Example sentences of "we [vb mod] be [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact is we remain an island power and can not ignore the sea however close we may be to the Continent . |
| 2 | However sceptical we may be of the claims of medicine and its practitioners , we do , as Kosa said , place our faith in them when we can not cope by ourselves . |
| 3 | And here I must agree that I am beginning to fear that we may be on the edge of an age of the worst kind of mass production . |
| 4 | Impressed as we may be by the caddis house , we are nevertheless , paradoxically , less impressed than we would be by equivalent achievements in animals closer to ourselves . |
| 5 | We may be in the position where the jobs are not necessarily all in the right place . |
| 6 | That 'll sort of give you erm , where we should be at the minute . |
| 7 | We should be at the château just in time for breakfast . ’ |
| 8 | We should be on the steps right in front of the door . ’ |
| 9 | We should be on the side of the ordinary people irrespective of what the multinationals want . ’ |
| 10 | Had Germany taken the ‘ purist ’ line after the war , we should be without the wonders of Bruchsal and the Residenz at Wurzburg , and the great churches of Nurnberg would look like the clean , well-designed — but totally anaemic - interiors of those in Kassel and Stuttgart . |
| 11 | We should be in the habit of asking questions of ourselves as much as we ask them of others . |
| 12 | We should be in the forefront and not compare our faults with others . |
| 13 | £18.50 a bash we should be in the dug out for that . |
| 14 | ‘ We must be at the edge of the centre of the station , ’ Bernice said to Ace and Defries . |
| 15 | I agree with the Prime Minister that we must be at the heart of Europe , working with our partners to build Europe 's future . |
| 16 | In particular , it might seem that if we observe all other galaxies to be moving away from us , then we must be at the center of the universe . |
| 17 | England hooker Brian Moore insisted : ‘ After that sort of performance , we must be among the favourites . |
| 18 | We 'll be at the Columba Hotel , and on the ferry first thing Monday . ’ |
| 19 | I do n't think , I do n't think we 'll be at the air field tomorrow . |
| 20 | ‘ Tell the Prince we 'll be at the crossroads in one hour , ’ he told Sharpe . |
| 21 | and rowing for gold all this week will be the best oarsmen … young and old … from all over the world as the royal regatta takes off on the Thames at henley … we 'll be on the water tomorrow night to look ahead with the fastest school crew in the country |
| 22 | ‘ When they get that Chunnel going we 'll be on the mainline to Glasgow , right from Paris . |
| 23 | And I 'll tell you what we 'll be , we 'll be on the floor , and it hurts down there . |
| 24 | ‘ If we make one mistake , ’ Grace thought , ‘ the boat will break into fifty small pieces , and we 'll be on the rock with the others . ’ |
| 25 | We 'll be in the corridor . |
| 26 | We 'll be in the corridor at twelve . |
| 27 | ‘ And in a couple of months we 'll be in the sunshine ’ . |
| 28 | If we do we 'll be like the man in the cartoon who fell off the Empire State Building and shouted just before he hit the ground ‘ I 'm doing great so far ’ . |
| 29 | Maybe that , and any other lesser problems had now been sorted out and we might be on the verge of going home . |
| 30 | If we got our tea early we could be at the park tonight . |