Example sentences of "[verb] we [modal v] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will certainly ask the leave of the House to withdraw this amendment , but as I 'm sure the Noble Earl will recognise we will in fact be coming back to this matter on repor o on on report . |
| 2 | Well , if you 'd only let us know we 'd of |
| 3 | Well the standpipe used to freeze up and er when that occurred the grown men in the house used to light a fire round the standpipes , of course it was cast iron it was n't copper or anything like that , and light a fire to thaw it out , I do n't remember ever being without water but we used , it was a bit primitive but burn newspaper and stuff round the standpipe and er the old as I say we used to , the water for the washing we used to pump into the sink and er fill the old dolly tub with water for the washing and use the rainwater for washing . |
| 4 | If you are going to preach conversion — and I hope we shall in many different ways and , skilfully , with many different nuances — you can not avoid the consequences : it is going to lead to transformed lives . |
| 5 | But that is we we 're going to go We 'll on Wednesday officially we 'll be on the new green . |
| 6 | ‘ They say the Robemaker uses human fuel , ’ said Caspar , half to himself , and then , ‘ Fenella , do you really think we ought to be doing this ? |
| 7 | ‘ Do you think we ought to be doing this ? ’ she said in a rather strangled voice . |
| 8 | ‘ D' you think we ought to ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't you think we ought to be toddling off ? |
| 10 | But I do n't think we ought to be too dismayed about one letter like this . |
| 11 | Yeah well come on I mean we ought to be able to be a little bit more creative than that . |
| 12 | Erm I think I mean we ought to be doing more with the local Friends of the Earth and local Greenpeace I feel . |
| 13 | ‘ I mean we can at least part ami — amicably , ’ Ashley stammered . |
| 14 | I tell you what , what we bought up there you know we could of bought at least six bottles of Coke |
| 15 | I remember we used to just fancy |
| 16 | When the results of these tests are finally known we may at last know for sure whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded or not . |
| 17 | If we 'd known we would of said a few things |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose we ought to be grateful to Eleanor , ’ she said wryly . |
| 19 | ‘ But I suppose we ought to be sensible and try to get some sleep , ’ she added reluctantly . |
| 20 | Thank you , that was lovely , lovely , lovely , erm it 's Mr , erm , and I suppose we ought to , no , ju ju just can you just pause a mo on it please because I 'm just looking at the possibilities , there are two names that John has found us instrumentations . |
| 21 | We , like most I suspect , continued the party back in our rooms ( info pack , flowers , bottle-ette of wine ) and talked into the night as I suppose we used to , way back when , before the sixties were the sixties . |
| 22 | if we , if there was no nuclear weapons I reckon we would of , probably would of been at war with Russia now |
| 23 | See those paintings at the back , I reckon we should of had one of them |
| 24 | I feel we ought to be able to give you a better idea of the performance of different planning authorities . |
| 25 | We need to hear from the local churches , from the district councils what 's going on wha what the issues that concern you are so let's as well the ones that you see downstairs , we may already be addressing so have a look down there have a look at the , the information but if there are any issues you feel we ought to be addressing then please let us know so that we can put them on our agenda . |
| 26 | Government grant is distributed through a mechanism which is now called the standard spending assessment , an awful word , or phrase , but it is absolutely vital , and if you look at the standard spending assessment given to this county the government is saying we ought to be able to provide all the services for a total cost of eight hundred and seventy nine pounds per charge payer . |
| 27 | If , however , we do apply anthropological and linguistic perspectives to this recent work on the consequences of literacy , as I claim we must despite its claim to protection from them , then that work in fact turns out to be as biased as that of the earlier phases . |
| 28 | Alex Ferguson thought we ought to at least register it formally and that 's what we did . |
| 29 | ‘ I suppose I thought we ought to be able to help ourselves . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I thought we ought to be agreed , ’ Alexei said , and he smiled sourly . |