Example sentences of "but we [vb base] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we like to be there to give our support . |
| 2 | After all , we were n't the only ones that were approached ‘ in secret ’ by Lazio , but we seem to be the ones that made it public . |
| 3 | A few people have tried to set up as independent ironers but we seem to be reluctant to pay someone £4 an hour to iron . |
| 4 | It 's easy together , But we need to be |
| 5 | We are , he observed , only too willing to make this sort of leap , and not only in the field of theology ( Hume was also very critical of what he saw as the pretensions of the science of his day to uncover the ‘ hidden springs ’ of things ) , but we need to be much more modest and cautious , to realise how limited the scope of our experience and knowledge is , and how liable our minds to go astray when they over-reach themselves and fish in waters too deep for their lines to plumb . |
| 6 | As things stand , the visual system is proving a good model to guide investigation of other sensory systems but we need to be cautious about interpreting data and to avoid forcing these other systems into a straitjacket defined by the visual system . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't think so but we need to be sure . |
| 8 | But we want to be an arts centre for the people not black people , not white people , just people , ’ he said . |
| 9 | ‘ We might be able to do something with licensing agreements in Europe , but we want to be able to market our own products . |
| 10 | But we have to be careful to try to understand what steps are proper in order to keep it at bay . |
| 11 | ‘ We can be like a flea on their backs , but we have to be ready when they turn over . |
| 12 | We are all agreed as to what ought to happen , but we have to be realistic and question how it can be made to happen . |
| 13 | I 'm sorry , but we have to be very careful who we deal with here . |
| 14 | It really is something that I would like to see us achieve in the future and if this can be brought forward by meeting the developer down there , then I would be , certainly be in favour of that and I would certainly like , and this is what we said at this meeting , to find out a little more detail of exactly what they were offering but we have to be minded all the time , as I said again , is how we 're going to acquire permission to go over one or two different land owners ' lands . |
| 15 | But we have to be aware that other contexts of interpretation , other ways of reading , are also constructed by the institution of literature . |
| 16 | ‘ If it 's any comfort , I 've never known all the beds to be full , but we have to be prepared for any eventuality . |
| 17 | It 's a terrible thing to have happened , but we have to be strong — if only for the sake of Emma and Sophie . ’ |
| 18 | But we have to be prepared for the unexpected . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's true that I 've given my personal backing to Kevin Keegan in our search for players , but we have to be realistic . |