Example sentences of "[conj] we [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have given us a base at least to operate from , a place where we could be contacted , and where we might even meet some of our fellow producers . |
| 2 | You talk about leading questions again that testing trial closed where we 'd just test the water before we go for the actual commitment . |
| 3 | where we can just have it on all the time . |
| 4 | We will now have to concentrate on those areas where we can best create value for our shareholders . ’ |
| 5 | I would like to trace that film , but I do n't know where it is and where we could now see it . |
| 6 | The Tears for Fears record , All Together Now , missed from its chorus , the words ‘ In No Man 's Land ’ — where we will presumably end up with Kinnock . |
| 7 | In the next chapter we will deal with perspectives on interest groups , where we will also offer a concluding assessment of the ideas and theories discussed in both Chapters 2 and 3 . |
| 8 | Nor can we think of the Christian God as three persons in the way that we normally consider them to be , or we would surely have to conclude that it was a religion committed to polytheism . |
| 9 | We will seek reassurance that we are loved in all kinds of bizarre ways rather than acknowledge there were times when we were not loved , or we may never have been loved , or even that we may have been hated . |
| 10 | Differences of opinion exist among scholars ; sometimes the appearance gives very little to go on — details may have been rubbed off or we may only have a small fragment of a large object to examine ; two or more origins may be possible contenders and it may be impossible to decide which on stylistic grounds alone . |
| 11 | Smarten up your act or we might just stop buying British , as the Europeans take over our high streets offering us fashions with a much better image , manufactured to a much higher standard . |
| 12 | ‘ Or we 'll both die ! ’ |
| 13 | Get it together , Doyle , or we 'll never pin these bastards down … ’ |
| 14 | We started with provisioning the boat at the quay ( ’ Put the bloody whisky out of sight or we 'll never get shown in Saudi Arabia ’ ) and leaving the quay . |
| 15 | ‘ Keep moving , or we 'll never get there . ’ |
| 16 | Anyway , I 'm going to get ready or we 'll never get the shopping done before you go to work . |
| 17 | Anyway , I 'm going to get ready or we 'll never get the shopping done before you go to work . |
| 18 | " No , you must stay there , " said King Voukashan , " or we shall never build our town of Skadar . " |
| 19 | And then , impatiently , ‘ And now do come on , or we shall never get away . ’ |
| 20 | We can make in our favour or we can easily make six thousand crackers favours and we 've made a thousand . |
| 21 | Erm so really you tell me which jobs you 're gon na send reports out on , a and erm that you would like that particular field sorting out , and I will get Ken and Amanda and Kerry to er t to get something in there , so that when you pull it off erm you 're happy with it or we can then edit it . |
| 22 | There are two things we can do with hair on the upper lip , we can either bleach it so that it does n't notice , or we can actually remove it with wax , or we can have electrolysis . |
| 23 | Most two-syllable verbs that seem to be exceptions to the above might be interpreted as being morphologically complex ( e.g. ‘ permit ’ = ‘ per ’ + ‘ mit ’ ) , or we could simply list all such verbs as exceptions . |
| 24 | Or we could just use whatever we get at the interview side . |
| 25 | Or we could always do the Aqua Suite . |
| 26 | Thus the definition of eqn ( 2.5 ) is no longer applicable or we should rather say it is no longer sufficient . |
| 27 | Their anger or fear antedates even that of the young infant who is in the process of integrating its pre-verbal behaviour with ill-formed vocal utterances ( although we might well wish to stretch a point and allow the inclusion of the Ameslan apes , particularly Lucy , up to , but not beyond , this point ) . |
| 28 | ‘ If it is full steam ahead for next year , I 'd predict that it wo n't be a marathon slog , although we 'll probably try to do as many countries as possible . |
| 29 | By definition , we have not had the range of experiences which occur in old age , although we may well have some relevant personal knowledge upon which to draw . |
| 30 | The rejoinder must be : although we may generally have neither the time nor the inclination to look at literary language under the microscope in this way , the fact that it can be done is important , and the doing of it can not fail to sharpen observation , by making us aware of how larger effects are built up from smaller ones . |