Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] we [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to borrow , I want to borrow we can borrow your brain tomorrow Mandy . |
| 2 | In other words if the estate agent or medical practice will get a phone call from us and say look we 'd like to do your assignment is it convenient . |
| 3 | On the first point : if we want to grow we must reach out beyond the circle of friends to people who have previously had nothing to do with CPRW . |
| 4 | ‘ If we want to develop we must assure Italian customers that we are committed to staying in Italy . |
| 5 | We grow up , we become career-orientated , obsessed with status and we stop believing we can fly . |
| 6 | If we stop moving we shall hear the pitch of the siren as it actually is , intermediate between the two Doppler-shifted pitches . |
| 7 | If we stop shaving we can demonstrate the fallacy of the equation of woman and hairlessness ; if we stop dieting we can show that woman equals big as well as small . |
| 8 | If we stop shaving we can demonstrate the fallacy of the equation of woman and hairlessness ; if we stop dieting we can show that woman equals big as well as small . |
| 9 | Mike Graham , of the North-West TUC , said : ‘ 'We believe we can change the government 's mind . ’ |
| 10 | Manufacturers seem to think we 'll put up with any old crap ! |
| 11 | Well , they erm seem to think we should have had some yellow in it for some obscure reason to match the programme , but I do n't know , I thing it would have taken the erm the look off the thing . |
| 12 | Because women 's work is never done , and underpaid , or unpaid , or boring or repetitious and we 're the first to get the sack , and what we look like is more important than what we do , and if we get raped it 's our fault , and if we get bashed we must have provoked it , if we raise our voices we 're nagging bitches , and if we enjoy sex we 're nymphs and if we do n't we 're frigid , and if we love women it 's because we ca n't get a real man , and if we ask our doctor too many questions we 're neurotic and if we expect the community to care for our children we 're selfish , and if we stand up for our rights we 're aggressive and unfeminine , and if we do n't we 're typical weak females , and if we want to get married we 're out to trap a man , and if we do n't we 're unnatural , and because we ca n't get adequate safe contraceptives , but men can walk on the moon , and we ca n't cope or do n't want a pregnancy we 're made to feel guilty about abortion , and for lots and lots of other reasons we 're all part of the Women 's Liberation Movement . |
| 13 | Thus if we know hν and measure KE we can derive the electron binding energy very simply . |
| 14 | The attitude of the companies is such that I want nothing to do with them ; I like to think we will survive without ruining the lives of the animals and destroying the land . ’ |
| 15 | We all like to think we can do things and we can do things well . |
| 16 | ‘ You know , people keep saying we ought to hang coats on Shylock 's arm … ’ |
| 17 | ‘ We tend to think we can do anything , ’ he said wryly , ‘ but we ca n't . |
| 18 | ‘ I really do think we should go now , Harry . |
| 19 | Anyway , I do think we should rethink the deep fat fryer . |
| 20 | I do think we should encourage more from a very young age when children are in school so that |
| 21 | ‘ All that aside , ’ she said in a softer voice , ‘ I do think we should discuss his suggestion , Peter . |
| 22 | I do think we could have been ‘ sniffing ’ for the second ball better ( ie the cleared headers/knock downs ) . |
| 23 | well I do feel we might struggle for players . |
| 24 | And I do feel we 'll stay together and we will get round to marriage , ’ says Sue . |
| 25 | ‘ I do wish we could help her — somehow , ’ sighed Christine . |
| 26 | " You do realise we 'll get absolutely swamped by fans , do n't you " . |
| 27 | Might be about When we start work we could stay up a little bit later . |
| 28 | You know we 're only gon na get the best from European initiatives when we start realizing we must deal with the present , in order to shape the future remembering the cruel lessons many of us have learned , particularly during the last twelve years . |
| 29 | They tend to say we must overthrow the existing social order and establish a new just social order , when human beings will be liberated from the corrupting erm , alienating er forces , that er , make them bad , and everything will be , everything will be okay . |
| 30 | well I 'd go along with that but what I was saying was I , I thought you might become more confrontational and if you were then we 'd 've got into a bit of a tennis match there and but then you did n't go down that route , that 's what I 'm saying , you did n't actually go down that cos if you had 've done we 'd 've got nowhere |