Example sentences of "[conj] we [vb mod] be [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paddy and I shared the neurosis of spending longer than necessary calculating where we would be on what date if we maintained that day 's speed . |
| 2 | " Exactly where we 'd be without them . |
| 3 | ‘ So you 'd better hurry please , or we 'll be for it . ’ |
| 4 | In our day to day living , in our living , in our service for him , in our worship , in our relationships with one another , in our thinking , our motives , our our everything about us that we may be like him . |
| 5 | ‘ Rourke , ’ she said carefully , ‘ it 's cold out here , and I 'd be grateful if you 'd make a start in clearing up so that we can be on our way . ’ |
| 6 | Can I say finally Chairman , that I will be instigating a er a request er I shall be requesting I should say perhaps to the director of education that erm the three party spokesman on the management committee and all those officers who will be involved in implementing this decision will get together at the earliest and I 'm citing possibly next week so that we can be on our way to plan the next step forward to a concrete implementation of this particular proposal . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll just go and tell Emmanuel to mind the shop and we 'll be on our way . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ And we 'll be in your office this afternoon to discuss it further … ’ |
| 9 | We shall see him says John , and we shall be like him . |
| 10 | I 'd hoped she 'd just pick me up and we 'd be on our way , but Ash had n't seen Aunt Ilsa for a long time and insisted on exchanging more than just pleasantries with her and Mr G. |
| 11 | " Clearly , your son is guilty of trespass , and we should be within our rights to hand him over to the Justices , " Sir Gregory said , standing very straight-backed by the table , while Harry glowered at him from the hearth . |
| 12 | ‘ Two games against Barnsley have been tight this season and we must be on our guard . |
| 13 | ‘ If that gal gets to the keeper 's cottage he 'll phone the police an' we 'll be for it . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ The pendulum has swung back to us but we must be on our guard . |
| 15 | We shall need to be more flexible in the way we handle retirement , and as generous as we can be to what is fortunately a declining proportion of the retired — that is , those who rely entirely on their State pension . |