Example sentences of "we [be] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Had we been at the house of my parents we would have shared the fate of the rest of the family … |
2 | Assume we are at a board position called MyPos , and it is the program 's turn to play . |
3 | That concentrated evil , that supreme almost supernatural cruelty , teaches us that we are at a parting of the ways , man 's salvation or man 's destruction . |
4 | I fear we are at a parting of the ways . |
5 | We are at a disadvantage in Britain in that we do not have a revolutionary doctrine to preach : a vivid message that promises an unattainable millennium . |
6 | Er , if the person er is sitting watching the television and er has been awake for several hours then we are at a disadvantage . |
7 | We have to confess that we are at a stage of understanding where any answer must be to some extent tentative . |
8 | We are at a loss to know the cause of Dr Dyer 's ‘ twinge of alarm ’ . |
9 | In a sense , we all understand perfectly well what experiences are ; it is when we are challenged to explain this understanding that we are at a loss how to put it into words . |
10 | As I see it , we are at a crossroad where far-reaching decisions must soon be made by women , by local authorities and central government . |
11 | ‘ 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 . |
12 | As often we are at the mercy of his laconic whim : why is it that no trust is involved ? |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Mr Nixon said : ‘ We are at the beginning of our investigations . ’ |
16 | I killed my cat with a fucking spade We are at the scene of the crime Mr what did you see ? |
17 | This larger area is a circle and we are at the centre of it . |
18 | This could mean that we are at the center of a great region in the universe in which the sources are fewer than elsewhere . |
19 | Again we are at the tip of his pen as he draws a box to put himself inside , and as the most private and informative area of the Possessed notebooks begins to open up . |
20 | Here we are at the bay |
21 | By allowing ourselves to be forced to carry these cards for the convenience of the state , we will be acknowledging that we are at the disposition of the state and its computers . |
22 | If we are at the bottom of the organisation we may be motivated by the desire to satisfy physiological needs . |
23 | Now , we are at the bottom of the league . |
24 | Firstly , I must pay re tr tribute and say how proud we are at the way that our people in Tyneside have responded to the crisis . |
25 | Still , no mind , here we are at the theatre . |
26 | Here we are at the heart of the problem : holy love . |
27 | Yeah it says , Romans ten , verse thirteen , for every everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah , will be saved , however , how will they call on him if in him they 'd not put faith , how in turn will they put faith in him , if him they 've not heard , how in turn will they hear without someone to preach , how in turn will they preach unless they 've been sent forth , just as it is written , how come we are at the feet of those who declare good news of good things well that 's more or less what we were saying is n't it ? |
28 | Do you know where we are at the top of the high street ? |
29 | We are at the stage of trying to work with a broad brush without much understanding of the problems of detail . |
30 | We are at the stage where we need to know exactly where the remaining rabbits are , so that we can dig down to secure them . |