Example sentences of "we [verb] [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We regret we can not accept special requests on late offer holidays . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ If we lose we shall have a mountain to climb . |
| 3 | I need to see this action as one step — even if we lose it will perhaps serve to show the nation how far it has fallen , that it no longer is concerned that such things happen in its midst . |
| 4 | ‘ It will be a great score in years to come if we can go ahead and lift the Sam Maguire , but if we lose it will count for nothing . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ When this started , we agreed we would care for her here , and that 's what we 're going to do . ’ |
| 6 | We have discussed her infatuation , which we agreed we would best handle by ignoring it . ’ |
| 7 | When it was being drawn up ‘ we agreed we could n't have a cash limit and we never said there would be a cash limit ’ . |
| 8 | We agreed we 'd leave at seven . ’ |
| 9 | As a matter of fact , I was talking to him briefly this afternoon and we agreed we 'd have a chat some time . |
| 10 | ‘ We agreed she must have been talking to someone … ’ |
| 11 | In the event , we had to return at separate times and as the friend , Mr. Robin Townsend , was to cross first , he took the plastic ticket and we agreed he would arrange to have the ticket divided , and leave my part at your Ostend office . |
| 12 | I thought we agreed you would n't see him till this was over . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We agreed it would be simplest if you only had to say your party piece once — once more I mean ’ Agnes went on briskly . |
| 14 | However , elation at the beauty of the surroundings meant tandooried legs were far from my thoughts , and as we continued to the shapely Sgurr an Lochain , towering as it does over a tiny dark blue lochan , we agreed it could n't get much better . |
| 15 | I had few friends , just one or two left over from school , but on the infrequent occasions when we met I could see from their faces that they pitied me , finding me foolish and Syl a bore . |
| 16 | I did n't see her often , but whenever we met she would complain gently that they never went anywhere because Derek was always so busy or the babbas were teething or undergoing the whooping cough . |
| 17 | ‘ People originally came to us for help with choosing wallpapers , paints , fabrics and curtains , but we realised we could give them a much broader service , ’ explains Jon . |
| 18 | It was a waste product — until we realised it could be used as a self-levelling screed in floor covering and to reinforce roadways in coal mines . |
| 19 | Nathan needs to be helped from his shell clothing he is so tired , but we insist he must stay awake to eat . |
| 20 | ‘ For , ’ he said , ‘ everything we eat we must provide for ourselves . |
| 21 | And while we eat I 'll entertain you with tales of Robin . |
| 22 | And while we eat you can tell me about the jade . ’ |
| 23 | The embarrassed cast is left posturing and declaiming , all the time frantically signalling to the audience their awareness of how ridiculous it all is , as if to say — we trust you will be benevolent even if we have no idea how to make this stuff funny or interesting . |
| 24 | Or sometimes if they 're not sure I 'll say Well before we book it can you just have a run round the house and then ring me back tell me actually what there is to go . |
| 25 | On food control , the level of food hygiene inspections at seven hundred and thirty we 've achieved by buying in consultants to do some work for us in our priority area , and we 're were able to do that with Derek Welk 's retirement , leaving us with some unspent staff , and so we 've achieved a higher figure there than we expected we would do . |
| 26 | We can feel anger , even rage , at our position but can not express our feelings because we fear we will not be accepted ; we will be further rejected . |
| 27 | This can make us fiercely independent and afraid to ask for what we need because we fear it will not be given . |
| 28 | ‘ We were about twenty minutes altogether from the point where we realized they could n't get us down to the time when we stepped on to the roof . |
| 29 | Halfway through rehearsals , we realized he could n't cut it . |
| 30 | He we used he used to put a in the little front garden like you know . |