Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] we [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | They are definitely beatable and I just hope we can exploit any weaknesses they have . |
| 10 | ‘ If they manage that , I just hope we can force Liverpool into making as many errors as in the first leg . ’ |
| 11 | There 's prezzies all wrapped up under the tree , just like we used to have when I lived with Annie and Mum and Dad . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ This thing 's taken so many damn twists and turns … that I just believe we should question every angle . |
| 14 | It 's the best result we could have hoped for . ’ |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | ‘ I just think we should live together . ’ |
| 17 | Sometimes that 's the best help we can give . ’ |
| 18 | I just wish we could do the things we want without having to worry where the money is coming from . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Some maths work will , I am sure , be very helpful in later life ; I just wish we could get to that bit soon ! |
| 22 | 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 ? |
| 23 | ‘ I still say we should have called the police . ’ |
| 24 | I still say we will finish in the top ten . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ I still feel we could do with another clue , ’ Loretta persisted . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ I still believe we can detect this crime , ’ he said . |
| 29 | But I still believe we can do it . ’ |
| 30 | We are beginning to play some good stuff but I still think we can step u Arsenal were quickly off the mark , going ahead after only five minutes when a long David Seaman clearance found its way to Lee Dixon , whose early pass picked out Alan Smith . |