Example sentences of "we [verb] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The goods are sent on by large waggons , and meet us at Loch Crinan ; while the ‘ Cygnet ’ or the ‘ Plover ’ puffs along right merrily , and we sit down to have a quiet look at the bonnie bits of scenery that are everywhere meeting us . |
| 2 | We want also to build a society which strives always to unlock the talent and skills of its own people , to harness what Tawney once magnificently described as ‘ the extraordinary potential of ordinary people ’ . |
| 3 | We want now to introduce a different way of categorizing elite theory approaches , one which does not derive from the historical streams of thinking described so far . |
| 4 | It was not easy to avoid domestic politics but we tried hard to achieve a delicate balance . |
| 5 | We show how to turn a problem area into an asset — transform a slope into something that you can be proud of . |
| 6 | Do n't we do n't hold a lot of stuff for any period of time , |
| 7 | See we do n't keep a plan , that 's the problem . |
| 8 | Then after the elections , the elections are to have a constituent assembly and that constituent assembly will work out our new constitution in the country and from that constituent assembly we hope also to form a national government of unity , of national unity and that 'll continue maybe for five years in order to give stability to the country and this of course also means a concession because it 's a concession to the existing power structures to have some kind of stability . |
| 9 | Nevin said : ‘ Some people have put a question mark over our away form but we have n't always got what we deserved so to beat a side of Leicester 's calibre is very heartening . |
| 10 | We 'd just totalled a couple of teenage boys . |
| 11 | ‘ And we 'd just bought a new car . ’ |
| 12 | Next thing they were down with the measuring up and we 'd just got a four thousand pound rate bill ! |
| 13 | We 'd also had a double income and shared paying the bills , and I found I was petrified of getting into debt . |
| 14 | ‘ We 'd better 'ave a look in it ourselves , ’ said Dolly , ‘ in case he 's taken anything . ’ |
| 15 | Then , ‘ Come on we 'd better make a start . |
| 16 | ‘ I suppose we 'd better make a start . |
| 17 | So we 'd better make a note of that . |
| 18 | Shirley 's sort of getting on to you a bit I think we 'd better make a move . |
| 19 | look , I think we 'd better put a dry bib on you as well , I think we 've got one in here , oh we 've got one in yeah |
| 20 | I think we 'd better have a talk . |
| 21 | The headmaster said , ‘ I think we 'd better have a little talk . |
| 22 | I think we 'd better have a talk . ’ |
| 23 | I think we 'd better have a look at equations actually . |
| 24 | ‘ We 'd better have a photograph . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We 'd better have a light , I ca n't see to think . ’ |
| 26 | Yes , as soon as I hear from the Factory , we 'd better have a word with Mr James Pegg . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I think we 'd better have a drink , ’ Woolley said . |
| 28 | ‘ I think we 'd better have a look to see what 's wrong , ’ Mum said . |
| 29 | ‘ Now we 'd better have a formal interview with you , which I will allege took place in your flat . ’ |
| 30 | Right in that case we 'd better have a look at that now . |