Example sentences of "be [verb] we [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are absolutely thrilled that Daiwa will be helping us in such an effective way . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ They seemed to be using us as a last resort . |
| 3 | There are no conditions specifically attached under the IDO but of course we have obligations — the county minerals officer will be pursuing us for restoration quite rightly — what we 'd like to do is go beyond the basic restoration and make it much better . |
| 4 | The policy seems to be to segregate us from the Chinese as regards eating , sleeping travel , etc. as much as possible , but mainly for our own comfort , so that we can enjoy a higher standard of life than the Chinese themselves could expect . |
| 5 | Yet familiarity may be blinding us to equal intelligence expressed by animals far closer to home . |
| 6 | ‘ What will she be testing us on this afternoon ? ’ a small girl asked . |
| 7 | Our client should be presenting us with a sheaf of paper with pink ribbon round it , saying , we would like a tender on that , fixed fee , by two weeks on Tuesday , or whatever . |
| 8 | They 'll be expecting us in the house . ’ |
| 9 | Will you be joining us for lunch ? |
| 10 | ‘ … and this is Folly , who will be joining us for the first time this weekend . |
| 11 | ‘ Something tells me you wo n't be joining us for dinner tonight . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I gather you 're going to be joining us for the world cruise ? ’ |
| 13 | The only other er notice I 've got for you is that tomorrow I forgot to put it on the notices tomorrow we 've got a lot of visitors in school there 's about er thirty five of them coming over who are likely to be joining us in the lower sixth next September er lessons with the lower sixth to find out what erm what lessons are like you know okay . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , however , Tony Walker will not be joining us until mid July , but I hope branches will be able to get going under their own steam in the meantime . |
| 15 | In fact , I remember Mr Simpson , the landlord of the Ploughman 's Arms , saying once that were he an American bartender , he would not be chatting to us in that friendly , but ever-courteous manner of his , but instead would be assaulting us with crude references to our vices and failings , calling us drunks and all manner of such names , in his attempt to fulfil the role expected of him by his customers . |
| 16 | ‘ If Britain were seen as the cause of Maastricht 's failure , relegation to the second division of influence would be staring us in the face , ’ he warned . |
| 17 | We have done some work with your offices on that , and whilst on most of your activities are n't happy with er the scale of such that it does cause me a problem , there is one particular area that we are in discussion with the Chief Executive , and your offices relating to doing work for other bodies to and the contract vehicle hire service , and er , that 's something which we will and no doubt will be brought us in the very near future . |
| 18 | I felt that hidden eyes must be observing us from behind bushes and tree-trunks . |
| 19 | Some people back there would be cursing us for raising so much dust . |
| 20 | My son will be out in six months and Mrs Gillick will be taking us under her wing in the absence of your good self . |
| 21 | Sometimes we may be able to identify a particular stress or problem which may be affecting us in our inability to sleep . |
| 22 | Perhaps you will be putting us in jail ! " |
| 23 | Everyone will be avoiding us like the plague if we take this there with us ! |
| 24 | , our long serving secretary will be leaving us at the end of May . |
| 25 | ‘ Can we tek it then that thoo 'll be leaving us for this land of milk and honey ? ’ |
| 26 | Well , next week , will be telling us about another one of these very controversial books , wo n't you ? |
| 27 | He will be advising us on ways and means forward ’ , Haines subsequently made it clear that he will not be an impotent lackey . |
| 28 | As we said , we would n't be on the picket line now , and indeed the Union would not be backing us in what is proving to be a long and fairly expensive dispute , if we did n't believe that we had a very good chance of getting our jobs back and re-establishing the Union in Pergammon Press . |
| 29 | At least the German infantry wo n't be attacking us from across the field in front of our positions , as long as this barrage keeps up . |
| 30 | ‘ Could Hitler be lulling us into a false sense of security ? ’ |