Example sentences of "[conj] we were [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two of us decided in favour of The Sunday Times and against Mrs Thatcher , and those two did n't give a damn for Mrs Thatcher , we each of us decided it was a matter of principle , knowing that we were bound to be criticised , whatever we did , and we decided it , and there 's an end of it . |
| 2 | Obviously the maid was disguised in view of the fact that we were known to be looking for two women travelling together . |
| 3 | I think when we were , as far as I can remember is when we were sent either letters of , letters to warn us that we were gon na be dismissed if we did n't turn up for work or either when we were dismissed . |
| 4 | But , wherever we went , whatever we did , we were accompanied by the innate , subconscious awareness that we were expected to be grateful . |
| 5 | This house was to be Lovat 's Brigade H.Q and it appeared that we were going to be there on high ground for some time . |
| 6 | It appeared that we were going to be there for some time . |
| 7 | I thought that we were going to be able to love without fear . |
| 8 | So I 'm a little tired of that and I was very happy to hear that we were going to be exchanging ideas about how we can go forward . |
| 9 | Clearly if I had been aware that we were going to be talking about the merits of other routes , then I would have prepared a different statement . |
| 10 | We could n't realise who was doing it , but it was very mixed up , so we were trying to be as neutral as possible , without getting dragged into it directly . |
| 11 | It would be too bad if the Panzers overran our positions and we were found to be in our stocking feet . |
| 12 | We were clear , and we were going to be rich . |
| 13 | And if we were going to be bored , and we were usually bored , rarely being self-motivated , we could at least be bored on our own terms , lying smashed on mattresses in ruined houses rather than working in the machine . |
| 14 | In the mid eighties we decided that if we were going to be one of the super unions , we had to be amalgamation-friendly . |
| 15 | There seemed to be a great urgency to get married , to live in London and start a family because we were trying to be the same as everyone else . |
| 16 | I think as much as anything he was testing our mood on whether or not , whether we were going to be helpful or . |
| 17 | ‘ When we were waiting to be questioned by the police , Doug Wilson was saying that Rodney had been making a play for Angy and hinting that he might have got somewhere . ’ |