Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may pour out our hearts about the situation in which we find ourselves , expressing our trust , hope and confidence . |
| 2 | Quantum mechanically we may know either its position or its momentum but not both . |
| 3 | Fourthly , we may single out what is ordinarily called an event or change , partly because of its brief duration , and thereby distinguished from what is called a standing condition — say the movement of a lever as against its tensile strength . |
| 4 | At this point we may ask how it is that speakers go about creating linguistically the persona which they animate at any one particular time . |
| 5 | The kind of morality which Spinoza recommends is one which guides us on how we may live out our lives in the fullest possible exercise of our personal urges and abilities . |
| 6 | An open question gives great freedom to respondents but we may get just what happens to be uppermost in their minds . |
| 7 | 1 John 3:16 goes on to say , ‘ And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers . ’ |
| 8 | Because at the moment , it 's , I mean I agree , I think we ought to sort out our own bit and look after our own leads , we should be able to do that , but |
| 9 | The point is of some importance since a number of rules of procedure are growing to be applicable to Cabinet Committees and we ought to know where there is a real , useful distinction or whether it is merely the pragmatical difference that some are serviced by the Cabinet Office and some are not . |
| 10 | " Before everyone goes up to the top , " said Hazel , " we ought to find out what it 's like . |
| 11 | I was wondering if we ought to find out who 's decided to start using it again , and whether they really checked , I have been told they check on the source , but it 's like we 're slipping back gradually , and I thought if we said , if we pledged that we 're going to boycott timber , we should really keep to it unless we make a decision |
| 12 | Views were expressed : ‘ Not only do we need to experience real work , ’ went the argument , ‘ but we should give up our holiday times to do it ! ’ |
| 13 | Given that the Prime Minister correctly said last night that Maastricht will be an important stage on the road to even closer European union , what does he say today to those of his right hon. Friends who say that he has already gone far enough down the road to political and monetary union and , in their words , we should stay where we are ? |
| 14 | Tomorrow I will ring up and see how we should set about it . ’ |
| 15 | It appeared to me to be necessary that we should set out our agreed recommendations in some separate document . |
| 16 | We should go down I think Rachel and I as before , and |
| 17 | Seneca wrote that ‘ when we want to reach a city or marketplace , we watch where the people are going and we follow them ; but in life we should watch where they go and then we should go in the opposite direction . ’ |
| 18 | I just ca n't see us managing it , although we should finish off our season by beating Scotland in Cardiff . |
| 19 | But I think we should find out everything we can . ’ |
| 20 | Some women do resist the pressure to loathe fat , and we should consider why they refuse to collude with widely accepted definitions of sexual attractiveness . |
| 21 | We get two times four X cubed minus X times twelve X squared minus one Well that 's a shame we should be getting we should get twice it . |
| 22 | There was a big argument about what we should buy so we had a vote on it . |
| 23 | This is a pretty staggering statistic which we should remember when we are considering the relative risk , then and now . |
| 24 | If we prop it open a bit we should pick up their voices on the tape . ’ |
| 25 | We did this or we shut down and if they wanted the latter we should shut down our plants immediately . |
| 26 | And it 's only right that we should say how it 's spent . |
| 27 | It is essential that we should maintain both our sensitivity and our effectiveness , if we are to protect and watch over the interests of the people we work for and provide the kind of services they need . |
| 28 | Maybe we should earmark perhaps my birthday , to go out . |
| 29 | But we should know why we are doing so and be clear about the reasons why . |
| 30 | So , so , two months time we should know where we 're going ? |