Example sentences of "we [be] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it is , we are up on the same period last year , but sales through the till are down by nearly 8% . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We are up against a substantial amount of red tape , ’ O'Donovan said . |
| 3 | After only 20 doublings , which does n't take very long , we are up in the millions . |
| 4 | ‘ We have football on Sunday , Monday , Tuesday and by Wednesday we are round to the European games . |
| 5 | It 's nice to have new owners who do n't think we are down among the dead men . ’ |
| 6 | But let smaller pictures of God satisfy us and squeeze him out , and we are back on the easier road to cheap grace and nominal faith . |
| 7 | We are back with the ninth century as a historiographical battleground : " It was the best of times , it was the worst of times … " |
| 8 | After the mixed card on St Patrick 's Day we are back to an all National Hunt affair and the main race , the Sportsman Hunter Chase , may go to Bajan Blues who almost brought off the shock defeat of Matt Reid at the last meeting . |
| 9 | He thrust a mess tin full of steak and kidney into my hand , and with a scowl on his face he remarked , ‘ After this lot , Piper , we are back to the usual shit , unless something special turns up , like cooks and normal rations ! ’ |
| 10 | We are back to the three act drama with which we began . |
| 11 | The fact remains that he was murdered on the night after his father 's funeral and if the two are unconnected we are back in the funny coincidences department . |
| 12 | He added : ‘ We are in with a good chance in this competition . |
| 13 | Thus we are in for a prolonged battle to win over public opinion . |
| 14 | ‘ We are in for a long afternoon , ’ he said cheerfully . |
| 15 | We are in for a tough time . ’ |
| 16 | We are in for the long-term benefits which imply a long-term strategy and involvement ’ . |
| 17 | AS SOON as I see a screen full of Florida palm fronds , broken down clapboard houses and Cadillacs full of heaving , unhappy women , I know we are in for an Erotic Thriller . |
| 18 | Right , well we 're on to a we 're on to a new er a new era , a different erm different angle . |
| 19 | Yeah , that 's even better , but then we 're on to the forty foots so that 's even better . |
| 20 | We 're on to the next area now are n't we ? |
| 21 | We 're up on the third floor here . |
| 22 | where are one , we 're up in the high are n't we ? |
| 23 | We 're off to a fabulous start . |
| 24 | It 's early days er to make predictions , but we 're off to a positive start for the year . |
| 25 | Today we 're off to the charming isle of St Lucia where our winner and a friend will enjoy seven nights at the Le Sport Hotel , full board in a private air-conditioned room . |
| 26 | She treats us to her speciality sad gaze to camera , so we can see that rather society 's collapsing or her piles are hurting , and then we 're off to the next item . |
| 27 | erm Peter wants to tighten up on on on the business of erm carrying holidays over and I think he 's right , actually , erm and he also is using this opportunity to try to et us to plan our holidays as a group so that we 're not all off at the same time , or if it 's appropriate we should all be off a the same time then we 're off at the same time , but it 's erm common sense should prevail one way or another , but it would be a good idea if you could let me have erm a brief indication of any major times you plan to be away . |
| 28 | We 're in for a rough time , Marcus . |
| 29 | ‘ Right from the credits sequence , with a double becoming a triple screen we know we 're in for a goody . |
| 30 | ‘ I get the feeling we 're in for a long night ’ , she said . |