Example sentences of "[conj] we [be] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Now that we 're into the Nineties , the agencies have changed tack , and such Eighties ' characteristics as greed , selfishness and sad Paisley ties have become passé .
2 But in the sense that we 're in the Common Market now , I see the whole current situation as anachronistic , rooted in 19th century thought .
3 ‘ I do think it helps that we 're in the same profession .
4 The LTA has increased its training staff and with the arrival of Tony Pickard and others it does appear that we are on the right road to success or at least start travelling in the right direction .
5 Everything that had emerged from the reaction to the two consultation papers it had produced ‘ confirms our view that we are on the right track .
6 The Society is always looking for new ways to improve its service to members and your encouraging response to the introduction last January , of a direct , one-category membership structure indicates that we are on the right lines .
7 Now that we are in the European Single market , the need for additional statistical reporting by VAT registered traders is on us .
8 ‘ The aim is to show the kids that we are in the new Europe , that the Dutch children are n't far away and that we are all one . ’
9 We imagine that we are in the thick of it — especially if there are miracles , new liturgical enthusiasm and popular songs — but in reality we are in the thin of it .
10 But it was still comforting to have with us little Liena , our 19-year-old interpreter who was a very competent rock climber and all-round mountaineer , for she had climbed Elbrus in the past and could give assurance that we were on the right course .
11 We could be accused of listening to foreign propaganda even if we were not , and now that we were on the suspected list this could have been a good excuse for having us arrested again .
12 So we swapped addresses with er , ca n't remember , it was a man middle-aged sort of man and er he then said ooh , well he said I still think that we were in the right in as much as if that policeman was supposed to have been directing traffic blah blah blah blah blah !
13 The consequence , for me at least , was that I reckoned that the earthquake account for 1992 had , so to speak , been settled , and that we were in the clear for a year or so .
14 ‘ What you observe there is that in the battleground seats , the seats where this election will be determined , Labour is doing even better than we are in the national , overall polls , ’ he said .
15 ‘ We consider training to be crucial and we are spending more on it now than we were during the last recession , ’ he said .
16 Erm , so we are at the lower end of the authority charges .
17 We 've been together eight years now — so we 're over the seven year itch , not that I had one .
18 So we 're on the second floor . ’
19 I mean once we 're on the other side it does n't really matter
20 Once we were in the main concourse , I put down my suitcase and turned to say goodbye .
21 Jesus described our life as His followers as being like a journey , and we are on the narrow path , while the rest of the world is on a broad path .
22 I I do n't think that 's a problem because we 're doing erm we 're doing two blocks of six and we 're onto the fourth of the first block now , but then the second block comes up in September and October , so it 's certainly in time for that .
23 I 've been a Celtic supporter for thirty five years , I 've seen the good days and we 're in the bad days .
24 ‘ We 've just left the North-East Providence Channel and we 're in the open sea now .
25 It was my role to lead the squadron off and that night we were bound for somewhere in the Ruhr and we were on the short runway at Oakington .
26 For I remember us doing a flipping er a family came to Wyre once and we were on the same old coble we were er doing the flipping and we thought we had nothing to do but take the rope off their heads and push them over the side of the coble onto the side of the small jetty .
27 A total of six and a half hours and we were over the small , dying town of Wyndham .
28 ‘ Yes , we did a lot of the soundtracks and we were in the first four or five .
29 She was almost shouting but it was the week before Christmas and we were in the Three Tuns and there were at least six different parties going on , so nobody noticed .
30 Cos we were in the fourth year and the upper dorm grew up
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