Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [conj] we [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked whether we should work together or whether we should fight … it will be your decision , Holly . |
| 2 | In November , I wrote to him pointing that the formal period for consultation was ending and I asked when we might hear his response to the Green Paper . |
| 3 | I asked if we might photograph the chest in that setting for publicity purposes . |
| 4 | I asked if we might agree that ICI cares , is committed to reducing any harmful impact of its processes and is demonstrating its ‘ greenery ’ by building new plant to the highest environmental standards . |
| 5 | When we 'd finished I asked if we could wash up and run the errands but she said she 'd already been to the shops with her brother . |
| 6 | Soaked with it and languid from the heat , with the scent of salt and sand still heavy in my nose , I asked if we could stop at the high slope of grass off Elderberry Road . |
| 7 | How many times had my heart sunk when I asked if we could go somewhere or try something new in our poems and he had answered with the excusing phrase ‘ I guess not ’ ? |
| 8 | I repeat that we will maintain firm vigilance over local authority spending . |
| 9 | By this I mean that we might have a complete , consistent , and unified theory of the physical interactions that would describe all possible observations . |
| 10 | ‘ By this I mean that we must show that we can meet current targets ; that we have the blend of skills and abilities our customers want ; that we have the desire to compete . |
| 11 | I I think we can sort out more about the st stall I mean if we can sell things |
| 12 | Yes , yes , well I mean , that 's , that 's , if , I mean if we can get him one for his birthday that , get the problem of our shoulders sort of thing , that 's his then , then he , he has to take his . |
| 13 | I mean if we could get that one down at New Drove what is it , twenty nine ? |
| 14 | two hundred and twenty nine then hundred and seventy five but I mean if we could sell them six quid a time well |
| 15 | Wa I would n't mind buying one of them myself you know wi I mean if we could sell ours |
| 16 | And in fact there are even more subtle things than that you can find if you look carefully at Oh I might er I think that we might go out into the garden and I 'll show you one or two other features out there that are er even more er interesting and er er exciting . |
| 17 | Well I mo moved because promotion was in the line for me , I was in the Royal Marine Police in island depot in Plymouth and er I 'd been put on plain clothes work and I 'd been doing acting sergeant you know when the sergeant was off sick and all that business and er I 'd put , been put in for this to move because we had a two bedroom bungalow but the twins were getting big and I realized that we 'd have to have another bedroom you know , very soon and er , this seemed an opportunity to get a house and also in Plymouth , that Plymouth was a naval town , you see , there was still those days there was still kind of a , a lower deck of sons , what they call lower deckers , in other words you know people in the lower deck of the navy , their sons did n't really have much , ever have much chance of getting into places like Dartmouth College or Cramwell to do as cadets , well the headmaster at Regent Street School had said to me that Keith was very keen on flying , he was aeroplane mad you see , and , he wanted to go in the Royal Air Force , well he said to me he said oh no put him in the Navy and as a chief art as an artificer , so I said oh no , I said if he goes in the Navy or the service I want him to go in the front door not like me the back door , I had ambition for him |
| 18 | Just as I realised that we would have to abort our manoeuvre in view of the ship 's overhanging davits there was a loud exclamation from the man on deck , " I say , Cynthia , the captain 's got a blasted parrot on his shoulder . " |
| 19 | The only time we sharply disagreed occurred when near the end of our deliberations I argued that we should say far more about classroom practice . |
| 20 | I anticipate that in 1991 we will re-visit most of these subjects and I expect that we will address several others such as skills shortages , innovation policy and education policy proposals . |
| 21 | I say that we should strike now , before he gathers more . ’ |
| 22 | I say that we should do the same , if need be . ’ |
| 23 | Well I say if we can go in and out and not stick indoors all the time you know ? |
| 24 | I acknowledge that we must have an eye to the international experience , and our work internationally is to try to ensure that other countries , too , put up their premiums in a way that sensibly recognises the problems of such cover throughout the world . |
| 25 | I suggest that we should delay submitting this to Number Ten until you have had a chance to draft the actual terms of reference , as you propose . |
| 26 | To my inexperienced eyes she seemed still to be floating far too high in the water , and I doubted that we would get away before sunset . |
| 27 | Put the carpets , put everything in and er and we paid for it and they still go ad now course the national union 's taken it over but when we joined the national union there were two things that er I stipulated before we 'd join . |
| 28 | I believed that we should assess the future cost of the whole social security system , and make any necessary changes now . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , Gaitskell did not think that the issue of public ownership was ‘ sterile ’ and during the heated debates on Clause IV he stated : ‘ I conclude that we should make two things clear to the country . |
| 30 | I says and we 'll do it . |