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Example sentences of "[verb] we [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	How do we know we ca n't do something unless we try ?
2	‘ If you can hit your killer 's face before you croak we can probably get him , ’ SOCO said helpfully , as he examined a gory piece of Sellotape before slipping it into one of his brown paper bags and carefully labelling it .
3	and they said if we , in turn , as it stands we could never give you exemption and therefore the only thing is to render it completely enoxious and then we can give you negative clearance because it will have no impact upon competition
4	We never say we would n't bring him back . ’
5	I think for me , one of the main questions is how we enter into joint activity with the British Labour Movement , or do we just turn our backs on it and say we ca n't do it , they are too racist , they are too imperialist .
6	If we say we can not afford it , the reply is that we pay out more and more millions of pounds in unemployment benefit .
7	‘ But I 'm sure when the game starts we wo n't notice it .
8	‘ Shame we could n't get anyone else for the delivery , these watches are murder . ’
9	He says we ca n't get our hands on exact diagnoses but we have got an advance party in Sarajevo so hopefully we will get something back from them .
10	Ooh he says we can only pay you your travelling expenses .
11	He says we could not approve his application .
12	he says we could either put it forward because the windows are obviously a lot wider
13	‘ But no matter what he has done we ca n't condone anyone vandalising his house . ’
14	When you go to your mum 's tomorrow , or when we go out tomorrow we 'll take it with us , in case we meet anybody I can be taping cos I can get as many people as I like , when you go up to Ken 's take it with you , put it on your pocket , but then say to them , if you object we wo n't do it .
15	I do remember we 'd already put his full name on the car and had to remove the last part of it . ’
16	We spent a wonderful week together and have agreed we wo n't leave it another eight years before we meet again .
17	I could n't go out without him because we 'd agreed we 'd both do our share .
18	We can do , we 've just got to , I mean we 've just got to ask everyone to give a very brief report erm on another occasion and then it can be kept very short , I think though , there are , there are times when , when , you know , we do want to hear what 's going on with sort of er networks and campaigns , we do need that time as well do n't we , er so we ca n't , I do n't think we can always do it .
19	‘ I do n't think we can really say their ( the government 's ) hands are clean , ’ he said .
20	I do n't know what you feel , do you think we should still subsidise it a bit ?
21	I mean , that 's the kind of thing one often hears on this programme , is it wishful thinking or d' you think we could actually achieve it ?
22	You can ride ponies but I do n't think we could actually afford one .
23	Gill and I agreed we would n't tell anyone how we met .
24	As soon as our financial situation has eased we 'll certainly employ someone .
25	Once again , though , Trevor Proby received his marching orders and I fear we may never see him in a ‘ Stiffs ’ shirt again .
26	‘ Ah 'd have liked to take a look around the Archaeological Museum , but Ah fear we 'd never make it in time through the rush-hour traffic .
27	five to ten minutes , I mean we might actually miss our tea and coffee so
28	Yeah , well I think that we ought to get them or somebody to put a retraction , I mean we dare n't do it ourselves , but I think in next month 's
29	When Dick 's lads are down to seven and a half hours which they are in the erm summertime , I mean we s the lads 'll come in I mean we ca n't pull them off now , but those lads 'll come in and clean up .
30	If you 're form two they always look to you to , I mean we ca n't do our thing by ourselves but soon as something needs done , doing they look to us .