Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] we [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ A tiny little place we could run ourselves , and have our own things with us , and where we could do what we liked . |
2 | Yet , like the rest , this is a persuasive performance , and I only hope we shall have more Arnold from American players . |
3 | I only wish we could show them more of it ’ . |
4 | I presume the reason for the change is to ensure prompt receipt of the subscriptions — I only wish we could do the same with our customers ! |
5 | ‘ As I said to Sergei back at the hotel , I only wish we could have used our own people to babysit Mobuto . |
6 | I only wish and I mean this very sincerely I only wish we could spend as much time and as often as is spent discussing fox hunting on the county 's homeless , on abused children , on the handicapped , on the increasing crime and on unemployment and I only wish that the media and the public and even members of this council would take as much notice of that as they do about this debate on fox hunting . |
7 | ‘ I only wish we could see more of your family . ’ |
8 | This quadratic form is not , as previously , a sum of squares ; but provided it is not zero we could choose di to make the element unity , when we should have ( with X for Xd ) unc On account of the properties established here , it is usual to say that the modes of a system are orthogonal to each other . |
9 | ‘ I just hope we can catch up with him before he gets knocked down by a car or finds his way off the roads into open countryside or woodland where it will be harder to find him . ’ |
10 | They are definitely beatable and I just hope we can exploit any weaknesses they have . |
11 | ‘ If they manage that , I just hope we can force Liverpool into making as many errors as in the first leg . ’ |
12 | There 's prezzies all wrapped up under the tree , just like we used to have when I lived with Annie and Mum and Dad . |
13 | The best reply we can give is : There is a test ( see exercise 1.11.11 ) due to Kronecker which will always tell in a finite number of steps ( which may easily be large enough to require a computer ) whether or not a given element of Q[x] is irreducible . |
14 | ‘ This thing 's taken so many damn twists and turns … that I just believe we should question every angle . |
15 | It 's the best result we could have hoped for . ’ |
16 | No it 's normally from Saturday morning till Sunday morning I just think we 'll end up going for the day but he said , he 's got Gerry coming up from Hull to mind the shop on Saturday , he said oh you 're tired and you need a change and a rest he said something like erm |
17 | ‘ I just think we should live together . ’ |
18 | Sometimes that 's the best help we can give . ’ |
19 | I just wish we could do the things we want without having to worry where the money is coming from . ’ |
20 | Understandably , whilst we are all concerned with crime we hear little of burglary and yet we have something like 60 new reported crimes a day the vast majority are burglaries and I just wish we could do more about those crimes . |
21 | Ian Woosnam came to Augusta National playing , in his own words , like a 24-handicapper , though those of us in that category just wish we could spray the ball similarly around the practice ground or putt it so waywardly . |
22 | Some maths work will , I am sure , be very helpful in later life ; I just wish we could get to that bit soon ! |
23 | Just learn we 'll try and find some easy ways for you to learn it erm cos I think you 're a good learner you 've learnt a lot today have n't you ? |
24 | ‘ I still say we should have called the police . ’ |
25 | I still say we will finish in the top ten . ’ |
26 | We always know we can get this money on Tuesday and this is especially important if in any week the paypacket is depleted or non-existent . |
27 | ‘ I still feel we could do with another clue , ’ Loretta persisted . |
28 | I made several speeches in the Lords propounding my belief that the Biafran side should have had our support , and I still believe we would have been very much better off had that ensued . |
29 | ‘ I still believe we can detect this crime , ’ he said . |
30 | But I still believe we can do it . ’ |