Example sentences of "we [verb] they [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were about twenty minutes altogether from the point where we realized they could n't get us down to the time when we stepped on to the roof . |
| 2 | ‘ How do we know they can be trusted ? ’ |
| 3 | We hope they 'll breed in the barn again this year . |
| 4 | Christmas dinner around the dining table will be rare treat and John says : ‘ Now the children are growing up , we hope they 'll be a bit more sensible and a bit less like unguided missiles . ’ |
| 5 | Each offers slightly different and more appropriate benefits to the players , so that the individuals have a secure platform from which we hope they will make serious bids for international success . |
| 6 | ‘ We hope they will resume talks , but we can not waste much more time . |
| 7 | We hope they will have children ... |
| 8 | ‘ We hope they will reach their decision as soon as possible , because it is not the sort of thing we like to have hanging over us . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ They will not only raise awareness , but we hope they will also raise the quality of education on social concerns , as well as stimulating organisations and individuals to take action to address the problems , ’ said Ashish Sen , Producer and Media Coordinator with the centre . |
| 10 | ‘ We have our fingers crossed that all the right things will happen and we hope they will be a big success . ’ |
| 11 | They used water wisely then and we hope they will continue to . |
| 12 | We hope they will respond in a very positive way . |
| 13 | Mr Marchant added : We hope they will adopt a responsible attitude to the problem . |
| 14 | We hope they will stimulate an interest in visual arts as a whole among young people . ’ |
| 15 | The income er , the laboratory you can see last year ma made a surfeit of seventy five thousand pounds , the budgetary purchases we always assume the laboratory will simply cover its expenditure , in reality we hope they will be slightly better than that and they generally do . |
| 16 | That 's what in , in , in ground terms it means and we hope they will respond . |
| 17 | Nor can we fundamentally question the rules of logic , for only when we assume them can we ask a question at all . |
| 18 | We hear they may be trying for 2.5 volts to reduce heat on the part . |
| 19 | We must take note of trends and changes , we must recognise pressures as pressures , we may need to broaden our concepts and tolerance in marital issues and family concerns : but at least we can be fairly sure that marriage and the family as we know them will outlast our time . |
| 20 | Whether or not schools as we know them will exist in the future is uncertain but we can be sure that there will be information and that its importance will grow in social and economic terms . |
| 21 | There is a nice pool , sunbathing area and poolside bar at the back of the apartments , and we know they 'll be just as popular in Summer '90 as they have been in previous years . |
| 22 | Well let's not say all nine planets for all we know they 'll discover a new one tomorrow . |
| 23 | ‘ For all we know they might come back married . |
| 24 | We know they will be the best around . |
| 25 | Although they are undeniably smart they are also very comfortable to wear so we know they will be popular with Essentials men ! |
| 26 | But , Vinny Samways apart , they lacked the resources to overcome a Forest side , who gradually looked more like the team we know they can be — one which has won this competition in its various forms twice in the past four years . |
| 27 | ‘ Now we know they can go in and do a job . |
| 28 | We know they can play this game but the defence is shocking . |
| 29 | They can read , we know they can read ! |
| 30 | erm If United can play as well as they did this afternoon and Oldham perform as well as we know they can , we 're in for a really tremendous game of football . |