Example sentences of "[subord] we [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If we ask who the ‘ many people ’ were who had been saved from famine through Joseph 's foresight and planning , they were not merely Joseph , his father and brothers and their families , but all the people of Egypt . |
| 32 | ‘ If we afforded them the respect they deserve the respect they are given in other European countries then the standard of service we would get would be a lot higher , ’ says the 55-year-old Swiss-trained baker . |
| 33 | The government could pick up anyone they wanted and prosecute at their leisure , if we made them a present of all those names . |
| 34 | And if we make it a decent team — people who are good at — at swimming and riding and all … ’ |
| 35 | If we make ourselves the bar , if we suggest that self-determination is the right of every people on earth but the Germans , we risk creating resentments in Germany which could be quite as destabilising to the European order as reunification . |
| 36 | It is possible to live with wild animals , if we give them a little space . |
| 37 | But look at it this way ; if we give them the exclusive we only have to go on the merry-go-round once . |
| 38 | ‘ Perhaps if we give her a little more time ? ’ |
| 39 | " He 'll be all right , you know , if we give him a chance , " said Hazel to Bigwig by the lake . |
| 40 | He said when were moving her bedroom around , if he , if we give him a shout he 'll come over and help . |
| 41 | ‘ The first 20 minutes will be critical and , the way he kicks , Botha could beat us on his own if we give him the chances , ’ said Carling , whose assessment was backed by pack leader Brian Moore . |
| 42 | Would you mind if we paid her a visit instead ? ’ she appealed . |
| 43 | If we do nothing the badger is doomed to suffer , and terrible suffering goes on all the time . |
| 44 | It does n't matter if we do it a little bit before you do it at school because when you do it you 'll understand then and you can get a lot from it you can ask |
| 45 | the thing is , you see , if we do it an American flavour I mean , people expect heavy rock music in an |
| 46 | Sometimes I think we 'd be better off if we did what the animals do . |
| 47 | If we specify what the R group is in this case , it 's a methile group this would be called methoxy so there 'll be methoxy group is the substituant . |
| 48 | Dorcas said he thought it would n't do any harm if we gave him a hand , sort of thing , ’ said the nome nervously . |
| 49 | If we gave them the five hundred , we wo n't , we are within , having said that , we 're not going to give everybody everything , I do n't think . |
| 50 | Different respondents may use different frames of reference unless we tell them the purpose of the rating procedure . |
| 51 | We shall end by observing that some adjectives ( in fact most of those discussed in Sections 6.7 and 6.8 , but not former , would-be , so-called nor late unless we give it an altogether different lexical value ) can occur with more than one value , that is , either as separatives or as ordinary ascriptive adjectives . |
| 52 | So of the metals iron is very important , so is copper , because we use it a lot in circuits , erm |
| 53 | She says the university wishes to give her a degree , both because she 's a graduate of the univesity — she was at St. Hugh 's — and because we regard her a as a world leader of distinction , and of course a world peace prize winner . |
| 54 | That , I believe , was because we moved him a bit upmarket in his packaging , and gave him more thriller-style covers . |
| 55 | We gave up the written report quite frankly because we found it a waste of time . |
| 56 | One chair at the bottom of the table was empty , and as I came in Dr Barton , with hardly more than a nod in my direction , indicated the chair and said sternly , ‘ You may sit , Doctor Masters , while we ask you a few questions . ’ |
| 57 | ‘ See this as an … interim stage , if you will , while we find you a suitable ‘ donor ’ . |
| 58 | Since we know what the speed is . |
| 59 | We wear nurses ' uniforms , perform basic nursing tasks and are still called ‘ nurse ’ by most patients , so sometimes I feel a bit confused by all this and wonder whether we undervalue ourselves a little . |
| 60 | We sat and had a relaxing drink before we cooked them a typical English dinner of baked cod with new potatoes and vegetables , followed by rhubarb fool and cognac . |