Example sentences of "[verb] we [adv] [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided we better call you chief foreman stevedore , and that 's what they call me , chief foreman , so that 's what they call 'em today , chief foreman stevedore . |
| 2 | We do n't know why it was this little sort of dip , that reproduces you know , the configuration of it but why it was there , we do n't know , we thought we better put it back since it was there . |
| 3 | Oh never mind , we 'll do it and pop down later did we not do it before ? |
| 4 | The saga , which was illustrated with his own naïve pen-and-ink drawings , had its origins in the compassion he had felt for the sufferings of the animals in the past war ( ‘ If we made [ them ] take the same chances as we did ourselves , why did we not give them similar attention when wounded ? ’ ) and in the letters about an imaginary horse surgery that he had written home from the front to his two children , Elizabeth and Colin ( the latter of whom habitually called himself Dr Dolittle ) . |
| 5 | Did we not brief it last month ? |
| 6 | Did we not mark it ? |
| 7 | Did they vanish or did we just forget them ? |
| 8 | Did they vanish or did we just forget them ? |
| 9 | Cos wha what did we actually tell them in ours ? |
| 10 | Well , when did we ever ask you , the labour and liberal vice , to come down to Westminster with us , Mr Chairman . |
| 11 | Do we not owe it to community charge payers in each of those areas to ensure that the best value is obtained for their money and that they get the most efficient service ? |
| 12 | Why do we not add them to the list of axioms given above ? |
| 13 | Er do we honestly want it ? |
| 14 | Do we also take them to be necessitated ? |
| 15 | Do we just le do we just leave them and not put them in a locker ? |
| 16 | Do we need to correct them , or do we just leave them be . |
| 17 | Do we just burn it ? |
| 18 | ‘ Can you tell me when we can begin to teach the totally inexperienced , gauche young ladies you 've employed as receptionists , or do we just let them loose on our unsuspecting clients ? ’ |
| 19 | And the , do we just accept it like that ? |
| 20 | Do we actually draw them up ? |
| 21 | and I 'm certainly wearing paint tonight , quite a bit of it because its very hot under here and you would n't want to see me without it , but that 's me saying that , I mean why do I ? , why do I ? , why are we all wearing make-up ? , do we actually think we look better ? , are we trying to disguise something ? , yes |
| 22 | ‘ Do we really want him on trial and talking about his past secret relationships ? ’ |
| 23 | Do we really need him now , there 's no way he 's going to be as good as he used to be , and he 's probably the size of Mick Quinn now anyway : - ) |
| 24 | Certainly these sleek , feather-light , multi-coloured wonders have an appeal , but do we really need them ? |
| 25 | Well why do we then shove it in a stupid s four o'clock job ? |