Example sentences of "[subord] we [be] [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as accountants , although we were respected for our expertise , like lawyers , our work was entirely reactive rather than proactive , ’ says Mr Riley . |
| 2 | If we are intended for great ends , we are called to great hazards ; and , whereas we are given absolute certainty in nothing , we must in all things choose between doubt and inactivity , and the conviction that we are under the eye of One who , for whatever reason , exercises us with the less evidence when He might give us the greater . |
| 3 | We do n't do things out of choice or purpose but because we are rewarded for what we do . |
| 4 | And the team will cry out for joy as well , because we were created for this community , and in a way we have been looking for it all our lives . |
| 5 | Of course we were very disappointed because we were geared for it , and we were prepared to play even to two or three people in the audience . |
| 6 | Since we were staffed for a complement of 135 trainees , our first move would have to be to make staff redundant . |
| 7 | Just when we 're strapped for cash , only a load of new clothes can save us from looking dowdy — you would n't be alone in thinking that the whole thing is nothing more than a brilliant wheeze dreamt up by the fashion industry whenever times get tough . |
| 8 | When we are asked for assistance we call in the Services ’ social services people , the SSAFA ( Soldiers ' , Sailors ' and Airmen 's Families Association ) , who decide what help is needed , and we provide it . ’ |
| 9 | That was one of the many occasions when we were sent for after supper and beaten by the Library . |
| 10 | ( Of course , no utterances are safe from the post-Freudian trick of claiming that they mean the opposite of what they say , but in the interpretation of literary texts we must be given additional , fairly unequivocal evidence of a discrepancy between speech and meaning , as we are given for Iago , but not for Othello . ) |