Example sentences of "[vb base] we [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect we were about three miles out to sea by now , though I could not smell any salt , hear any gulls or see any boats . |
| 2 | In all I expect we were about a dozen strong before taking departure for Malta from a point to the South of the Balearics . |
| 3 | By putting them through the assessment and certification process we are demonstrating that confidence , as well as showing our commitment to quality assurance . |
| 4 | Well I I apologise we 're not trying to mislead you er Mr Chairman in any way . |
| 5 | ‘ I suggest we are talking about a murderer rather than murderers . |
| 6 | The answer to the third question may lie in the socio-economic characteristics of Blacks and Whites living in these areas , which suggest we were not in fact comparing ‘ like with like . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps I 'm being obtuse , but why should our visit to Nice suggest we were shopping for drugs ? |
| 8 | Sergeant Nafi gives me a knowing look and I realise we are about to see a repeat performance of the Greek tragedy play . |
| 9 | The public infrastructure founded years ago when we felt rich patently does not deliver a quality of service we think we deserve — just at the time we realise we are not as rich as we thought . |
| 10 | A Ford spokesman said : ‘ I refute we 're trying to take advantage of price reductions as a result of the abolition of the car tax . |
| 11 | We are the paying customer , we are the boss and what we want we are entitled to get . |
| 12 | I 'll save it 'til we 're safe . |
| 13 | When in the same issue the journal reviewed Why Men Forget we are reminded of just how many social melodramas there were for this film showed a Socialist spokesman being discharged from a factory and ‘ denouncing wealth in no uncertain terms ’ before inheriting wealth and marrying a society girl and finally deciding to return to the poor folk from whence he came . |
| 14 | ‘ I say we are all leaders . |
| 15 | And say we are coming in no time at all . ’ |
| 16 | We say we are thirsty when we mean that we fancy a glass of wine , a pint of beer , a gin and tonic or a shot of whisky — the pleasure of naming our poison — at the end of a busy day or tiresome week . |
| 17 | ‘ Exactly who we say we are , ’ said the man , looking surprised . |
| 18 | Let no one say we are lagging behind . ’ |
| 19 | According to Shaw : ‘ If we do what we say we are going to do for investors they will put up the money for T&L if it has a good acquisition opportunity . |
| 20 | The DTI says you are a company first and a charity next , but we say we are a charity first . |
| 21 | ‘ We say we are three plus one who needs help . |
| 22 | He says : ‘ If people say we are crazy that 's fine by us . |
| 23 | Now , that 's really great to me because I mean , you 're really stimulating the youngsters at that age , and quite obviously I could tell you loads of stories the way this neighbourhood engineers er er , scheme works at the moment but as I say we are embarrassed at the moment because , quite obviously , loads of school want us to participate but we got a very shortage of engineers . |
| 24 | They say we are the turkeys but you better believe , We 'll be doing all the stuffing , In the Mid-Counties Combination League . |
| 25 | " Some of the older boys at school say we are nothing more than dancing puppets of the French ! " |
| 26 | But we have a major domestic and international economic crisis ; the Europeans and Japanese are a competitive problem ; even some Americans say we are no longer a world power . |
| 27 | Erm as I say we are known in the village and this is , er this is what it 's all about . |
| 28 | We either say we are serious and look for ways to achieve that or we say we 've failed . |
| 29 | which one identifies , there 's a kind of feeling erm you know , we 're , we 're the members and there 's something special about us and er at the best we 're sorry for the non-members , we 'd like to have more of them and so we might proselytize and preach the gospel , you know you know throw away your idioms , become or in the worst possible way we might be an exclusive group and say we are , we are erm special , we are we , we know the truth and everybody else is infidels and you know they should be killed or driven out or or in some ways discriminated against because they 're wrong and we 're right . |
| 30 | However , Wilkinson insists Leeds can be champions again this season , saying : ‘ People ask me if we are going to win the championship again and I say we are . |