Example sentences of "we [vb infin] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ca n't we stay out all night ? ’ |
| 2 | Take the long view : did we need so many Wolf Cubs ? |
| 3 | I know some people listening to this in this area might say well do we need so many tourists . |
| 4 | Do we need highly qualified graduates for all these jobs ? |
| 5 | Regardless of our commitment to joint decision-making most of us will find that there are many decisions where we feel we lack either sufficient interest or qualification and are perfectly happy to leave those decisions to our partner , eg many men would feel primarily responsible for choosing a car but would prefer their wives to pick out the furniture , decorations and plan the kitchen . |
| 6 | We do not yet know what it is in a homoeopathic potency that has a curative action , nor do we know how homoeopathic remedies work in the body any more than we know the mechanisms of action of many of the conventional drugs used in medicine . |
| 7 | Shall we shall we count how many times Alex has been in and out of here saying he 's going home ? |
| 8 | And what happened in practice was simply the Turkish government made representations to the State Department and said hey , you know , these bases , they provide a lot of work , you know , we have to provide empl alternative employment for these people so could we phase out this withdrawal over say a three year programme ? |
| 9 | Shall we pack up supporting Palace and go to Woking Paulie ? |
| 10 | Do we carry on burning fossil fuels at rapid rates ? |
| 11 | How can we spend that much money on a ground that is nt ours ? ? ? |
| 12 | Why do we see only three space and one time dimension ? |
| 13 | Teacher : Shall we see how many children have brown eyes and how many have blue ? |
| 14 | Do we have too much education ? |
| 15 | Without the work they did , I could never have been Prime Minister , others could never have been cabinet ministers , nor would we have as many women members of parliament as we have today . |
| 16 | No , I mean I know that is is not exactly pertinent to the application that is er in , erm I my personal view is that that that bungalows are are practical , we have had it stated by one resident that a house and a bungalow would be acceptable , erm not that I am er anticipating any other planning develop er applications by these applicants but er would a house of a similar nature to one of these that they have proposed , plus a bungalow er , would we have as much opposition to this , to that as as the present ones , or you would prefer to defer until you saw it ? |
| 17 | When you talk about this split , fifty-fifty , could we go back that way . |
| 18 | Why do we require so many staff to do no more than our competitors ? |
| 19 | If we all look positively at these changes then I think the game will go forward ; however , a negative approach or ‘ how can we get around these changes ’ approach by players and coaches will only cause problems for all concerned . |
| 20 | How do we get so much clobber ? ’ |
| 21 | If we can not take the initiative in refusing to dock tails , and are unable to so much as raise an eyebrow at what we suspect are dog fighting injuries , then why should we care how many dogs are killed weekly by the RSPCA ? |
| 22 | Will we find even smaller particles in future years ? |
| 23 | Only then can we ask more pointed questions about their clarity of vision , their underlying reasons , and the true meaning of the episodes . |