Example sentences of "[vb infin] we [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but does n't that bring us back you see to clause nine , erm , is , is , is that a clause which erm which you 're , you 're suggesting is anti competitive because er agents might compete with er each other as to what if any funds they might want to pull down , or |
| 2 | God made us : he alone can show us how we are designed to behave . |
| 3 | But er even if it did n't work we well it would n't be the end of the line financially for us but at the end of the day I think you know we 've always wanted to know we could go back and do that you know . |
| 4 | You wo n't get a cup of tea , although you might be OK for a Garibaldi if there happens to be one lying around , but you 'll quickly be strapped into the beige and orange sofa , and invited to ‘ Convince us why we should vote for your lot . |
| 5 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 6 | But they 've got very very poor eyesight so although they could sense where we were , as we stayed really really still they could n't see us so we were quite safe but er we could n't go any nearer than about ten yards from them erm because there were n't any suitable trees to climb in case they started to chase us . |
| 7 | It 's not the same for , different set-up and they do n't understand us therefore they come out with statements like that |
| 8 | Maybe someone could tell us where we are … . if it stops . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We could n't have , you did n't even tell us where we could find her , ’ said Merlyn . |
| 10 | You can tell us where we are , paid off in the year conservatory . |
| 11 | She will tell us where it is then , or her other arm will be broken . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Could you tell us where you were and what you were doing on those three days , please ? ’ he said , instead , levelly and she gave him another sideways , calculating look . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't know what 's going on either , but I 'm sure the girls will tell us when they 're ready . |
| 14 | Let's show you a typical penguin day and you can tell us when we 're wasting energy |
| 15 | Will he also tell us when he expects the nuclear levy , which is still rising , to start to fall in the light of this morning 's results from Nuclear Electric ? |
| 16 | If , as Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind said ( according to your report today ) ‘ the Cold War is over ’ , would he therefore tell us why we still need Trident ? |
| 17 | She is a teacher and has managed to get out of school early and does not tell us why she has left . |
| 18 | Will he tell us why he refused to give an interview on the television programme referred to by my Hon. Friend the Member for Cynon Valley ( Mrs. Clwyd ) ? |
| 19 | Will he also tell us why he has refused to adopt the alternative package approach , involving a mixture of public transport and road schemes , that has been advocated by local authorities in the west midlands ? |
| 20 | Could you tell us why you are not at work ? ’ |
| 21 | Baron Thyssen , can you tell us why you chose Spain for your collection ? |
| 22 | Can you tell us how we get there ? |
| 23 | Erm , right , so we 'll move on , erm to the treasurer 's report er now that Val is a treasurer she can tell us how we stand . |
| 24 | Yet the medical authorities would not dearly state this , nor did the police believe that they had a case capable of being taken further , not least because the abused woman could not tell us how it had happened . |
| 25 | Some of the lecturers keep saying in a lecture , ‘ this is somehow related to something else you 've done somewhere else ’ and I wish they 'd tell us how it 's related to something else because half the time we ca n't see that . |
| 26 | Well there 's been speculation about that , but no nobody can actually tell us how it began but it 's it 's easy enough to imagine how it began , I think . |
| 27 | Erm you were talking about creating a high profile , for example as a candidate , Erm can you tell us how you see the members form the constituencies round here , helping you to obtain this high profile ? |
| 28 | Can you tell us how you specifically in the northwest , about this Europe in this area , what benefits are going |
| 29 | Can you tell us how you first became involved in the dispute ? |
| 30 | Knowing that a child has , for instance , minimal brain damage , without knowing the nature of his environment , will not tell us how he will develop . |