for our fucking post code . ’ |
| 26 | To be the Devil 's Advocate , to enable/provoke the class into clarifying their feelings and articulating what they believe to be right : " I do n't see why we should share the proceeds . " |
| 27 | He told me that he had said to Ivy that he hoped between the three of us we might make head or tail of it , and she said , ‘ Well , we are three intelligent people , so I ca n't see why we should have any difficulty . ’ |
| 28 | I do n't see why we should have |
| 29 | An adviser said : ‘ We do not see why we should allow foreign lotteries to take the money when it can be used for the benefit of Britain . ’ |
| 30 | We can see why we can extend the use of ‘ afternoon ’ to Mars but not to the Sun . |