Example sentences of "we really " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is something that the British harp on that incessantly , using it as the main reason for choosing one restaurant over another , but do we really understand what it means and are we consistent in our assessment of perceived value ? |
| 2 | ‘ Do we really ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ What we really need now is breakfast . |
| 4 | Do we really want to say that all we ever learn we knew before — even if we are saying this in some technical ‘ computational ’ sense ? |
| 5 | We really were world leaders in all respects . |
| 6 | Sub-headings seem to take up an inordinate amount of space ; do we really need separate headings for ‘ What is Tincture of Benzoin ’ , ‘ How to use Tincture of Benzoin ’ , ‘ How to carry Tincture of Benzoin ’ , and ‘ Where to buy Tincture of Benzoin ’ ? |
| 7 | Do we really need . |
| 8 | At the very least , the exhibition provides food for thought : as the 21st century nears , do we really want architecture that looks as if it was built in the 18th ? |
| 9 | If East Germans have the freedom to choose , can we really be confident that they would prefer to face the difficulties of establishing a capitalist economy and democratic system on their own ? |
| 10 | Do we really ‘ wash down ’ a good meal with claret ? |
| 11 | - Somebody says : ‘ Oh God , do we really have to spend Christmas day this year with … ? '- |
| 12 | We really ca n't see much future for a gang of derelicts like this — ‘ rather a favourable specimen of what is best in our English culture ’ , one character blithely insists — and they do n't see any for themselves . |
| 13 | But it was in talking to a fellow tourist at the airport on the return journey that we really came down to earth . |
| 14 | Do we really believe that the rights we enjoy under our laws compare favourably with those in other societies ? |
| 15 | Once through , we really cut loose . |
| 16 | That 's where we really started rehearsing together properly as the band . |
| 17 | I have become convinced that our whole approach is hopelessly unscientific , in fact wrong , and particularly that my own reconstruction is so fundamentally flawed that we really do n't have the right to be displaying it anywhere except in a Disneyland type of amusement park . ’ |
| 18 | Sometimes we just do n't think about how clever we really are . |
| 19 | Klaus , is n't it ? and Klara — Oh , of course — ’ corrected — ‘ Erika , Fritz , Rosa … we really ought to see you more often , ought we not ? |
| 20 | ‘ We really must find out when Karl is coming back , ’ Frau Nordern went on . |
| 21 | ‘ Tollers , ’ said Lewis , ‘ there is too little of what we really like in stories . |
| 22 | But what we really need is a sense of ourselves — which the French and Italians simply ooze . ’ |
| 23 | How far have we really come ? |
| 24 | We really need more help from you good men to stand up and be counted ! |
| 25 | ‘ Do we really want him on trial and talking about his past secret relationships ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We really developed the processes for making incandescent light bulbs very fast , very cheaply , ’ explains Mr Houghton . |
| 27 | Nothing else will have the necessary teeth to convince youngsters — and the world — that we really mean it . |
| 28 | The only time we really spent together was in the summer holidays … with our grandmother at Swindon . |
| 29 | He agrees with the ‘ more probable opinion … [ that ] this consciousness is annexed to , and the affection of one identical immaterial substance ’ , but , expressing his general scepticism about the extent of our knowledge , he says we really do not know the truth of the matter . |
| 30 | When , in the first Test at Trent Bridge , Gooch and Broad put on 125 for the first wicket the smiles were widening all the time ; when the last wicket fell with just 245 on the board we knew where we really were . |