Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] we [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the writer also uses adverbial expressions initially in the first sentence of this new part of his text , then we might say we have overwhelming evidence that the writer is marking a ‘ topic-shift ’ in his discourse . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd say we have three minutes left to do the same ! ’ |
| 3 | I was on the edge of my seat for most of the time but nobody could deny we deserved this result . ’ |
| 4 | This may mean we need younger managers , if we are to capitalize on the correlation of ‘ helicopter ’ ability with managerial performance . |
| 5 | Anyway , the bank WERE NT exerting any pressure … despite some things said on TV over the weekend … hence Silvers comments just after the announcement of the sale , that the money would ensure we have some flexibilty should we need to enter the transfer market again . |
| 6 | No problem when you 're switching round , okay , and then we do something like erm , let's say we do ten takeaway seven ? |
| 7 | Erm so two pounds of that went with sale with the sale of the journal and so we can say we had twelve pounds unsolicited donations , erm as Peggy would back me up if she was here , saying that any time you ask someone to sign the flood gates open with what they thought about the position of pensioners , in fact we 've probably got a lot more signatures if they had n't , but erm , we did pick up , we , I picked up the news about Welwyn Garden City 's cost of and things like that not going through and erm , erm , now , our month our monthly , our monthly stall will not be on the third third Thursday this year , it will be on the fourth to co-inside with the week were celebrating pensioner 's week , which is a week behind National . |
| 8 | GUIL : I think we can say we made some headway . |