Example sentences of "all we [verb] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | All we require is a collection of reasonable indicators which represent , to some degree which may be unknown , the concept of class . |
| 2 | We had dinner hours ago , and any way how could you get ill when all we had is stuff we 've always had ? |
| 3 | So far all we know is what has appeared in the newspapers , that you have , shall we say , brought into life a baby — a human baby just like any one of the infants sleeping in their mothers ' arms all over the world — in a way that is to say the least unusual . |
| 4 | All we know is that there were success stories , including at least one lobotomy . |
| 5 | ‘ All we know is that he was knocked out while someone jumped on him . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ What if there 's a scrap and I do have to fire at them and they return it ; for after all , as I 've said , we do n't really know whether they carry guns ; all we know is they have n't used them yet . ’ |
| 7 | All we know is that Gunhilda was a woman of great talent and charm , for — in addition to having fascinated two powerful barons — she had also established the closest friendship with Anselm of any woman known to us . |
| 8 | As to Ed Riverton , all we know is what the police told us . |
| 9 | All we know is that Nicola was due to meet him at nine o'clock and that he did n't turn up . |
| 10 | So all we know is that the universe is expanding by between 5 percent and 10 percent every thousand million years . |
| 11 | All we know is that the container or bottle was never found . |
| 12 | All we know is that , as Mother Walsh said , when the pure boy preaches the woman … ’ here he gave Emily a meaningful look — ‘ … something pretty nasty is going to be heading in our direction . |
| 13 | Well my Lord , all we know is that erm when the report was served on the defendant it then came through court they were going to have to call Mr and then last week it was suggested er that er not only did they not agree but that they were going to try to prevent it being admitted in evidence . |
| 14 | She says all we know is that he comes from London and he wants to remain anonymous . |
| 15 | All we know is she is quite an old cat . ’ |
| 16 | All we got is a piece of paper , which probably on that one tells the council they recommend approval of this . |
| 17 | All we ask is that you advise your branch immediately you are aware of the loss . |
| 18 | All we ask is the site managed in the spirit of the existing licence and that the pits are backfilled with inert waste and returned to agricultural use as soon as possible , as was originally intended . ’ |
| 19 | All we ask is that over the next year , you make four more selections from over 300 titles for children of all ages — each picked by our expert panel for its quality and educational value , and described for you in our free monthly magazine . |
| 20 | All we ask is that you take at least four books during your first year 's membership from the many hundreds you 'll be offered . |
| 21 | All we ask is that you use the ticket within a 60-day period between January 1st , 1990 and December 31st , 1990 and that you purchase it before arriving in Thailand . |
| 22 | It consists of three parallel cylinders of spongy tissue enclosed in an outer sheath of elastic skin and all we ask is that it stiffens on demand and performs its time-honoured functions without complaint . |
| 23 | Erm and all we ask is that if you if you 've said you 're coming to do a session , that you do actually turn up and if you ca n't then if you can telephone us as early as possible to let us know that you ca n't make it , that 's not a problem . |
| 24 | All we ask is that all fees are finally paid by the end of January . |
| 25 | We try to get on with people , to be friendly with them and all we get is trouble . |
| 26 | All we get is incidents ! |
| 27 | and we 'll sort it out ourselves and what they do , if a customer says oh there 's a phone that 's broke , or it 's not working or something like that , they 'll say oh okay we 'll get in touch with the maintenance for you , you see , cos he 's making nowt out of it , if you say we dropped the phone and broke it , well we 'll send a and then they send an engin one of their blokes out with a replacement phone and charge him for a new one , once they say wants some re-programming doing , oh yeah were sending an engineer round and they get , the dealer then gets the money for it so all we get is the flack end of it you know so we , a service contract it 's priced because , low because you know you 're gon na make a bit on moves and changes |
| 28 | All we need is a trip to the library in Matlock tomorrow . ’ |
| 29 | It is important however to dispel the ‘ big push ’ theory of change — that all we need is one last great effort to climb the next hill or round the next corner and we shall then arrive in the promised land of milk , honey and stability ! |
| 30 | All we need is a rope , a bucket , a net , a hook , a rugby ball and this machine I 've made . |