Example sentences of "we [verb] [modal v] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This document is nice and clear plain English , but quite frankly some of the replies and some of the er , er things understood by the public , can we ensure that we do use plain English , I 've got no criticism with this , this is okay , but when we get the replies to our customers erm that we service can we use plain English , that 's my first point , do you want to respond or can I make my second one ? |
| 2 | If you are not eligible to be put in if you do n't have a motor car then you 're discounting an enormous number of people who may have motorcycles or motor caravans or , you know , something which is perfectly valid but it invalidates the information that you think you are getting out of the file because you only put in certain perfectly reasonable , groups of er of things and i in , in , in Boots there 's a , there 's a er there 's a a wonderful expression or actually is , is the one I 'm particularly thinking about , you know we , we sell shall we say a million bottles of aspirin a year , it is in fact considerably more than that , and that is perfectly reasonable and valid and mm but in the definition of that we obviously only included what Boots the Chemists sold because that 's all the people who |
| 3 | It was earmarked for the admin course , we asked will you fund a student for the admin course . |
| 4 | It 's sh shall we make shall we I 'm just trying to think of making it a no I wo n't make it any more awkward . |
| 5 | Just before we break can I remind all women delegates , officers and guests there will be the reception to be held at twelve thirty to two o' clock in the Lord Mayor 's banqueting hall , in the Guildhall . |
| 6 | What have we got Can you sort out ooh just the pennies . |
| 7 | The two points which were made most strongly were , firstly , that they are so very much like humans in their reasoning and strategic thinking and secondly , that , to quote Dr Goodall , ‘ Only if we understand can we care . |
| 8 | Can , can we have can we have some light on ? |
| 9 | In part three of ’ The Road Ahead ’ we ask could it happen here ? |
| 10 | do that when we go , we sha n't go that way to Venice when we go shall we ? |
| 11 | Before we go will you be treating her at Warley ? ’ |
| 12 | can we put can we put problem solving in for the moment ? |
| 13 | Be before we start can I make two quick announcements , one er I made at the last lecture , that is there is a public lecture given by Baroness at five fifteen today on the subject of the Soviet Union and wh where does it go , erm and that 's in . |
| 14 | Only if we help shall they be saved . ’ |
| 15 | Only if we care will we help . |
| 16 | I said , well you co , if Claire wants to stop nothing 'll make us go will it ? |