Example sentences of "we give " in BNC.
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| 1 | I like presents and all that , but — I du n no — if it 's Jesus 's birthday then why do n't we give him prezzies ? |
| 2 | Or should we give them back their dignity , their freedom and their rightful place in the natural order of the world 's rivers and oceans ? |
| 3 | ‘ What can we give the little child ? ’ said the lady . |
| 4 | May we give careful thought to questions of what is right and what is wrong and try to live according to our beliefs . |
| 5 | May we give pleasure to other people by sharing our joy and happiness with them . |
| 6 | ‘ Did n't we give him a Christmas present , then ? ’ |
| 7 | Did n't we give him one a few years ago ? ’ |
| 8 | The debate challenged the ethnocentrism of much academic work in feminist film criticism and , particularly , theory very effectively ; furthermore , it focused the question of priorities — what sort of films do we give our attention to , what do we study , what do we screen , what do we write about , and , of course , how . |
| 9 | How can we give computers common sense ? |
| 10 | Teacher : What colour eyes shall we give him ? |
| 11 | Teacher : Shall we give our puppet brown eyes , then ? |
| 12 | What credence can we give to his story of some malevolent person waiting in a window alcove ? |
| 13 | At these times , when the dreams of the new church being the embodiment of close affection one to another have disintegrated , members are tempted to ask : Why do n't we give up ? |
| 14 | ‘ May we give you the other one ? ’ |
| 15 | Only when this has been done , can any serious attempt be made to analyse any crucial stratified groups from civil or military sites , since we have no knowledge of the origins of the pottery , nor can we give a proper scientific description of the fabrics . |
| 16 | CAN WE GIVE WOMEN WHAT THEY WANT ? |
| 17 | Now , ladies and gentlemen , should n't we give him his opportunity ? " |
| 18 | But do we give them the chance ? |
| 19 | In what ways can he do this and what should we give him to do ? |
| 20 | Shall we give them a nice sweet , hot cup of coffee ? |
| 21 | Even if we accept , as we should , that Thucydides is right about the ‘ truest cause ’ ( and in the passage last quoted he comes near to running together true cause and alleged reasons , so we should not try to separate them too sharply ) , there is still a major problem : what weight should we give to the various instances of encroachment ? |
| 22 | For what reply could we give if asked to explain the meaning of " fact " ? |
| 23 | Will we give her nice medicine or nasty medicine ? |
| 24 | Can we give it to them in ten weeks ? |
| 25 | Shall we give you a lion for being brave ? |
| 26 | And what reason would we give ? ’ |
| 27 | Will we give your mum nice medicine or rotten medicine ? |
| 28 | A recruitment team faced by this kind of surge in activity is liable to have to make a decision : do we concentrate on getting the letters out or do we give priority to keeping the records in line ? |
| 29 | Could n't we give old Kipling a run ? |
| 30 | ‘ Why ca n't we give him to the police at once ? ’ |