Example sentences of "we be [adv prt] [prep] the [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 | After only 20 doublings , which does n't take very long , we are up in the millions . |
3 | ‘ We have football on Sunday , Monday , Tuesday and by Wednesday we are round to the European games . |
4 | It 's nice to have new owners who do n't think we are down among the dead men . ’ |
5 | 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 . |
6 | We are back with the ninth century as a historiographical battleground : " It was the best of times , it was the worst of times … " |
7 | 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 ! ’ |
8 | We are back to the three act drama with which we began . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | We are in for the long-term benefits which imply a long-term strategy and involvement ’ . |
11 | Yeah , that 's even better , but then we 're on to the forty foots so that 's even better . |
12 | We 're on to the next area now are n't we ? |
13 | We 're up on the third floor here . |
14 | where are one , we 're up in the high are n't we ? |
15 | 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 . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | And most of us do that , and that is the situation that we 're in at the present time . |
19 | We 've , I do n't know if everyone 's worked the same system , but we 're back on the old appointment system . |
20 | We 're back to the normal agenda , item eight on page thirty-six . |
21 | Yes we 're back to the inner inner northern routes are n't we ? |
22 | And so we 're back to the old problem . ’ |
23 | We 're back to the whole problem |
24 | We all head off into the bloody storm , and then this whole horror comic gets sorted out when we 're back in the real world . |
25 | Once we 're out of the twenty six week period it would go back to its normal rate . |
26 | Whenever we 're out together they wo n't go near a food shop , even if we 're out for the whole day . |
27 | In rugby we 're down to the last eight … in the Pilkington Cup … which means Gloucester are two matches away from Twickenham … they 've got a game on their hands tomorrow though … away to first division leaders Orrell |
28 | We were up on the top floor and Ralph Horton came up to listen to us and was impressed , although I think he was more impressed with David than us . |
29 | Both Benjamin and I wisely kept our mouths shut until we were out of the main hall . |
30 | His voice was surly , but suddenly he twisted round to face me and took off the headphones , and I thought he was going to apologise for his rudeness of the previous night , but instead he demanded to know if it was true that we were out in the open ocean and were not planning to make a landfall for some days . |