Example sentences of "we [verb] [be] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There was the ubiquitous confidentiality clause which we understand was to hide a two year rent free period . |
| 2 | We 've been getting a wee bit of light in now in the mornings , eh ? |
| 3 | For over a year now we 've been running a major initiative which is a systematic review of all our Sainsburys brand packaging to see where we can minimise the use of materials , but still allow the packaging to do the job of protecting the product and preserving it . |
| 4 | , so we 've been doing a few need a good wash |
| 5 | She was to be proved right , as we had been taught a Spartan routine for our babies at ‘ Alderbourne Arches ’ the pre-natal training unit . |
| 6 | We have been lacking a wee bit of professionalism recently . |
| 7 | But can I just make the point that we have been investing a great deal in British Rail , and the idea that er all over the piece we 're talking about non-modernized railways simply not true . |
| 8 | We know we have been reading a novel but nevertheless we can believe that what the author has told us is true . |
| 9 | In the above discussion we have been considering a word-oriented computer where each instruction occupies one word . |
| 10 | a senior consultant in Consultancy Services , Risley , said although feelings generally were a bit mixed , ‘ I feel that we have been given a clearer picture of where AEA is heading although I expect to see a lot more changes before things settle down . ’ |
| 11 | Corden added : ‘ Tuesday 's result was very disappointing but we have been carrying a few injuries . |
| 12 | We reluctantly cancelled our holiday and we have been offered a full refund . |
| 13 | we have been waiting a long time traffic calming . |
| 14 | We have been allocated a flat and I hope we can live a normal life in spite of the past . |
| 15 | So far we have been presupposing a single agent responding to a present situation and trying to guide his spontaneity by reason . |
| 16 | We have been shown a large number of the judges ' orders which are reproduced in Dugdale 's Origines Juridiciales , 3rd ed. ( 1680 ) , ch. 70–72 . |
| 17 | Says 24-year-old Alex : ‘ We have been having a great time in Blackpool and are all so excited about coming to Liverpool . |
| 18 | What we need is to find a safe place soon , and I 'd rather succeed in doing what we can than fail to do what we ca n't . " |
| 19 | What , in order to decide whether they 're going to give us the contract what they have asked us to do is prepare a thirty minute radio , sorry thirty second radio presentation and we will re , record for them and they will hear , which we want to emphasise based on how good that was whether they want to take the contract out with us . |
| 20 | What A Present View forces us to do is to reconsider a traditional equation between humanism and liberalism . |