Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] we [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Right where we want you , ’ a quiet voice completed her sentence from behind her . |
2 | I knew that Ben was a good enough footballer to play effectively where we wanted him . ’ |
3 | Although I 've no doubt you know better than we do what the opposition are |
4 | They read our body language better than we do ourselves , and signal to us just as they would to each other . |
5 | They understand what we say better than we understand them . |
6 | ‘ I 'm half inclined to pursue her tomorrow ; perhaps if we had her we would have a few more answers to all this . |
7 | I have nothing against the monarchy , in principle , erm I think that perhaps if we had our own parliament in Scotland and had the Queen as a head of state , as do Australia , Canada , and all the commonwealth countries , that would be fine . |
8 | I 'm not changing my tune , Councillor Wyle knows that in the past I have actually offered to go with them when they 've made erm , visits to the minister , and when he said , we we we tried , but we never got anywhere , and on various issues I 've said , well perhaps if we got us an all party delegation , at least we could have done no worse . |
9 | Perhaps if we fed our children on some solid doctrine and not gimmicks they would not be leaving the Church in such numbers . |
10 | Perhaps if we succeed it will be published by SquattervilIe Publishers later this year . |
11 | ‘ Perhaps if we give her a little more time ? ’ |
12 | We can plan our staff and equipment better if we know your sailing or windsurf experience beforehand : we do n't ask experienced sailors to teach ( unless that 's what you want to do ! ) |
13 | But systematic doubt is a handy weapon for dismissing our opponent 's beliefs and establishing our own only if we ignore our own presuppositions . |
14 | It appears the Ministry men can have their cake and eat it … but only if we let them . |
15 | ‘ Only if we let it be . ’ |
16 | ‘ Only if we teach our children anxiety do they begin to move fearfully through life . |
17 | It seems or it seemed to us till lately — a natural thing that love ( under certain conditions ) should be regarded as a noble and ennobling passion : it is only if we imagine ourselves trying to explain this doctrine to Aristotle , Virgil , St Paul , or the author of Beomuy , that we become aware how far from natural it is . |
18 | Only if we put them into their context in the larger narrative , can we see what is going on and feel their full force . |
19 | The problem here seems to be this : am I saying that a child is responsible if and only if we declare her to be so , given that she knows what she is doing ? |
20 | What is important is the discovery that saying these things can actually make us feel better , but only if we say them with sincerity . |
21 | A lot I think cos this this bit 's a quarter is n't it and we 'd get that 'd be enough if we cut it into quarters how many quarters would we get ? |
22 | So if we get something like |
23 | So if we get it right the answer should come to ten . |
24 | So if we had something like that page . |
25 | So if we change them all into quarters how many quarters would there be in a half ? |
26 | Are we going to prepared to start that then , I 'll say we started , I make it , I make it dead on twenty five to now , but if we go by that clock , and if everybody goes by that one it 's probably easier , because that 's between twenty five to , so if we make it about eighteen minutes past . |
27 | So if we concentrate our remarks on the findings in those patients who satisfy our criteria , this is just thirty seven percent of two hundred and twelve patients . |
28 | ‘ So if we rebuilt it in a more palatial style we could make a real killing when we sold it . |
29 | If they just furniture ok , whereas Argos do a lot of other things as well , so if we take you over there you can have a look see if there 's anything you really fancy . |
30 | Slalom is meant to be fun ; it fails to be so if we take it all too seriously . |