Example sentences of "we [modal v] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may go so far as to suggest that each reader has a " stylistic competence " , analogous to and additional to the " linguistic competence " shared ( according to Chomsky ) by all native speakers of a language . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sorry to rush you out , but we ought to leave straight away if we 're going to get a table . |
| 3 | And , although I was instantaneously and utterly in love with you — and quite determined that we should marry as soon as possible — I have been trying my damnedest to keep some kind of control over my emotions . ’ |
| 4 | Suddenly , salvation : Jo took hold of my arm and dragged me away , giving several extremely good reasons why we should leave as soon as possible . |
| 5 | To conclude I think that we should go along rather than hope sort of an aspect of Conservative philosophy which is that people should be encouraged to earn money and they should be encouraged to save money and that therefore in this case this means proposing this Conservative motion , though I hope they will actually have the common sense to withdraw it . |
| 6 | To achieve this necessarily takes time and it is thus the means and goals which we should examine today rather than the setting first of arbitrary ( financial ) parameters . |
| 7 | Erm for what it 's worth , I 'll give you my suggestions about what we should do as far as ticket prices are concerned er , having taken in a view of the most important factor of the treasurer 's comments but also bearing in mind that we did have high recurring expenses this year , which wo n't apply in future and we 're not here to make money . |
| 8 | As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has said many times , we should work as hard as we can in the heart of Europe to lead our partners away from the cause of Euro-dirigism and Euro-protectionism , which if allowed to develop under the influence of Madame Cresson and such people would render the entire Community less competitive in global markets and blight the prospects of the developing countries to the south and east of the existing Community . |
| 9 | We must respond as quickly as possible , and at the latest within two months , by either providing the information or by refusing . |
| 10 | Marie and me were on our honeymoon , staying with my brother in Darlington , when I got this letter from my mother saying we must come back immediately because they were starting the shoot . |
| 11 | We 'll go round together if you do n't mind ? ’ |
| 12 | Oh Oh we 'll go back home if that 's alright . |
| 13 | ‘ We 'll go as far as the village , ’ Sharpe said . |
| 14 | We 'll go as far as Coachford — that 's on the way to Gougane . |
| 15 | And we 'll find out tomorrow if the RAF can make up that lost ground . |
| 16 | So we 'll find out together whether you 're sitting on a fortune tomorrow morning . |
| 17 | Such is the experience of most of us when we go to bed late : we might sleep slightly later than usual but rarely long enough to compensate completely for the late night . |
| 18 | ‘ If we could get some discounts an' look at what we 're buyin' I fink we could do even better than we 're doin' now . |
| 19 | As we could go no faster than the pace of the slowest man , Marius and I took his rucksack and FA-MAS to lighten his load . |
| 20 | But we could go up even if we do n't win at Wolves , depending upon on other results . ’ |
| 21 | Depending upon the date of the interview we could predict quite well whether people would name defence as the Conservatives ' main campaign theme , but it was the date of the interview rather than the personal characteristics of the interviewee that mattered . |
| 22 | ‘ Suddenly we had a situation where money for the studio was no object : we could take as long as we liked . |
| 23 | And then I used to get on to the dray and sit beside him on the box and then we 'd go as far as Road , which is quite a stretch and I used o walk back . |
| 24 | we 'd thought out , we 'd go out together when er we 'd finished our tea and we I had my tea . |
| 25 | And then er then when her husband died , he er we went out We used to go out together cos me husband never went out much . |
| 26 | And then we used to listen with our ear on the ground and we could hear where the dog was do you see , and then we used to dig down there because we knew it was fighting there with the with a vixen do you see . |
| 27 | and there 's all sandy wadders around that the , sandy wa sandy wadders that the goats had made and we used to run down there when there was air raids . |
| 28 | Although we shall appeal frequently , in the course of this book , to the insights of sentence grammarians , including those working within a generative framework , we shall avoid as far as possible the methodology which depends on what Lyons ( I968 ) described as regularised , standardised and decontextualised data . |
| 29 | There are some controversial things , which we shall handle as sensitively as we can , monitor carefully , and we 'll keep our fingers crossed that next year 's financial settlement will allow us to go forward again . |
| 30 | but when the weather improves we shall , we shall go as far as Harrendle on the bus |