Example sentences of "[verb] we [vb infin] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we tend to do is to brief ourselves very thoroughly on vulnerable spots in the world , and in countries where we already have links and where we 've worked before and we know the background because we , we feel we need that and we monitor very carefully certain events which could lead to a disaster , so that when the disaster does happen , like for instance the Ugandan famine of nineteen seventy-nine to eighty-one , we knew exactly when it was going to happen and we knew exactly where the people were , we knew who was going to be affected , we knew why they were affected , we knew where the food stocks were , we knew how long it was going to take to get so many thousand tonnes of food from A to B erm and how many trucks you would need . |
| 2 | Erm did we do that one ? |
| 3 | And that 's why at that time , near the end of the war , and when the talk of nationalization become greater , the hope of nationalization because as I said before , never in our wildest dream did we think that Labour would get in with such an overwhelming majority . |
| 4 | Not once did we get that rather unwilling pursed smile , the sly amused look down her nose . |
| 5 | Zoe , did we get that ? |
| 6 | Where did we get that idea ? |
| 7 | Where did we get that ? |
| 8 | Yeah , does that mean er whenever I send out the application fee of two hundred and fifty pounds some months ago , er did we get that back or do we get it back ? |
| 9 | Or when did we get that vase ? |
| 10 | And never in my wildest dream did we imagine that Labour would get in with the resounding majority that they did get in . |
| 11 | Did we buy that , anything yesterday , yeah , bought some little babies did n't you ? |
| 12 | And forty down , did we try that ? |
| 13 | Do we think that ? |
| 14 | How do we how do we guess that ? |
| 15 | " Privacy ! " they laugh " What do we want that for ? |
| 16 | Oh , and Us Girls , do we want that ? |
| 17 | Not only do we do that at United Biscuits , we also second one manager for every two thousand employees . |
| 18 | How do we do that without spreading too widely the ability to make bombs ? |
| 19 | ‘ How do we do that ? |
| 20 | But why do we do that ? |
| 21 | And how do we do that ? |
| 22 | ‘ And how do we do that with radios and telephone knocked out by the storm ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ How do we do that if the telephones are out ? ’ asked Rohmer . |
| 24 | Erm , so how do we do that with people ? |
| 25 | How do we do that the quick way ? |
| 26 | The questions are : how do we achieve that and what sort of an alliance and what model of European unity do we want ? |
| 27 | How do we answer that , Herr Wolff ? |
| 28 | Theresa just how do we justify that and then I want to hear from a lawyer about this . |
| 29 | Or do we phase that out , too ? ’ |
| 30 | We , do we try that one as well ? |