Example sentences of "we [be] [adj] [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A completely brittle material like glass is reasonably safe as long as we are content to operate it at a very low stress level , for instance as a shop window , because the Griffith crack length is then quite long and so the material is safe against minor chips and abrasions . |
| 2 | ‘ The Railway Bill is prepared and we are ready to introduce it into the Commons , ’ he said . |
| 3 | But because , in terms of our Christian moral code , this is a shameful matter we are inclined to push it to one side and to assume that kinship is the equivalent of " blood relationship " which implies , or should imply , biological connection . |
| 4 | It is important to remember that the linguistic utterances of others are just as much externally observed behaviour as walking down stairs or pressing a button in a psychophysics laboratory although , because of the high information content of linguistic behaviour , we are prone to endow it with some mystical quality which opens a special window on to the mind of the person generating it . |
| 5 | This excellent French-run hotel has now become firmly established as one of our best hotels in Lloret and we 're pleased to feature it as our Club Choice in the Costa Brava for this summer . |
| 6 | When we ger this fantasy football stuff going , would we be able to put it on a different server . |
| 7 | We were due to show it at the end of the party and of course … well , you know what happened . |
| 8 | Under these circumstances we were obliged to reach it at night , in a small open boat crewed by two very anxious and expensive local fishermen . |
| 9 | We spent two summer holidays and three Christmases at the melin before at last we were able to claim it for our own occupation . |
| 10 | The cement was freezing before we were able to apply it to the bricks . |
| 11 | Go on I tell you what why do n't you flip it over and start on the other side , even though it says this side done , this is an old tape from a seismograph and er we were afraid to use it in our work but I think the sound 's alright on it , you flip it over and where it says this side down , put that side up and use the other half of the tape and let me hear your comments back . |
| 12 | In fact , in this case the unit was out on a CDL trial with quite inadequate documentation — the only documentation we had at that time was such that we were frightened to show it to the teacher because we realized that it would ‘ finish him off ’ . |
| 13 | Commenting on whether a cake had been promised to Miss Dodd , she said : ‘ We were prepared to give it to her as a donation but she cancelled the order . ’ |
| 14 | Cycling in you know , and of course because nobody else wanted the job , sometimes we were supposed to share it with another , and nearly everybody else , except me , would be too big you see . |