Example sentences of "[subord] we [modal v] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where we may feel at a disadvantage compared with moral absolutists with fixed standards is not in the claim to objectivity but in the sense of certainty . |
| 2 | This has often been criticised because we are told that in drawing an analogy we normally know ‘ both sides ’ that we are comparing ( eg ‘ does n't he look like a horse ? ’ , where we can look at both and judge ) , whereas in this case we can only look at one side , the object that we are comparing with God . |
| 3 | ‘ Somewhere public , ’ she ventured acidly , ‘ where we can look at strangers who organise their lives and affairs more successfully than we 've done . ’ |
| 4 | Although we can look at expenditure patterns in a number of different ways three main points are evident . |
| 5 | The ability to store more food than we could eat at once also meant being able to buy and sell it in real quantity and the merchant cities arose . |
| 6 | He says he did think of whipping up and running them down , but it would have been useless , they could shoot far faster than we could drive at them . |
| 7 | ‘ So we 'll start at the beginning , shall we ? ’ |
| 8 | Erm well yours is different so we 'll look at yours in a minute . |
| 9 | Perhaps , perhaps , perhaps it was because of that we did n't have it , and the treasurer and the secretary are officially erm , and we do have constitution do n't we now of course , so we can look at the constitution and see what it says |
| 10 | ‘ We also recognise the school is often the centre of village life , so we must look at what is best for the community and the children involved . ’ |
| 11 | It wo n't be as comfortable as this , but the fucking Mausers are the same , and the shelling and the mortaring , so we should feel at home . ’ |
| 12 | Well he looks like we could play at ours the day before and can borrow Doug 's |
| 13 | Erm , I think it , it , in the , obviously to , to support er , the , the that the building going ahead , erm will mean that the case at erm Stansted will be er containable to enabling passengers even if they are passengers erm it will be , will be absorb the public needs o of the area and the runners be erm arrived at after many , many er , er years Council planning erm does think that we ca n't contain that and er it would be possible to resist these rescued if we can remain at the figures that erm have been out at Stansted . |
| 14 | ‘ If we can stay at or near the top until Christmas , then our chances get even better and we can certainly expect to finish in the top six at least . |
| 15 | Perhaps if we can arrive at some sort of specific amounts or some research in that direction , we might Mr Chairman , be able to take representations to government in a more positive way . |
| 16 | And finally , if we can look at erm , I think the C P R E have raised this , that erm the new settlement i er would would be inconsistent with erm regional sub-regional planning strategy . |
| 17 | So if we can look at the relatively small numbers , albeit , I mean , tragic numbers of people who have been harmed or died , we do have to set it into perspective against risks in other walks of life and against the enormous benefits that medicines have done . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's going to be hard because Spartak have got a lot of international players and lots of pace , but if we can get at them and the crowd get behind us we can hopefully get the right result . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It 's going to be hard because Spartak have got a lot of international players and lots of pace , but if we can get at them and the crowd get behind us we can hopefully get the right result . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ It 's going to be hard because Spartak have got a lot of international players and lots of pace , but if we can get at them and the crowd get behind us we can hopefully get the right result . ’ |
| 21 | But that 's another Let , let , let's see if we can tackle at least one more , before the tea comes in . |
| 22 | Soaked with it and languid from the heat , with the scent of salt and sand still heavy in my nose , I asked if we could stop at the high slope of grass off Elderberry Road . |
| 23 | I wondered if we could look at particularly customer relations producing some sort of voucher worth fifty pound or hundred pound or twenty five pound and er we have a stock of those printed up you know |
| 24 | So if we could look at those things and talk to the Government to see if it 's possible , it maybe it is n't possible then that 's a different argument but we should be seen to be doing something er to let this die on it 's own will A , will deprive other people for odd jobs and in some cases I 've met the representation two guys there who used their redundancy money for Airways to purchase er a small aircraft and are running a flying school . |
| 25 | Then she phoned back about ten minutes later and she said wondered if we could come at eleven o'clock in the morning . |
| 26 | For the past 4 years we have paid a subscription of £12 per annum and unless we can continue at this rate , we shall have to consider whether we wish to remain a member . |
| 27 | We have said clearly that we shall not accept changes in the rules on rabies unless we can have at least the same safeguards as we have today . |
| 28 | Because we used to sing at school , School dinners , school dinner , concrete chips , concrete chips , soggy semolina , soggy semolina , I feel sick , toilet quick , it 's too late , I 've done it on my plate . |
| 29 | Now somewhere on there we should say what the total is because we could look at this and we could say , well she saves erm half of it but does she , how much does she get ? |
| 30 | ‘ It 's great , because we can laugh at ourselves here , ’ says one club regular . |