Example sentences of "[verb] we [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The instruments were housed in a screen which was approached by a paved path , and now that blackout restrictions were lifted we could use outside electric light . |
| 2 | ‘ A bit raunchy for a family newspaper , ’ he said , ‘ but I expect we 'll manage somehow . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We 'll wander back , ’ he said as he picked up the blanket and baskets , ‘ expect we 'll meet 'em coming back . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I expect we 'll want to know all their names , ’ said the fat boy , ‘ and make a list . |
| 5 | Eventually , I found a young hospital registrar who said , not entirely as a joke : ‘ I expect we 'll find a cupboard for her ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ The Ukrainians do n't really know much about Britain , but I 'm going to serve champagne and two kinds of caviar so I expect we 'll have a good time , ’ Gladstone told me over a crackling telephone line shortly before the party began . |
| 7 | One day I 'll tell Stuart about the flowers and what I did with them and I expect we 'll have a good laugh with Oliver as well . |
| 8 | Oh god well I expect we 'll have ours in the morning . |
| 9 | Just a minute … ’ and finally , ‘ Well , I expect we 'll see you when you 've the time , ’ as if she only visited them twice a year . |
| 10 | . Well I expect we ought to go over , do some work got you a loaf , but I did n't get nothing else , if we just pop round by Swiss Bakery . |
| 11 | roughly the same , I expect we shall go with you . |
| 12 | Well , I expect we shall meet again on Melrose . |
| 13 | ‘ I expect we shall remember how to do it . |
| 14 | I expect we shall come across it . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I guess that you have been to see Mrs Laura Lyons , ’ he said , and when I told him that he was right , he went on : ‘ When we put together everything that each of us has discovered , I expect we shall know almost everything about this case . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I expect we shall run into you again , as English people do in Rome , ’ she added , as they were leaving the tea room . |
| 17 | I expect we will issue a statement on Monday . ’ |
| 18 | Mm I expect we could do another one could n't we Dad ? |
| 19 | The Billeting Office found us accommodation , but no one appeared to be responsible for us otherwise , though I expect we could have gone to our administrative chief Harold Fletcher , if we had been in any serious trouble . |
| 20 | I expect we could teach them . ’ |
| 21 | But I expect we could try . |
| 22 | Had we put in the stop where I originally proposed we would run the risk of pedestrians stumbling on the ‘ step ’ . |
| 23 | This exercise could be used in conjunction with image sequencing exercises we might do in Media Studies . |
| 24 | At every stage in the communication process we can detect the powerful influence of culture . |
| 25 | On the fourth day we moved our camp a few miles to the east , where our trackers maintained we should find the nyala more numerous ; this proved to be the case . |
| 26 | Ca n't guarantee we 'll meet it at Stonebench though . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I can not guarantee we shall legislate in the next session since one never can — it is always understood that a final decision is taken nearer the Queen 's speech , ’ Mr Lang said |
| 28 | Until the cooperative electorate is similarly organised we shall remain in a state of political impotency . |
| 29 | er when the houses were rebuilt we could go back again |
| 30 | While this is happening we may get into standing , walking or sitting in ways that are a strain on the body . |