Example sentences of "we [modal v] get " in BNC.
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1 | We may get a reaction from them , in a day or two . ’ |
2 | People will probably go anyway , Sharp adds , ‘ but we may kill a few on the way , and we may get some wet noodles back . ’ |
3 | While this is happening we may get into standing , walking or sitting in ways that are a strain on the body . |
4 | We may get a mate in the hope he 'll transfer his attentions . ’ |
5 | In some ways we should consider ourselves lucky if we get these types of responses to stress , because for others , unfortunately , there are other responses to stress that may also occur , such as ulcers and heart disease , from which we may get less warning . |
6 | Its onset is rapid and dramatic , we may get little or no warning , occurring often ‘ out of the blue ’ and in situations of no real danger . |
7 | If the width of the slits and the spread of the bullets are appropriately chosen we may get a profile like this : with a hump at a point on the detector equidistant from the two slits . |
8 | Er now it claims , of course that this is a more efficient purchasing mechanism on behalf of the patients and the community of this area the problem is , of course , it depends what you mean by efficiency and the truth is , that we may get increased our purchasing in terms of frugal as they put it delicately our patients ! |
9 | The weather reports indicate that we may get a light snowfall some time over the next few days . |
10 | An African nationalist commented to some of us the other day , ‘ When we take over , we may get rid of a lot of white people — but we want Don and Penny to stay . ’ |
11 | ‘ I think it may be , but we may get Place to tell us . ’ |
12 | Opposition Members may well decide to make some progress and we may get to new clause 9 and to others further down the list , we can not be sure about that . |
13 | We may get more from Dr. Bonnard when we question him in depth . |
14 | I mean , I do I do take your point about the culture , and it and it 's it is a significant issue , which will take some time , I mean , probably wi with your experience in Social Services you 'll know that a substantial number of directors of Social Services are in fact female , and maybe one of the questions that we have to ask at a senior level is , our s senior erm , chief officers , erm , the fact that we 've got no woman , chief officer , and it may well be because now that we 've got an equal opportunities policy , that we may get applications from erm , very able women who see that we have got a clear commitment to equal opportunities demonstrated in this paper . |
15 | The the extra advantage of the of the house would be cooking which we may get . |
16 | I think what we may get away with then is handouts and less overheads . |
17 | If I quote three or four quid underneath , he 'll consider it and we may get an order in a few months time when the schedule runs out . |
18 | We just have to play to the best of our ability and if that 's good enough we may get something out of it . ’ |
19 | An open question gives great freedom to respondents but we may get just what happens to be uppermost in their minds . |
20 | But given the opposing demands made on film productions before they are shown , I believe it 's as close as we may get towards an insight into the rank and file members of a movement that had a profound influence on Liverpool politics for a decade . |
21 | We may get rid of that stuff . |
22 | they can be rung through to you but p erm will need to be warned that we may get a flood of phone calls |
23 | On the other hand there are some qualifications that technicians may take , we may be lucky , we may get such a person , and I hope so . |
24 | Well I guess we may get a we may get ourselves a waste disposable unit . |
25 | Well I guess we may get a we may get ourselves a waste disposable unit . |
26 | ‘ The Hetherington report said we should get moving quickly . |
27 | Even if someone were to leave the Department , or drop dead-even if you were to , what 's the expression , take out a contract on one of us ’ — he laughs to show that this is a joke , displaying a number of chipped and discoloured teeth , set in his gums at odd angles , like tombstones in a neglected churchyard — ‘ even then , I very much doubt whether we should get a replacement . |
28 | ‘ Perhaps we should get on , ’ says Robyn frostily . |
29 | We should get you home . ’ |
30 | Lord knows how but maybe we should get out of here . ’ |