Example sentences of "we [be] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , when I look at the plight of the millions of people who 've been made homeless recently because of flooding in other parts of the world , it does make me realize how lucky we are as a society that homelessness is still on a much smaller scale here than it is in some countries . |
| 2 | We are on a roll and it 's great to be involved . ’ |
| 3 | The purpose of etiquette is to provide an easy set of rules which we can follow when we are in a hurry and want to make sure that we do not give offence to anybody . |
| 4 | We are in an environment where money and status are irrelevant , time is measured in aeons , and human arrogance is an object of frequent ridicule . |
| 5 | ‘ Then it seems we 're at an impasse until … ’ began Rohmer . |
| 6 | ‘ As it is we 're on an island and the bloody weather 's deteriorating fast . |
| 7 | We 're in a mess and nothing is going to pull us out ; I am not a socialist ; I 'm not impressed by your little man in Rome ; I do n't like ultra-nationalists ( I 'm not one of those who 'd follow the general ) ; I think there is something to be said for constitutional monarchy but in France that cause is as dead as mutton ; I have not much faith in the League , nor in democracy as an up-to-date technique of government . |
| 8 | What a waste of time , we all know that the county council is the the highway authority and is fully responsible for traffic management , we 're in a minority and to set up a working party is a complete waste of time . . |
| 9 | We 're in a room that occupies the whole ground floor of the cottage ; in one comer , a steep staircase — more like a ladder climbs to some sort of loft or upper room . |
| 10 | Finally , sensing that we were on a loser and not keen on the mile-long trek back to the crossing point , I took off boots and socks and walked into the fast-flowing stream . |
| 11 | That 's what , oh no we were on a boat and we took that , but it was a similar boat to what we went on . |
| 12 | ‘ We were in a mess and were sinking . |
| 13 | We were in a hole and are n't out of it by any means . |
| 14 | Er I ca n't remember I was n't with them but we , we were in a spot and erm some of the tanks were away down there and some were up here and we , the next move we went to . |
| 15 | The minute we got settled down in the bottom of our Kalamachka , rocking as if we were inside a boat and ‘ talking about Baghdad ’ , we felt transported to another country . |
| 16 | We was in a fix as it was . |