Example sentences of "[verb] we be [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as we arrived we were shown a dead chick . |
| 2 | Jordan said , ‘ To tell you the truth , I do n't think we 're making a good job of it . ’ |
| 3 | No I do n't think we 're doing an open day this year . |
| 4 | one-offish basis , I mean we are talking a certain one of |
| 5 | I mean we are doing a certain times table |
| 6 | Realising we were meeting a real need in our ageing area , we have embarked on a ‘ Living with loss ’ training programme to equip several of our church for long term bereavement counselling . |
| 7 | That I know we 're flogging a dead horse , but that half past ten , a phenomenal amount of time , it should never ever have taken a fraction of that if it had been done properly . |
| 8 | Suppose we are given an approximate eigenvalue |
| 9 | M M My Lords , i it is important that whatever is taught to a child between the ages of five and eleven that the child is able to benefit from it educationally if the child is , is overloaded as it were by being presented erm a curriculum that they simply can not manage , then that 's going to create confusion , but it 's also important to say that one of the erm er objectives of this whole exercise is to underpin all education , both morally and spiritually and I believe we 're doing a great deal to get that right . |
| 10 | In the present economic climate , I feel we are taking a backward step to the bad old days . |
| 11 | We thought we were building a new Jerusalem , but these people seem hell bent on destroying Babylon . |
| 12 | Not really , was , though I thought we were offering a reasonable price taking everything into consideration |
| 13 | ‘ I thought we were to have a private discussion … about Aschmann , ’ he said insolently . |
| 14 | Somebody said , did it mean we were making a big profit ? |
| 15 | ‘ This means we 're developing an updated good neighbour scheme too , ’ Todd says . |
| 16 | So it 's easy for me to sit here and say , we think we 're doing a good job on the environment , because we 're not threatened , we do have to find ways round existing chemicals , we may have to pay , pay a higher price , but we 're not threatened in terms of the the core of our bottom line . |
| 17 | I think we are providing a good service here and we 're meeting the needs of people erm we are providing a service on Thursday , Friday , Saturday and Sunday now at the times which are identified by officers as the crucial times when people actually need the service . |
| 18 | So if it was me walking his dog as he goes by he said we 'll see what , he said we 're rebuilding a new bungalow on the insurance claim . |
| 19 | No , no one told me getting the push , just said we were getting a new one so I mean that must have meant that we that he had n't Commiserations , but never mind |
| 20 | He said he hoped we were having a nice time and could we leave the keys with Mrs Stewart please . |
| 21 | She 'd say we were committing a mortal sin , I expect . " |