Example sentences of "[that] we [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Interest has been expressed in both the Crewe Heritage Centre and Ironbridge among nearby centres and I have received a suggestion that we might visit the Gwili Railway farther afield . |
| 2 | I was just thinking that we might leave hypothesis aside . |
| 3 | The idea that we might feel , that we might be angry , that we might care , that we might even have what are disparagingly known as ‘ gut feelings ’ rather than hard scientific evidence , is held to be something of a problem if you are an environmentalist on the road to success . |
| 4 | We see we see this forum as very much the right sort of forum for either making or breaking the case for a new settlement , the one thing I do have to say , however , is that the Department wants to see this particular issue settled in the context of the alteration , and full significance of that is n't immediately apparent , it , what we do n't want to see is what was envisaged in the H B F statement , where they thought that we might end up with a decision to have a new settlement in principle and then leave it open to the local plans , all four of them around the city , to then explore the possible alternative locations . |
| 5 | And I ca n't help thinking that we might end up with a sort of repeat of the sort of situation that 's occurred at Octavius Atkinson site which is erm mentioned in the erm the paper tabled this morning , whereby er a sort of market-led approach which puts a lot of pressure on the local authorities may be at the expense of the planning-led approach to erm deciding where development should most appropriately go . |
| 6 | Similarly , the event that we might choose to label as ‘ the beginning of the universe in imaginary time ’ would be an ordinary point of space-time , much like any other . |
| 7 | Miss Fergusson had maintained , when they first stood before the haloed mountain , that there were two explanations of everything , that each required the exercise of faith , and that we had been given free will in order that we might choose between them . |
| 8 | Do you have a part number for something that we might adapt . |
| 9 | The Macmillan era had aroused hopes in leftist hearts that we might achieve a mixed economy that made sense ; but the murkiness of political scandal and the absurdities of needless party discord rendered Mr Macmillan 's last months unhappy and confused . |
| 10 | How much more quickly does my hon. Friend think that we might achieve a balance between exports and imports when we introduce a minimum wage , increase taxes on investment , increase personal taxes and allow the trade unions to ride rough shod once again ? |
| 11 | The idea that we might feel , that we might be angry , that we might care , that we might even have what are disparagingly known as ‘ gut feelings ’ rather than hard scientific evidence , is held to be something of a problem if you are an environmentalist on the road to success . |
| 12 | This has led some commentators to observe that it is possible to find an individual of either sex who will show almost any specified degree of any ability that we might care to select . |
| 13 | ‘ And then there was always the possibility that we might decide to keep Jane Pargeter after all . ’ |
| 14 | It seemed just possible that we might meet in Menton , where she went as judge for the Katherine Mansfield Prize — an inappropriate meeting-place , for we both greatly disliked ‘ K.M. ’ She was to inspire the admirable story ‘ Sisters ’ in Elizabeth 's next collection — the story of a cosy , bourgeoise , widowed ex-mayoress in a provincial town being embarrassed by questions about her famous , disreputable sister . |
| 15 | He expressed a hope that we might meet again during the remaining two days of his stay and have a longer conversation . |
| 16 | He would either need to spend ‘ a couple of hours ’ analysing where it was deficient or , preferably , he hoped that we might meet to discuss it over a meal . |
| 17 | Brownie Owl continued : ‘ I think Farmer Bolsover is mostly afraid that we might do damage to his crops by not keeping to the paths , or taking a fancy to the fruit in his orchard . ’ |
| 18 | So these are , these are summaries of example units that we might do which either exist already or might be made to exist quite |
| 19 | Auguste Comte , the so-called ‘ founder ’ of sociology , who stressed the adoption of a scientific method of analysing society so that we might improve society through a thorough understanding of it , summed up in his famous phrase , ‘ To know , to predict , to control . ’ |
| 20 | Also , if you have any comments on the booklet or can think of ways that we might improve it , we 'd be pleased to hear from you . |
| 21 | Apart from the formal business , it is your opportunity to put forward suggestions for the improvement of the society and for future events that we might promote . |
| 22 | A , actually John was suggesting that we might talk nicely to John 's dad about the money they 've got invested in the sale of their pro , their ground . |
| 23 | He had a moustache , yes , but I 'm talking about really obvious things that we might forget . |
| 24 | The lady 's coming for it Is there anything you want at the supermarket ? that we might forget when we 're there . |
| 25 | I think Simon 's suggesting that we might benefit in terms of . |
| 26 | A joy for all seasons , a haven for blackbird and robin and a screen between ourselves and our neighbours that we might go about our separate business unobserved . |
| 27 | One evening , David , Barry , Christina and John Hutchinson were all sitting in my front room and talking about what we could actually do to earn some money It was suggested that we might go down to one of the local pubs which held regular jazz nights , to see if they had an evening free and perhaps we could run a folk club just one evening a week and maybe charge people to come in and make a few pennies for ourselves . |
| 28 | ‘ I would not have gone in on my own , ’ he admitted , ‘ but I think that we might go again . |
| 29 | Now we never set up questions on the show — we 'll discuss areas that we might go into , but we never say , ‘ You say this to me , and then I 'll say that to you ’ , it just does n't work like that . |
| 30 | I mean , Blackbeard must know we could 'ave recognized the man from the newspaper photograph , and that we might go to the police about it . ’ |