Example sentences of "we [modal v] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In conditions of rising population , such as we may assume for most of this period over most of Europe , land is scarce and labour plentiful , and the lords may commonly compel land-hungry peasants to accept their terms . |
| 2 | Given the leading role that Ms Rodham Clinton and Donna Shalala , the Health and Human Services secretary , appear to be taking in developing solutions , and their explicit interest in children , we should watch for this ‘ wild card . ’ |
| 3 | The Christian faith teaches us that any sentence we should serve for all our sins , small and large , has already been served . |
| 4 | We are pensioners with no help from Income Support so I want to know why we should pay for these people , a lot of them are much better off than we are and can afford to smoke and drink . |
| 5 | Does he agree that , rather than arguing about what should be done at Dounreay , where a great deal of expertise is available , we should argue for open government ; and that , in that respect , a lesson can be learnt for the future ? |
| 6 | I do n't think we should look for fundamental changes now but we must look at the configuration of services |
| 7 | Erm , if we are asking Mr to look at the long-term viability and the ways of preserving that , those options may be other than option one which was what you moved , and I think it 's rather premature to actually go down a road that says we preserve it in it 's present form with some disposals , when , we are asking for a report for it 's future viability , which may mean complete disposal , or may not , and I think , that , that 's why I 've seconded Mr 's amendment , because it 's right we should wait for that that report to come to property , know the full facts , and then we can make a decision as to which option we want for the County Farms estate . |
| 8 | We must fight for greater tolerance , and for legislation that protects against anti-gay discrimination , to ensure that something like Section 28 will never be brought into the rest of Europe . |
| 9 | We must look for another billet . |
| 10 | We must allow for these cultural differences . |
| 11 | Okay we 'll go for five now . |
| 12 | Yeah so we 'll go for that I think |
| 13 | ‘ We 'll go for ninety . ’ |
| 14 | We 'll go for those then . |
| 15 | ‘ We 'll advertise for permanent replacements , I think . ’ |
| 16 | Saying what we 'll do for that . |
| 17 | And whereas with departmental approach we may have been satisfied with the ability to do extracts down from our corporate mainframe systems in the enterprise approach we 'll look for proper and full integration of the mainframe as an integral part of the environment . |
| 18 | We 'll look for some firewood . |
| 19 | If there 's erm For instance I 've had a situation where on a medical practice booklet because we er hand back a hundred pound for every full page that we we gain in the medical practice booklet , er it 's an encouragement for if we 're just a quarter of a half page short , er for the practice to say you know we 'll get for another hundred quid we 'd all we need to do is make a couple of phone calls and threaten erm one or two of our patients . |
| 20 | Erm so do you want to log in perhaps over there , log in over there , erm and I 'll show you what to do and then what , the sheet you do you right , we 'll produce for other people , could n't we . |
| 21 | For example , recognising women 's present housing needs as wife and mother , we might fight for such things as a roomy efficient kitchen to make women 's work at home less burdensome . |
| 22 | There was nothing we could do for poor Victor at five in the morning ; we should meet for an early breakfast and decide then what to do . |
| 23 | We could cater for 190 youngsters and had almost 300 applicants . |
| 24 | We could go for eight days between fill-ups instead of having to brim the tank every four days , ’ he says . |
| 25 | First , we could search for some analogue of the potential function which proved so useful in electrostatics . |
| 26 | If only we could know for sure , but at that moment a guard came in and took away the television . |
| 27 | And erm being as he put a new table in the mill he thought we could work for thirty pound a week less , on this table . |
| 28 | ‘ Because that 's one of those questions we could debate for some considerable time . ’ |
| 29 | We 'd go for long walks and eat hot meals and watch the sunset . |
| 30 | Then he pulled himself together and said , as they mounted the station steps under the concrete canopy : ‘ Now if we were cops inside the covers of a detective story , Mike , we 'd know for sure that Hatton was killed to stop Pertwee getting married today . ’ |