Example sentences of "we [vb base] [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We regret we can not accept special requests on late offer holidays . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ If we lose we shall have a mountain to climb . |
| 3 | I need to see this action as one step — even if we lose it will perhaps serve to show the nation how far it has fallen , that it no longer is concerned that such things happen in its midst . |
| 4 | ‘ It will be a great score in years to come if we can go ahead and lift the Sam Maguire , but if we lose it will count for nothing . ’ |
| 5 | Nathan needs to be helped from his shell clothing he is so tired , but we insist he must stay awake to eat . |
| 6 | ‘ For , ’ he said , ‘ everything we eat we must provide for ourselves . |
| 7 | And while we eat I 'll entertain you with tales of Robin . |
| 8 | And while we eat you can tell me about the jade . ’ |
| 9 | The embarrassed cast is left posturing and declaiming , all the time frantically signalling to the audience their awareness of how ridiculous it all is , as if to say — we trust you will be benevolent even if we have no idea how to make this stuff funny or interesting . |
| 10 | Or sometimes if they 're not sure I 'll say Well before we book it can you just have a run round the house and then ring me back tell me actually what there is to go . |
| 11 | We can feel anger , even rage , at our position but can not express our feelings because we fear we will not be accepted ; we will be further rejected . |
| 12 | This can make us fiercely independent and afraid to ask for what we need because we fear it will not be given . |
| 13 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said he expects to ship the follow-on to Windows 3.1 , codenamed Chicago , in 1994 but declined to say at what point in the year the upgraded system will be launched : ‘ We should debunk any notion that Chicago is around the corner , ’ Gates told an audience of developers sponsored by Microsoft — ‘ All we can say is we expect it will be in 1994 and we 'll keep people in touch on that . ’ |
| 14 | Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates said he expects to ship the follow-on to Windows 3.1 , codenamed Chicago , in 1994 but declined to say at what point in the year the upgraded system will be launched : ‘ We should debunk any notion that Chicago is around the corner , ’ Gates told an audience of developers sponsored by Microsoft — ‘ All we can say is we expect it will be in 1994 and we 'll keep people in touch on that . ’ |
| 15 | When we start to take responsibility for our thoughts and begin to see that every negative thought has a negative return , we realise we can use life like a beautiful game . |
| 16 | But for all these little awakenings and small scale investments , it is impossible to pretend that the volume of interest or commitment is anything like what , on sober reflection , we realise it should be , nor that any proper partnership has been achieved between universities who should have the expertise and interest to conduct and co-ordinate research , and ministries of education who should be increasingly aware of what they do n't know and need to know . |
| 17 | time and time again they sit on the sidelines saying this is what we think do n't talk to us about it do n't debate it , do n't ask us to think about it , take it or leave it , if you do n't give us what we want we 'll sit back and moan and sulk and they 've played , I think that 's a very irresponsible line they 've played in the five years I 've been on this council and I hope that er again the issue on the next item on the agenda represents a change of heart on their behalf . |
| 18 | Yeah , well we will do once we 'll get them to the height we want we 'll start trimming them and they 'll bush out a bit more , that 's not bad they 're about four , four or five foot now are n't they ? |
| 19 | Once we have achieved the result we want we can then decide whether laser printed output is suitable or use the services of a bureau to get the same file photoset on the higher resolution equipment . |
| 20 | ‘ We say we ca n't keep an eye on them all the time , but the girls are under strict control . ’ |
| 21 | And it 's easier to get along with brother so and so and sister so and so , but for goodness me I find , I find it ever so difficult to talk to sister so and so and there 's an area perhaps that we can er think about , stay awake by being respectful and obedient and that 's something that is very important because it 's completely opposite in the world today , respect for all authority and obedience to it is absolutely gone by the ways I find refrain from criticism and careless talk so there are the main points , but as we say we ca n't go into them all , well , so what we 're going to do is to try and just highlight one or two little areas which we could er enlarge on or put the magnifying glass on , so shall we do that ? |
| 22 | If we say we 'll wait until after the inspectors ' reports again , and then we 'll consider that , we do that any way - that 's not necessary . |
| 23 | and erm , Debbie and Richard with a prospect of another family on the way , as it , every year we say we 'll cut down and every year it seems to get out of hand |
| 24 | Association chief executive Frank Clark said : ‘ We say we wo n't give in to the IRA and yet the police say they can not guarantee the safety of a manager at a football match . ’ |
| 25 | Oh , we say we wo n't , but we will . |
| 26 | that I 'm w now , so what I suggest we do , is before we say we must make your premenstrual tension better with various manip various bits and bobs , and there are quite a few things we can do to help . |
| 27 | If we really mean what we say we should blacklist those es establishments that refuse to recognize trade unions . |
| 28 | If we say we can not afford it , the reply is that we pay out more and more millions of pounds in unemployment benefit . |
| 29 | Right , so normally we , you know , we want to be reasonably confident , right , so we want to have a reasonably small significance level we do n't want that significance level to be too small , otherwise the power of the test will diminish very rapidly so we normally use the ten or the five percent , five percent level and if you just look at the er the five percent column , right , overall realistic sample sizes , right , from a hundred and twenty down to , to about twenty , I , those T ratios were the critical value they are all about two and that 's why we say you can have a T ratio of about greater than two , then you can be at least ninety five percent confident about your inference . |
| 30 | He eats mechanically , because we say he must . |