Example sentences of "we [vb mod] [verb] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may want to make a dash straight back to Olbia so that we can catch the first ferry across in the morning . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm conscious of the time , and we may like to have a break for tea , but there are also three people who wish to contribute to the discussion . |
| 3 | We may have made a mess of most of them , including parliamentary democracy , but the cricket culture we have successfully assimilated and , as Graham Gooch may tell you , perfected . |
| 4 | We may have to sound a warning note of challenge as well as minister a word of comfort . |
| 5 | We may have to work a bit on Europe after a recent P.G.A . |
| 6 | ‘ Since most experts seem to preclude a major upturn in energy prices before the end of the century , we may have to develop a combination of policies and taxes to stimulate the market for improvements in efficiency now as insurance against disruptions from climate change later . ’ |
| 7 | We should 've had a picture of that . |
| 8 | If this kind of picture were to apply to the London Caribbean community , we should expect to find a pattern where Creole was used between members of the first generation and by them to their children . |
| 9 | I admit we should get rid a number of the useless shows on TV . |
| 10 | It is unfortunate that there are people who are out of work , but we should try to keep a balance and remember that most people who want work are in work . |
| 11 | Q : We should like to spend a holiday touring Scotland but , as neither of us drives , we are thinking of joining a coach tour . |
| 12 | But we should need to find a crock of gold , my dear , to provide ourselves with all that . ’ |
| 13 | We scored an away goal and then two at home , and I feel perhaps we should have done a bit better . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ We scored an away goal and two at home and I feel we should have done a bit better . |
| 15 | We trained on an artificial pitch for two days this week and we should have done a lot better . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I suppose that 's when we should have called a halt , but now I do n't know how either of us could bear it . ’ |
| 17 | It is my understanding that as this would be a loan between two national bodies it would not be appropriate to issue an indemnity , although we should have to agree a value with you . |
| 18 | Perhaps we should have written a chapter explaining our reactions to critics such as Brian Doyle or to books such as Terry Eagleton 's Criticism and Ideology ( 1976 ) , but I doubt whether the Working Group would have easily reached agreement . |
| 19 | I wondered if we should have taken a cab . |
| 20 | We should have taken a taxi , thought Mrs Grandison unhappily as she and Lady Selvedge , jostled by crowds , hurried down the passage leading to the northbound Bakerloo trains . |
| 21 | ‘ We created a host of chances and got one goal against Peterborough , when maybe we should have had a hatful . |
| 22 | ‘ We created a host of chances and got one goal when maybe we should have had a hatful . |
| 23 | He was in effect doing nothing … so even retaining the formation we should have had a midfielder in his postion . |
| 24 | Francis said : ‘ We should have had a number of free-kicks in dangerous areas that could have produced things but they were n't given . ’ |
| 25 | We should have had a time , we 'd of had to go home ! |
| 26 | I told you we should have ordered a pizza . ’ |
| 27 | I think we must have missed a briefing from |
| 28 | There is an essential interdependency between businesses and we must strive to build a partnership with our customers and to establish long term relationships with them . |
| 29 | ‘ There is evidence of a significant effort being made to improve safety but we must strive to achieve a reduction in accidents that matches the efforts , ’ said . |
| 30 | I think it may mean that we 'll have to call a meeting quite quickly after this one , to discuss , but I really do n't think we 've got the basis of anything till that comes back . |