Example sentences of "we [verb] [vb infin] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their enterprise began as a wholefood store — ‘ we had very little stock but all those years ago we did manage to get organic Basmati rice ’ — with a little tearoom at the back and a Malaysian feast once a week . |
| 2 | The girls were very bright with one nine-year-old working on her machine from six in the morning to six at night — so we did manage to make some progress . |
| 3 | We did we did manage to recruit nine during the year but we lost er four by death as Kerry has mentioned , three by removal or one or two elderly people moving into er sheltered or into homes and things like that where they 're no longer contactable , and there were ten lapses making a total of seventeen that we lost er as against nine new members recruited , which meant that we have a nett have a nett loss of eight from a hundred and four to the present total of ninety six . |
| 4 | England did n't quite make it in the Rugby World Cup but we did manage to fight rival bids from the likes of Sweden , Austria and Canada to host the prestigious Hair Olympics '94 . |
| 5 | ‘ I can reveal that all the rivalry is just showbiz — we did decide to have these two rival team captains . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We did attempt to do that in the early stages , for example with Ascom Timeplex , but generally what 's happened is that the distribution relationships have been less than perfect , ’ explains Howard . |
| 7 | If we did come to allow such authority , or privacy , to the machine enormous consequences would follow , for its blueprints and machine programs would no longer be a safe guide to its future behaviour . |
| 8 | Mind you , there was a lot of us , but still we did have to work long hours . |
| 9 | ‘ Firefighting has traditionally been a male preserve but we do expect to see more women joining our ranks , ’ said a brigade spokesman . |
| 10 | It 's helpful in the context of the dollar preference shares we want to issue because one of the factors of this very small , and as you say cheap er , historic issue of preference shares is that , er no preference shares other than those can be repaid prior to that and the dollar shares we wish to issue which are permanent shares , can be er , can be erm repaid at our option and we do want to keep that flexibility in the context of either if interest rates get very high or if the tax treaty between the U S and the U K changes to make them more onerous on the company and in those circumstances we would be inhibited by the existence of this small historic issue of preference shares and therefore it is on balance , although you 're quite right there , a cheap er , source of capital in themselves it is helpful to the company in the wider sense I believe if they are repaid . |
| 11 | I should perhaps explain in the context of your various questions when I say that erm we do want to become involved in these things , that , at this stage , and we 've only held two meetings , we have just identified themes and general areas in which we want to work , and not precise projects or activities . |
| 12 | We 've taken all this into account , erm I 'm not sure all groups have tried to do that , erm but we have tried to please everyone , we do have some particular priorities and we do want to make significant improvements in service where we can and not necessarily looking for cheap publicity by increasing in lots of places as some people are supposed to of done so where one concludes sometime a significant amount of money in but will have a noticeable difference to their essential service . |
| 13 | However , if we do fail to meet any of the above standards , providing your accounts is in good standard , you may make a claim by writing to : |
| 14 | ‘ And if we do manage to land all the players we are thinking off we could have the best Queen 's team since the early 80s . |
| 15 | But it it goes into picking it out of er I and I think maybe when we do decide to do another training needs analysis . |
| 16 | They may need to go out in pairs which is why I think that we do need to put more money into the budget to provide this service and make sure that we 're doing it in the best possible way , erm so I mean I think that it 's very important that we 're consistent about this . |
| 17 | We do need to fill all spaces for outsiders in order to subsidise the Medauhalf . |
| 18 | Erm , and so , but we do need to do that , and I believe the work that you have been doing erm , I do n't know when that 's to be published , er , but will I 'm sure assist us in developing the criteria which will help voluntary organisations to decide what they properly should be doing . |
| 19 | So what we actually are possibly seeing is ourselves coming out of the trough so therefore part of it 's a training curve , but we do need to see that training curve start to come down and get back on to a level but we do n't know where the level is , that 's what worries us at this stage . |
| 20 | There is one further complication which has arisen , and that is , that we er , need to apply have applied for a high waste er , the roads on the estate are , in fact , adopted erm so we do need to get that through . |
| 21 | Oh well we do need to get some armbands for Andrew I think whatever I think we should buy the armbands cos Chris erm Andrew needs them |
| 22 | Listen , listen very carefully shh , because this is important to get right , erm , because the assign because the assignments are part of your degree mark , and have to go to the external examiner , and has to be monitored etcetera etcetera etcetera , it 's all quite formal and so we do need to get this right . |
| 23 | We do need to learn some more fiscal discipline in the United Kingdom . |
| 24 | I think we do need to make some adjustments , in the light of that , if we remain in our present staffing level . |
| 25 | just to give you some background information cos we do need to address that , I know it 's a side issue from this are we fairly happy with that ? |
| 26 | But , even supposing we do begin to awaken these sentiments in ourselves and other people , erm major problems are still ahead . |
| 27 | We do try to have general repairs done . |
| 28 | And my own feeling about this is that we do have to move more to planned expansion . |
| 29 | So we do have to manage this with some care . |
| 30 | ‘ But we do have to take this condition seriously and get it under control . ’ |