Example sentences of "[coord] we [modal v] [vb infin] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or we can describe the same action using a PASSIVE sentence , in which the subject of the sentence ( italicised below ) is acted upon ( rather than acting ) . |
| 2 | All right now before we do any more dates put your hands down and we 'll have a few more birthday dates in a bit . |
| 3 | Once I 'm out , you can disappear and we 'll say no more about it . ’ |
| 4 | And I said you sit quietly and think and we shall do the same . |
| 5 | Yes we 've erm we 've brought in to play left back and pushed into midfield , playing with three mid-fielders , erm and we shall keep the same centre half pairing of and . |
| 6 | So the Tories could still just about end up the biggest party , and we will hear no more about the disastrous campaign . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm very confident that when the Commission learns at first hand that it is not technically possible , they will see the overwhelming good sense of the British government and we will hear no more of the matter , ’ declared Mr Howard . |
| 8 | The evolution of mammals after the Cretaceous was both extremely rapid and very complex , and we can do no more than give the roughest sketch here . |
| 9 | Its universality as far as human life is concerned depends on when it actually happened , and we can do no more than guess at the date . |
| 10 | They always find out as much as possible about the areas through which they move , and we can do the same . |
| 11 | We know horses like to caress and scratch each other with their muzzles and teeth , and we can copy the same sort of contact on the horse 's back , neck , or chest , with our fingertips . |
| 12 | This is — and we can say the same about a dozen or so batsmen in our region including Somerset 's luckless Ricky Bartlett and Gloucestershire 's Mark Alleyne — a crucial summer for him . |
| 13 | There was a second ground of appeal concerned with a point of mixed law and fact but this was abandoned by counsel and we need say no more about it . |
| 14 | ‘ Let the men of this country take home , each one , his wife and his babes , and we should hear no more of shortage of work and lowering of wages . ’ |
| 15 | People will probably go anyway , Sharp adds , ‘ but we may kill a few on the way , and we may get some wet noodles back . ’ |