Example sentences of "we [verb] tend " in BNC.
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| 1 | After we had been constantly studying the sky for a few months and getting the feel of things , we did tend to develop a sixth sense regarding the weather , a bit like farmers . |
| 2 | Our problem , J. and I , was that wherever we sat we did tend to have a row of armourers planted behind us , and instead of watching the screen their eyes would be fixed on us to see what we were getting up to . |
| 3 | The other question is : if we do tend to think in oppositions , is this an innate tendency or a learned one ? |
| 4 | It is true also that we do tend to play above ourselves . |
| 5 | We do tend to see liberalism and nationalism parting company . |
| 6 | We do tend to try and remember odd words , because of their oddity . |
| 7 | Er on a slightly bigger scale entertainment again as we 're only a small college , we do tend to liaise with the bigger education establishment in the city , I E Birmingham University , Central England University formerly Birmingham Polytechnic and Aston University . |
| 8 | ‘ Never mind , Ellie , but you must understand that what with one thing and another we do tend to jump to conclusions — not always the most obvious . ’ |
| 9 | Because there are so many English folk now in every community and we do tend to sort of doctor up the language a bit you know when we talk to them . |
| 10 | It seems to me that if we have any knowledge of England 's past at all , we do tend to have a kind of a picture of our history in the back of our minds which may be completely wrong . |