Example sentences of "we [vb mod] do something " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she 's dead somewhere else , it 's got nothing to do with us , but if she 's dead on our doorstep , we ought to do something . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We ought to do something about our genial host , ’ the adjutant said . |
| 3 | Because in fact if we 're holding far too much stock we ought to do something about reducing it because it 's all |
| 4 | and er I was just wondering we we ought to do something , I mean these poor old dears have adhered to what we have said and facilities for them to get down onto to the er the . |
| 5 | Yes , I think we ought to do something about it Tony , a message . |
| 6 | You we should do something about it . |
| 7 | We should do something together . |
| 8 | We believe it is morally wrong to be taking away residential accommodation , when there are so many people homeless in our society , and we should do something about it . |
| 9 | ‘ Now — I 've decided we should do something special at the club . ’ |
| 10 | Suppose we should do something , yeah . |
| 11 | ‘ We must do something about this exhibition , ’ Jay said , with the very English concentration of one commenting on the vagaries of the weather . |
| 12 | ‘ We must do something about the cuts . |
| 13 | As the sales slumped , the Government reaction was on the lines : ‘ We must do something . |
| 14 | ‘ He is so small and so dependent on us , we must do something to save him , ’ said Jason , 20 , from Flixton , Manchester . |
| 15 | By the time we reach the end of the scene we see that this is how it is , for the fulsome praisers of their father put aside their hypocrisy and , left alone with each other , and with us , reveal their true nature , moving down from inflated verse to coldly pragmatic prose : They are not only cold and censorious — ‘ unruly waywardness … infirm and choleric years … unconstant starts ’ — but end by planning some form of counteraction : ‘ We shall further think on it ’ — ‘ We must do something , and i ’ th' heat' ( 307f . ) . |
| 16 | Charlotte is right — we must do something . |
| 17 | Alexandra , we must do something about your hair . |
| 18 | We must do something to make the country cheerful in wintertime . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ But we must do something . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We must do something about those birds , ’ said Paul . |
| 21 | Anyone who 's vigilant knows what 's going on and they 're aware of what 's happening , so again it , it shows that we must do something as they said on that motorway , the thing to do when you feel yourself going into drow drowsiness is , is stop the car perhaps , get out and have a walk round , do something , I know I , er in the past when I 've felt myself going off to sleep in those situations , I 've been pinching myself and , and really making yourself do something rather than just sitting there doing nothing , cos that 's the way we just go off and get lowered into sleep and our lives are involved in this , we 've read and heard about people that have gone to sleep on motorways have n't they ? |
| 22 | We 'll do something else , though . |
| 23 | So , we 'll , we 'll , we 'll do something on , on , on the on Hockerill school group , if , if you 're happy with that ? |
| 24 | So we 'll do something similar if erm the train Shall I make it very awkward ? |
| 25 | Tt we were expressing , John and I , some erm concern that the the same few people seemed to be offering the soloing or we 'll do something bits . |
| 26 | ‘ Tonight , we 'll do something special , and then … ’ he pulled the paper up to hide his face . |
| 27 | ‘ We 'll do something utterly delightful today , and even tomorrow : take a bateau mouche , ride the lift to the top of the Eiffel Tower — what do you say to that ? ’ |
| 28 | One more then we 'll do something different . |
| 29 | Right we 'll do something on that for you and erm |
| 30 | Now this last one then we 'll do something different . |