Example sentences of "we be [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the sort of situation which leads to our distinguishing ‘ ourselves as we feel ourselves to be ’ and ‘ ourselves as we are to others ’ . |
| 2 | We are not against unions , we are for unions , unions can be very useful not only for their members but also for the management , we recognise that . |
| 3 | All of us have an informal way of speaking when we are with friends and in social settings . |
| 4 | Just think how tangled up we are with pigs , how we love to hate ourselves as pigs , and how easy it is to turn a pig into a person . |
| 5 | ‘ Here we are at loggerheads with the rival practice , and I 've gone and fallen in love with Robert 's assistant and he with me . |
| 6 | Mrs. Campbell hoped that a tide waiter 's post might be found for the man , but there was more to it than charity , for , as she advised her cousin , William Anderson 's brother was a rich baker who had lately filled the office of deacon convener of trades in Stirling , and ‘ as he has a near connection with severalls in the present management I wish if possible you could fall on a way to get this small thing for him , it wou 'd make a noise amongest the folks to see that we are at pains to do for them ’ . |
| 7 | Finally , we are at pains to stress that , despite all the arrows in Figure 1.2 , we do not believe that human actions and beliefs are mechanistically determined . |
| 8 | It saw itself as primarily a teaching institution and Lindop underlined that ‘ we are at pains to ensure that we recruit staff who share our view of the primacy of teaching ’ , and the Polytechnic was requiring new and inexperienced staff to attend an in-service training programme of about 250 hours in their first year . |
| 9 | So , if gives evidence , having become competent because he has pleaded guilty , erm , then we can cross-examine him , but we are in difficulties if we then bring up his previous convictions attack his credibility . |
| 10 | ‘ We are in discussions , ’ said an ABC spokesman . |
| 11 | We are in negotiations with the local authority for planning permission , and we hope to obtain it for housing on some of that land . |
| 12 | It is freezing cold and here we are in lessons ready to get completely bored by our headmaster Mr Jimmy |
| 13 | We are in arrears but we 're gon na be |
| 14 | This describes where we are in terms of an overall structure . |
| 15 | Knowing where we are in terms of the way in which we are tricked into having bad . |
| 16 | Er , at some time during the course of tomorrow morning , I 'll try and bring you up to date as to where we are in terms of the items that have fell off the agenda so far . |
| 17 | Surrounded as we are by solutions of all kinds , each one supported by persuasive evidence of attested success , we can not but be tempted into the belief that somewhere among them there will be one which matches our particular teaching problem and which can therefore be slotted into our situation like a cassette or a computer programme . |
| 18 | ‘ We are amongst friends . ’ |
| 19 | Certainly , as far as we are concerned we are after cattle from the periphery of our patch , that is North Wales and Lancashire . |
| 20 | We are like sutlers , bringing them water and nuts , |
| 21 | ’ We are against doctrines that endorse the export of revolution or counter-revolution . ’ |
| 22 | But it firmly rejected any idea of reforming the system , saying : ‘ We are against suggestions and demonstrations which aim to lead people astray and change the constitutional basis of our state . ’ |
| 23 | We 're under starters orders for the National Hunt season . |
| 24 | Very quick , erm for the new route to already got all his plates for Munich , erm we 're under negotiations with |
| 25 | So we 're into Macros straight away , and by the end of the chapter you 'll have created and used two of your very own with the help of the usual ‘ this is what you do ’ step guide and those oh-so-reassuring screen diagrams . |
| 26 | It 's because we 're at loggerheads , Rosie . |
| 27 | But we all get changed in the same room when we 're at concerts . |
| 28 | Hello , we 're at fisticuffs here . |
| 29 | ‘ We 're at pains to stress this is n't a protest , but we were here for rest and recreation , ’ he said , ‘ so if I ca n't send my men ashore ; there 's not much point in staying . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ This road we 're on looks to be the shorter way now . |