Example sentences of "we [modal v] [verb] our " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never mind , ’ said Breeze valiantly , ‘ perhaps if we 're awfully careful and cheese-paring for the next forty years or so , we may end our days in some sweet little cottage with roses round the door … ’ |
| 2 | In any case , as far as everyday quantum mechanics is concerned , we may regard our use of imaginary time and Euclidean space-time as merely a mathematical device ( or trick ) to calculate answers about real space-time . |
| 3 | Finally , we mentioned above that many third generation computers have a range of facilities to cover a number of application areas ; if some of these facilities are optional , we may particularize Our computer for an application area by selecting from these options . |
| 4 | We may extend our analysis of urban-rural shift to these years , 1981–87 , by reference to Table 5.5 , which disaggregates the South and North of Great Britain further into types of districts , a breakdown that is more fully explained in Chapter 7 and utilized in Chapters 8 to 11 . |
| 5 | We may supplement our observations on /Ε/; by considering evidence from present-day Ulster dialects . |
| 6 | Perhaps tomorrow , or the day after we may continue our investigations ? ’ |
| 7 | In traditional moral thought hypocrisy , like lying , has always been detested as a sin against the fundamental principle of human communication , namely that language was given to mankind so that we may express our thoughts and feelings openly , honestly . |
| 8 | We also urge our sisters to help us reopen our educational institutions so that we may rescue our future generations from the disasters of ignorance and illiteracy which are threatening our children . |
| 9 | But , for the time to come , I hope we may double our diligence , if the war with France do not obstruct our endeavours … for time is so far spent , past our meridian , that the affair calls for diligence . |
| 10 | During a panic attack we may feel our heart beating very fast and very hard , our bodies begin to sweat very heavily , we may feel unreal , faint , dizzy , and nauseous as blood is pumped away from the head and the stomach . |
| 11 | If we do make a profit , we may lose our charitable status . |
| 12 | If we do so we may deny our pain , it would be to pretend that all is well , and that would mean to deny the biblical faith . |
| 13 | We may question our assumptions and look around the environment even more rarely . |
| 14 | Let us pray that we may use our own experiences — our grief , our worries and our disappointments — to help other people cope with their problems . |
| 15 | The promise was probably vague , we 'll see it , we may use our good offices to the United Nations to some sort of embargoes or , that 's all ca they 're likely to be promised because we 're not in a position to promise anything . |
| 16 | Let us pray that we may develop our ability to feel compassion . |
| 17 | Yet we are also familiar within ourselves with what we may call our rational streak . |
| 18 | Of course , we may call our doubt ‘ total doubt ’ or charge it with being unbelief , but only if our purpose is to stop doubt short and see that it does not become unbelief . |
| 19 | From this side of the Atlantic we may raise our eyebrows at the opportunities for obstruction and procrastination and the constant search for the lowest common denominator , but arguably these are part of the price of freedom and democracy in the American context . |
| 20 | We may overcome our individual pride but if pride is in our nature , then it will colour all our thoughts and actions . |
| 21 | We may have our worries about the different future we see opening up before us — it would be odd if we did not — but surely we must see what is happening at the Brandenburg Gate as a European as well as a German triumph . |
| 22 | We may have our worries about the different future we see opening up before us — it would be odd if we did not — but surely we must see what is happening at the Brandenburg Gate as a European as well as a German triumph . |
| 23 | Will my right hon. Friend undertake to arrange a debate before Christmas , or at least before the December Council of Ministers meeting on fishing , so that we may have our annual chance to discuss the state of the fishing industry in England and elsewhere in the kingdom ? |
| 24 | The more we " watch " our technique , the less we shall enjoy the act : we may enjoy our self-image as being sexual supermen , but that is a very different thing . |
| 25 | We may enlarge our conceptions beyond all imaginable space ; we only produce atoms in comparison with the reality of things . |
| 26 | Pour out your Spirit , Lord , upon us as we proclaim and adore the presence of your Son in the mystery of faith so that we may spend our lives in generous solidarity with everyone . |
| 27 | If we fail to accept this fact we may spend our lives seeking a " better " parent who can do more for us — and many social work clients are in just this situation of seeking . |
| 28 | If it 's all right with Shelley , we may take our swim . ’ |
| 29 | The following are not in alphabetical or order of importance , but of convenience so that we may keep our discussion in an interesting and logical sequence . |
| 30 | All we can do is shape the means by which they approach us and the terms on which they will live with us in the time to come , that we may keep our honour and our identity , and be their free neighbours and allies , not their villeins . |