Example sentences of "[adv] to [pron] we [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be a close race on paper , but when it comes down to it we 'll see what happens . |
| 2 | For we know not to what we should pray for as we ought . |
| 3 | If they 'd come straight to me we could have quietly got it done . |
| 4 | Sensitivity to the forces lying beneath the surface , seeing subtle connections between parts of the landscape that seem separate to us , would lead them inevitably to what we would call a form of astrology . |
| 5 | ‘ It is my hope and conviction that as we journey closer to him we shall find ourselves travelling with others and imperceptibly growing together into his beauty and likeness , and away from the ugliness and bitterness which has dogged the history of our Communions . |
| 6 | The persons surveyed were certainly eminent , but mostly people ( even politicians ! ) whose achievements were rarely so enduring as to place them in the class apart to which we would assign the truly original thinkers in history . |
| 7 | Right , so now we 've got round to what we can do for the casualty , let's have a look and see what the body 's trying to do here and then we 'll say how you 'll help them a bit more . |