Example sentences of "we be [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mozart 's life and character are well documented by the extensive correspondence that was generated within his family by his frequent travels and we are given a fascinating glimpse into matters both artistic and domestic . |
| 2 | We are given a narrow slice of history : the last ten years , complete with corporate raiders , the rise of the Japanese , the 1987 stock market crash , China , the East Asian economic miracle — together with an uncomfortably slight bow to the debt-ridden nations of Africa and Latin America . |
| 3 | But as elsewhere , we are given a little ‘ staff-room ’ to relax in , and are plied with cups of tea and cigarettes at all times , to make us feel at home . |
| 4 | We are given a clear description of a very poor downtown area with run down housing and abandoned cars . |
| 5 | The task the reader is set is rather like that of completing a jigsaw puzzle , where we are given a few pieces at a time , and have to keep guessing what the rest of the picture will be like . |
| 6 | In Four years old in an urban community ( 1968 ) and Seven years old in the home environment ( 1976 ) , we are given a detailed picture of the domestic background of a group of young readers and young non-readers , perhaps readers and non-readers in the making . |
| 7 | Suppose we are given an approximate eigenvalue |
| 8 | Moomintroll and the Snork Maiden feel the first flutterings of love and , for once , we are offered a complete family ( the Victorian habit of removing one , or both , parents was a convention that survived into Ransome 's time ) . |
| 9 | Often we are offered an exclusive review of the latest products . |
| 10 | Whether it is one side 's cry of the ‘ radical uncertainty ’ of authentic faith or the other side 's reiteration of the ‘ leap of faith ’ , we are offered an imposing edifice of faith with little or no mention of foundations . |
| 11 | Later we are shown a Black family crowded into one room with a man playing a calypso on a double bass ( ! ) , and a Black man and woman in bed together , who invite Kathie to join them . |
| 12 | True , we are promised a new-look , Pakamac in name only . |
| 13 | In Paying for Local Government ( Department of the Environment , 1986b ) , we are promised a new , simpler set of formulae for the assessment of GRE , which will again have stability as a major goal . |
| 14 | Well consider again this brief moment , where we 're given a new glimpse of someone last seen surrounded by a God-like power , the rector of Clongoes , where the young and impressionable Stephen had been to school . |
| 15 | And then we 're sent a whole lot of magnets so we could test out the cans were . |
| 16 | Not necessarily Brussels but Belgium we 're got a joint venture company and we are sending our expertise to help them sort out the I think it 's the erm the Flanders region anyway Brussels . |
| 17 | Someone told them about us and we were sent a tea-chest full of filthy dirty , celluloid toys . |
| 18 | We were charged a hefty US$46.80 ( £23.60 ) in mooring fees . |
| 19 | Well and that 's we were delayed a whole month in tidying the whole because it was such a rotten wet Summer , we could n't get the tiles . |
| 20 | Later that week we were given a first indication that the previous three ‘ greenhouse ’ winters may merely have been within the normal climatic variations and that a better season may be on its way , when the first Pitztal race was cancelled due to extreme cold ! |
| 21 | Britain was actually given a lower standard check , on the basis that we would be using in many places our own coal , which has a quite a high sulphur content , or de-sulphurisation , we were given a lower standard , or a higher standard , or whatever it is , it was more relaxed for Britain , and that 's why I like the idea of taking this up with the M.E.D. , how it 'll happen , how it will square in his mind . |
| 22 | We were given a thorough training in reading and spelling , in writing and arithmetic , with a weekly lesson in history , geography , nature study and drawing . |
| 23 | ‘ We were given a long account of tritium generation at Mount Mauna Loa and all that and then ‘ by the way here is the neutron spectrum ’ . |
| 24 | Once we had all got into our canoes we were given a quick talk on safety procedure , capsize drill and what to do if you get into trouble . |
| 25 | ‘ If we were given a clean opportunity , the job of turning Linford into a millionaire would be a breeze . |
| 26 | We were given a reliable position for this vessel and soon picked her up on our radar when we were able to close and positively identify her . |
| 27 | When we bought the return tickets ( return date left open ) , we were given a single piece of plastic for the ticket . |
| 28 | We were given an excellent welcome by our Danish colleagues and the weather was superb . |
| 29 | And so we were involved a great deal in what we would call ‘ protesting ’ but as far as political activity , that was never my thing . |
| 30 | ‘ We were offered a special school ’ says Mrs J , ‘ but it was so far away , we just could n't . ’ |