Example sentences of "we [adv] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think if the committee did that then we 'd be back to what five or six years ago , when a whole afternoon was spent on that and I would n't commend that to you , but can we perhaps have a word with the officers at a later stage , take it on board what both Graham and Anne have been saying , and obviously not trying to do that in a meeting like this but try to prepare for it a month before-hand . |
| 2 | Can we just spare a couple of minutes so we can get this straight , because I did rush through it , and it was , er , obviously wrong of me . |
| 3 | ‘ May we just have a look down here ? ’ he asked appealingly . |
| 4 | It is n't a case of wanting them they 're such good knives you do n't get them at that price , too often right can we just have a look at the price of microwaves , while we 're here |
| 5 | What happens if she does it on a weekend , will we just have a key ? |
| 6 | Yes the army officers , shall we just read a bit more of that bit ? |
| 7 | So do you think that erm when this law was erm pushed through in nineteen forty seven that er perhaps Mao you know well I think there 's been a bit of excess now , I think we 'll do some we just need , we just need a bit of a rush now just to take us through a bit and then we 'll stop it in a few months time . |
| 8 | Shall we just run a lab test on this chicken ! ’ |
| 9 | So , shall we just put a question mark ? |
| 10 | Ca n't we just put a clause |
| 11 | Nor of course , if we dismiss the idea of ‘ memory molecules ’ , could we ever anticipate a pill to restore lost memories , for , as I have argued , these are represented in the brain not in the form of particular molecules but in a multitude of specific neuronal circuits . |
| 12 | First round … second round … will we ever get a Brit winning at Wimbledon ? |
| 13 | Did we ever get a mention in the programme ? |
| 14 | Do we now feel a compulsion to believe things again ? |
| 15 | Can we now discern a theory of meaning which , if correct , would force us towards some form of foundationalism ? |
| 16 | Can we now produce a timetable up to the start of the course ? |
| 17 | AFTER the recent wonderful developments in eastern Europe , particularly the fall of the Berlin Wall , can we now have a bit more freedom — other than the freedom to spend money . |
| 18 | Do we really want a system in which a couple — |
| 19 | Can we please have a column for us 50-year-olds ? |
| 20 | ‘ Ca n't we even eat a meal together occasionally ? |
| 21 | Would we then have a guarantee against the occurrence of a crisis ? |
| 22 | Er do we then have a situation where the county 's strategy 's significantly undermined ? |
| 23 | Do we actually perceive a link between them ? |
| 24 | Right , can we actually have a look now the last bit is sort of more the nitty gritty before we go on to this . |