Example sentences of "but we be [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one , of course , would want to compare the first week of school term with the outbreak of a world war , but we are at the beginning of a New Year and a gateway to the future . |
| 2 | ‘ I wish it were true that the fund will continue to grow , but we are at the mercy of the markets , and we must keep a healthy capital amount for all needy old soldiers down on their luck . |
| 3 | We have some patterns of expectation available to us , indeed , but we are at the mercy of the poet for which of those patterns may lie ahead of us . |
| 4 | The figures are sad but we are in the middle of a recession |
| 5 | ‘ Our figures show there is a need , but we are in the business where we want to be out of a job . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It 's upsetting , but we are in the right and they are in the wrong . ’ |
| 7 | Here we are not in the realm of childhood behaviour but we are in the realm of play . |
| 8 | ‘ But we are in the eye of a gathering storm . |
| 9 | No , we did n't see it , but we were on the scene soon afterwards . |
| 10 | With only 32 horse power available I had expected a considerably longer ground , but we were off the ground in about 150 metres , although from then on acceleration and climb were adequate rather than startling . |
| 11 | By most standards this was a peculiarly non-threatening document but we were in the middle of a general election . |