Example sentences of "[vb past] we [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel Lawson then proposed we should either scrap SERPS and put nothing in its place or leave the whole issue until the next Parliament . |
| 2 | ‘ If I do n't get Seawitch moved we could well end up as wreckage on those rocks . ’ |
| 3 | It 's combining forces really ; with Cozy 's thing it would have been mostly instrumental , including Cozy 's ‘ Greatest Hits ’ , but with Tony involved we can legitimately do some Sabbath songs which he co-wrote , as we effectively have three quarters of the line-up . |
| 4 | I never could decide who was right , socialists — even revolutionaries — or the arch-capitalists , and it seemed we 'd never find out in Britain because whatever way the popular vote went it never really brought any real change of direction . |
| 5 | United we will never be defeated . |
| 6 | Daphne came from one of the best families in London , certainly from what I understood to be the upper classes , so once I left St Paul 's I assumed we would never come across each other again . |
| 7 | I knew that both picture books and bookshops came in all shapes and sizes , but I naively assumed we 'd simply conquer that hurdle with some stunning innovative design . |
| 8 | In order to understand why this happened we must now turn , in this final chapter of this section . |
| 9 | If that happened we could then try to purify and isolate the morphogen from the mixture — but we had no luck . |
| 10 | ‘ There was a party came over from Prince 's , trollies and all , but as they paid we could hardly object . ’ |
| 11 | We have discussed her infatuation , which we agreed we would best handle by ignoring it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ So we decided we 'd just get together whenever we could , and it was wonderful , like a miracle . |
| 13 | We had a quick , worried debate about whether to call an ambulance but decided we 'd probably get to the hospital quicker under our own steam . |
| 14 | If we combined we would soon have a flourishing practice . |
| 15 | We felt we could only do it through local pressure , using the media and direct action ’ , a member of the group recalled . |
| 16 | Spokesman Simon Boxer said : ‘ It was dreamed up 20 years ago when scientists believed nuclear power would save the world and feared we would soon run out of uranium . |
| 17 | For a moment , crossing the Melling Road , I thought we might nearly be placed but that 's when he started to tie up . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , I thought we might just eat up the road , ’ the boy replied . |
| 19 | I thought we might just keep an eye open for Margaret and Beth |
| 20 | I thought we might perhaps have lunch . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We thought we would only be away from our village for a few days , ’ she said . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , we thought we should just mention it . ’ |
| 23 | Far too many of those who regularly spoke in those debates were a stage army who thought we should never have joined the Community in the first place . |
| 24 | Friern and Claybury was thus our starting point and we thought we could surely provide something better than that . |
| 25 | Okay I think we 'll as I thought we could actually start the discussion |
| 26 | well er , and I thought we 'd probably stop at er on the way in , if we wanted to , to go and get any basic provisions at the , the big |
| 27 | Well , we were n't having that , so we stood around , we said ‘ Well , we thought we 'd just wait around a little bit , you know , just in case they might want to say goodbye to us . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ When we started off it was meant to be a serious underground label and we thought we 'd just do a couple of thousand . |
| 29 | We never fought when we were engaged , and I thought we 'd just get married and have our own little home , I thought the bills would get paid and we 'd be closer than we were before . |
| 30 | We thought we 'd just come back up and wait for it , have a little more fun . ’ |