Example sentences of "we [modal v] [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I should think that 's but I reckon we must cos the government changed it , it knocked hundred and forty quid off did n't they ? |
| 2 | We could because the sense of wealth is people at work have people scratching their backsides doing nothing erm is absolute , er you know is lunacy . |
| 3 | and we could because the backs come together we could see the kitchen which was |
| 4 | er , I 'd believe in theory we could because the lease provides us or gives us the opportunity to do so , but we would not go against the wishes of the residence |
| 5 | An inadequate return on capital might mean that we are getting less than we would if the money was at work in the money market but whereas the development of the business is within our control interest rates are not . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh well , might as well enjoy ourselves while we can before the commissars take their gloating revenge . |
| 7 | I mean at one stage we go back a hundred years — back to Dalton he thought of his atoms as being fundamental entities that could never be broken up , whereas now we know that an atom is a very complicated structure and we can measure things about atoms , we can measure the distribution , we can where the electrons and so on are . |
| 8 | We 're going for a walk along the river to see if we can if the swans are near the Old Gate Bridge . |
| 9 | Given our present level of ignorance there is a good case for muddling along as best we can until the theory catches up with the data . |