Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] we [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Under Options for Change we could see there was going to be a reduction in defence expenditure . |
2 | If it is possible to show that existential propositions are equivalent to denials of the validity of inferences of a certain kind , then instead of talking about existence we can confine ourselves to talking about the validity of inference . |
3 | This is a vindictive and intolerant motion it sets an unfortunate precedent and in this debate about freedom we should support the rights of our tenants to choose . |
4 | We introduce the term transput from the Algol 68 language to cover both input and output : thus for instance we will talk of a transput device instead of a peripheral device , and a transput operation instead of an input/output operation . |
5 | For instance we can tend to : |
6 | For instance we can suggest ways of rescheduling the payments over a longer period . |
7 | Right we can supply bank information for instance we can supply you with the balance , erm we should be able to let you know what sort of standing orders there are , erm but that would be charged at an extra rate because |
8 | For the future , I am optimistic that after such a disastrous period in banking we shall continue to enjoy a return to the traditional virtues embodied in professional qualifications ; and that in order to continue providing members with good value for money we shall need to co-operate more than we do at present with other institutes . |
9 | Secondly she said there must be a change from the habit of dualism to , what she described as interconnectialism We must see a relationship between things . |
10 | For brevity we can refer to it as the PCBCR . |
11 | To apply a mathematical system , as in measurement , objects in the target domain ( for brevity we can call this the social world ) must be mapped on to objects , that is numbers , in the mathematical domain . |
12 | We spend a great deal of time arguing and going against these very simple instructions , but through practice we will find how much care and love is behind these messages . |
13 | Rover insisted on joining them there , the landlady taking care to bolt the door on the outside ‘ for fear we should rob the house ’ . |
14 | What we 're gon na do now , it 's just coming up to twenty past three , so we 'll take a tea break and then after tea we 'll come back and we 'll spend about an hour or so looking at identifying trainees . |
15 | Day after day we 'd trample through and cancel |
16 | They were told by John Gilchrist , the new chief executive of the revamped company Leyland Trucks Manufacturing Limited : ‘ Day after day we will have to rebuild our volume and productivity levels . ’ |
17 | Shortly after midnight we would answer the phone to hear Helen in her Hampstead drawing room leading a massed choir of bemused MPs , writers and journalists whom she had coached in the proper rendering of ‘ A guid new year tae een an ’ a' . ' |
18 | Furthermore , if by the nature of the goods and/or the work , any defects therein or any failure thereof to conform as aforesaid does not or would not become apparent ( despite the carrying out of any examination and/or such tests ) until after use we may reject the same even after a reasonable period of use . |
19 | ‘ There 's nothing I 'd like better than to stay here and make love to you all day , but I think after breakfast we should get back to the palazzo . ’ |
20 | Sometimes after school we would visit their house and she would show me all her nice clothes . |
21 | After dinner we would sit looking out over the three arms of the lake and talk until , drowsy with sun , swimming , food and wine , we went off to bed . |
22 | After dinner we would gossip , play cards or perhaps walk along the Dee , idly picking up a piece of driftwood here and there along the way . |
23 | ‘ Well , now we 've survived another of your mini-disasters , ’ he continued , ‘ I thought that after dinner we 'd look at the plans ; it will save time tomorrow . |
24 | But after Richard III we would have second thoughts ; after Iago we might begin to doubt whether anyone could ever be trusted again . |
25 | We 'll go for a walk in the hills and for lunch we will go and have some sandwiches in a trattoria . ’ |
26 | If there was any extra request for assistance we would look on it favourably . ’ |
27 | Whilst we did not expect the same standard of play we should have expected something better . |
28 | Together with the right kind of support we could have fun together and achieve so much for ourselves and our diocese . |
29 | There are few restrictions on the type of support we can offer but the important feature is the idea ; once that is accepted we will help the researcher in whatever way may be appropriate to bring his idea to fruition . |
30 | When we defend ourselves too rigidly against threatening aspects of change we can precipitate the very situations we seek to avert . |