Example sentences of "we be [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why have n't we been affected up to now ? ’ |
| 2 | This meant a descent and , had we been going on through , the Pyrenees would have grounded us . |
| 3 | If by it we mean a support system to strengthen and assist those who wish to engage in political lobbying , well and good , but if we are to take on a proper campaigning role as Oxfam has done , then this would require additional staff with the necessary experience and specialisation . |
| 4 | A chasm separates us from the other side and now we are looking round for the bridge . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ If we are called out to a bonfire which potentially could cause damage , it is our responsibility to put it out . |
| 6 | If we are using up to five times the energy that we really need to move , then it is hardly surprising that , after a long day , all we can do is ‘ collapse in a heap ’ ! |
| 7 | ‘ We are fed up with a distant bureaucracy telling us what to do with our bikes . |
| 8 | ‘ We have asked year after year and quite honestly we are fed up of being ignored , ’ she said , claiming Darlington health authority was the only one in the area which has no such post . |
| 9 | Another new age traveller , who declined to be named , added : ‘ We are fed up of police harassment . |
| 10 | By educating children that a large part of society would like to see behind bars , we are breaking down important taboos , ’ said Alda Marco Antonio , state welfare secretary . |
| 11 | Andrew Holden , joint secretary of the Northern Examining Association , said : ‘ We will be looking at the position and seeing whether we think it is worthwhile to offer a similar scheme or whether we would prefer to cut the general level of fees so that we are competing on even terms . ’ |
| 12 | We hope the leaflet we are sending out to our motor policyholders will bring home to them the fact that most cars can be converted both simply and cheaply . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We are doing our level best to make sure all the election information arrives , but we are sending out something like 100 million items across the country . ’ |
| 14 | We 've launched an appeal , at the same time we are sending out large stocks of water supply and water storage equipment , shelters and blankets . |
| 15 | We are eased down . |
| 16 | AFTER 16 years of marriage we are splitting up and are both agreed that it is the best thing to do . |
| 17 | As a world-wide Church we are sent out into the whole world — we are not just a localised unit of believers . |
| 18 | Ratners marketing director Simon de Mille says : ‘ We are speeding up the process . |
| 19 | IMAGINE the reaction if , say , Ladbroke came to its shareholders and said : ‘ The Government have decreed that we will have to rebid for our betting licence in 1992 , and to put ourselves in a better position to win it we are taking on borrowings equal to our equity and giving our managers around 15 per cent of the company . ’ |
| 20 | We have demonstrated against petty apartheid because we are taking on the entire system of apartheid on all fronts . |
| 21 | We are taking on Mr. McKeever from Crewe to help us with new waiting list initiatives in the Mersey region , and we are giving him £2 million to deal with some of the longer lists . |
| 22 | So the , the the only land that we are taking in is landlord land and the land that rich peasants rent out over and above , if er in size larger than the land they are going to continue to work , either themselves or with hired labour . |
| 23 | If we are to hold out any hope of a substantial improvement in the pay and conditions of the farm worker , therefore , trade unionism seems to offer a means of achieving these ends on only the largest farming enterprises , where plant bargaining above the AWB rates becomes a possibility . |
| 24 | Andrew Campbell here we are handing out advice well intentioned , but I wonder if er Russians and Kazakhstanis and all the rest are n't going to say mind your own business , leave us to sort this out . |
| 25 | And we are locked in with it … |
| 26 | We are setting up outreach around Glasgow Green , South Side and the Gorbals . |
| 27 | So starting with television , we said at the er , announcement of the Doulton , Camco demerger that we intended to develop further in the visual media , and so we are setting up a T D , T V division in which we 'll place all of our T V interests , at present just Thames , the investment in B Sky B and er , Yorkshire Tyne Tees , but watch this space , we e we intend to add to this er , division . |
| 28 | A spokesman said : ‘ They will all be individually counselled and we are setting up a job shop within the store and a hot-line in conjunction with the Department of Employment . |
| 29 | Following a recommendation from Surrey Teachers we are setting up a fund in memory of Ann McMillan , whose untimely death last July shocked everyone . |
| 30 | The Newson studies do , however , suggest ways of looking at the backgrounds of those children we are setting out to serve . |