Example sentences of "we [modal v] [vb infin] [adj] time " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Finally , we should mention that time deixis is relevant to various other deictic elements in a language . |
| 2 | ‘ The country is less broken farther on , so we should make better time tomorrow and be out of the hills the day after that . ’ |
| 3 | Athletics is the most successful sport in Britain and we should spend more time talking about that . ’ |
| 4 | We should spend more time trying to bring whatever expertise we may have to bear on the subject in question . |
| 5 | ‘ We must fix another time when all this is over . ’ |
| 6 | I think we must allow more time during the lunchbreak for notices — they are too rushed towards the end ! |
| 7 | If possible we must spend that time at Coate [ where Edward then was ] , and now I long to go to Horsmonden , for every place where you have lived and been happy , is to me dearer than any others . |
| 8 | We 'll talk another time , when I 'm less exhausted , when I 've got my diary in front of me . |
| 9 | We 'll waste less time that way . |
| 10 | We 'll knock this time . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Next year we 'll take some time off and go to Italy together , ’ her mother had said . |
| 12 | Promotions of labour-saving gadgets encourage us to save time on household chores , so that we 'll have more time for leisure and recreation . |
| 13 | We 'll have more time together then . ’ |
| 14 | I do n't think we 'll be straight into it , though ; I think we 'll have some time off . |
| 15 | With older children we might spend some time discussing this ( perhaps wondering if the giant would ever let us get near enough to open his mouth and clean his teeth for him ) ; with this age group , however , I immediately enthuse about the idea : " Right , that 's really good . |
| 16 | Well , the thing is what 's happening , I thought we might spend some time on if wanted , what I wanted to do was to be sure in my own mind that by the second week I could put up a master sheet with all the headings of what you were doing , that 's got ta be done . |
| 17 | Stop talking about it and we might have more time . |
| 18 | ‘ Perhaps we could talk some time ? … |
| 19 | By the way , the last thing Carolyn said to me last night was that her party was open-house and we could go any time . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ If we treated with them , we could gain valuable time — we need to wait for the Hopewell 's return . |
| 21 | We could spend much time analysing the possible reasons for the failure of classroom multimedia in the 1970s . |
| 22 | ‘ And I thought you were glad because we could spend some time together . ’ |
| 23 | Then we could spend some time together . ’ |
| 24 | I am convinced that we shall have adequate time to discuss the Bill and that because we have organised the time and allocated it we shall have a higher quality of debate . |
| 25 | This time , following Fillmore ( 1971b ) , we shall call coding time or CT , which may be distinct from receiving time or RT , as example ( 1 ) made clear . |
| 26 | Given the way the literature has developed , we shall spend more time here on the idea of value-based pricing — charging prices in proportion to value of the service to the user on a multiproduct basis . |
| 27 | I mean we do support , do n't we , things like the talking newspaper across the area , because there 's , and we do support like erm , Mrs 's holiday for youngsters , although they are not all Ottery kids , but I mean the fact of the matter is , I think we would need each time we look at any of this , that there are Ottery youngsters involved . |
| 28 | well damn me , we will go this time . |
| 29 | We will gain more time by trying to institute better policing , making improvements in the control of any future whaling . |
| 30 | We will introduce statutory time limits for answers by local authorities to standard inquiries by house-buyers , and explore the idea of a new computerised Property Data Bank bringing together information held by the Land Registry and other public bodies . |