Example sentences of "we [modal v] do [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may do it badly , but the beauty is that we do it at all . |
| 2 | If she 's dead somewhere else , it 's got nothing to do with us , but if she 's dead on our doorstep , we ought to do something . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We ought to do something about our genial host , ’ the adjutant said . |
| 4 | Because in fact if we 're holding far too much stock we ought to do something about reducing it because it 's all |
| 5 | and er I was just wondering we we ought to do something , I mean these poor old dears have adhered to what we have said and facilities for them to get down onto to the er the . |
| 6 | Yes , I think we ought to do something about it Tony , a message . |
| 7 | We ought to do one where we |
| 8 | What would commonly be taken as a characteristic example of the Naturalistic Fallacy is ethical hedonism , the doctrine that we ought to do what gives most pleasure . |
| 9 | And while I think we ought to do what we can , I think there 's a line which ought to be drawn , and I do honestly wonder whether twenty-one , it was eighteen last year , and I just wonder if perhaps we should erm try and switch some of these to mid-week , so that we 're not seeing it virtually every Saturday of the year . |
| 10 | What we ought to do we 'll have the vote in |
| 11 | Well , just concerned about the usual thing that obviously many people are away on holiday then , er I I 'm wondering if th anyone anticipates any particular problems this year , or if anyone thinks we ought to do anything by way of special arrangements ? |
| 12 | Are you saying that we ought to do you 're gon na take this |
| 13 | And it does n't feel like we ought to do it , it feels like we want to . |
| 14 | He said , well we ought to do it . |
| 15 | You we should do something about it . |
| 16 | We should do something together . |
| 17 | We believe it is morally wrong to be taking away residential accommodation , when there are so many people homeless in our society , and we should do something about it . |
| 18 | ‘ Now — I 've decided we should do something special at the club . ’ |
| 19 | Suppose we should do something , yeah . |
| 20 | But it is one of our most valuable , and we should do everything that we can to support it . |
| 21 | When we are in the material world doing work or playing , we should do them with enthusiasm and be wholly committed to them . |
| 22 | ‘ And therefore we should do whatever your ladyship says ? ’ |
| 23 | If private capital can be attracted — and I believe it could to the right project — it seems to me entirely right that we should do what we can as Government to create the right climate for a successful link to be built . |
| 24 | The man who organized the aircraft to get 1,000 TOWs to Israel in February 1986 ( and 500 TOWs from there to Tehran ) thought that ‘ if the government wanted to establish relations and there were modernists , we should do what we could to assist . ’ |
| 25 | And that 's the point of ‘ Back In Denim ’ — not that we should all go retro and rediscover the pre-punk '70s , but that we should do what Lawrence has done and just get back in touch with our own musical roots . |
| 26 | My Lords , erm i legislation is complex and I agree that we should do what we can to keep a clear er , er to keep it clear and simple if it 's at all possible and erm er I agree though that one needs a fully up-to-date text of the nineteen sixty four Police Act in order to decipher every last dot and comma . |
| 27 | I do n't know that we should Do we all do we want to go together |
| 28 | ‘ So you think we should do nothing , ’ Denis said , remembering Hardy 's conviction that Jews do n't resist . |
| 29 | Whatever the justice of this prejudice , it is important in the present economic climate that we should do our utmost to dispel it . |
| 30 | It is my opinion that we should do our own small bit to avoid our planet 's destruction . |