Example sentences of "we [verb] [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What intrigues me , ’ I asserted , ‘ is that the witch we met yesterday prophesied such a death . |
| 2 | and things , job families er , we 've got that already and we 've got , there 's gon na be the computer thing on careers but you see we 've only managed this year to get it brought down from year eleven , somebody who went into this , keeping it very close to myself , to bring it down to year ten they 're actually you know , it 's very , very difficult to let them remove it and I ca n't see that you can then make that down to ninth year just yet . |
| 3 | In this chapter , we intend briefly to survey some of the cultural and technological correlates of a society 's attitudes towards child upbringing generally ; and , more specifically , to examine a few of the ways in which the individual methods which parents adopt in the handling of their small children are defined or modified by the intricate pattern of cultural pressures to which they find themselves subject . |
| 4 | So you may decide on a statement such as , ‘ We intend never to buy any item on HP ’ . |
| 5 | We tend nowadays to see these generations not merely in terms of the underlying electronic technology , but also in terms of the organization of the hardware and software involved in a computer system ; thus the transition to the fourth generation can be seen more as a change in the way that computer systems are organized ( with the use of such techniques as virtual storage and distributed intelligence ) , than as a change in the underlying technology . |
| 6 | We tend not to notice this because in TNC the curriculum proposals came before the discussion of testing and assessment . |
| 7 | Perhaps we tend not to see this year 's household survey as an historical datum because it is the human condition to flatter ourselves that our own lives are outside time , and therefore outside history . |
| 8 | We grow up to expect that , if we become a client of some professional service or other , that it is a voluntary thing , something we do as a matter of choice . |
| 9 | Lord , we know that you guide the ways of all your servants , but we want especially to commend these people to you , that they may experience a special measure of your support and may know that the Holy Spirit is building the unity of the church in the places to which you have called them . |
| 10 | ‘ In fact , I think it might be better if we tried not to have any more contact with each other , do n't you ? ’ |
| 11 | Later in this section we show how to analyse these induced effects to determine how the burden of the tax is ultimately divided between producers and consumers . |
| 12 | Well over there you see we do n't get many traffic lights . |
| 13 | All the same , Merlyn said : ‘ We came over to fetch some things we store here . ’ |
| 14 | But after we 'd pulled over and Jeffrey Bernard had been unwell on the pavement , after the police car had been persuaded to leave us alone , and after we 'd finally got that hefty brute of a Bill Ellis Trophy fully upright again — in its carrying case and everything — I was at least able to start thinking partially straight again . |
| 15 | I wish we 'd just done that . |
| 16 | ‘ We 'd just had some done for our engagement . |
| 17 | Squiffy everywhere and erm that night the evening activity was tobogganing and we 'd just finished all this wine . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought we 'd already argued that out last night at the restaurant , ’ she said tightly . |
| 19 | procedure but we 'd already done that . |
| 20 | We 'd already spotted several rabbits scampering about . |
| 21 | Right , I think we 'd better move this sugar , we 're not gon na have enough room are we ? |
| 22 | And we 'd better clear all Maternity calls through here as well . |
| 23 | So we 'd better , we 'd better sort that out a bit . |
| 24 | Jessica , we 'd better talk this over . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Maybe we 'd better check that church first , ’ he said . |
| 26 | I mean I said to Shaun on a Friday night we 'd better decide this , otherwise there 's no point in us coming through tomorrow mate , we might as well stay at home and go to the football or something |
| 27 | So we 'd better give some away . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't think we 'd better do that , however . ’ |
| 29 | Well we 'd better do some work you know . |
| 30 | They do n't know they is n't gon na just churn out , oh yeah well we 'd better pay that mate , eighteen thousand quid ! |