Example sentences of "we [modal v] be [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm then , you know we should be back without any problem by er quarter past four . |
| 2 | We should be back in half an hour or so . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We must be back by six o'clock . |
| 4 | We 'll be through by 10:00 and you may find it interesting and useful . |
| 5 | We 'll be up in five minutes . ’ |
| 6 | There she blows , it 's your mama hello , yeah we 've been up half er , since half past , about eight o'clock yeah , we 'll be round at nine o'clock , okay , bye . |
| 7 | Watching him , Polly saw his jaw tighten , but all he said was , ‘ It looks as if we might be in for another blow . ’ |
| 8 | But the wins against Northampton , Bristol and Harlequins showed we could be up in 2nd or 3rd spot . |
| 9 | We could be in for another round of musical manager 's chairs |
| 10 | We could be in for some dramatic sea level changes because of climatic change ; volcanic action could have quite a bearing on that . |
| 11 | After all , as Dad quite rightly explained , if the entire country flung its brushed nylon to the winds , we 'd be out of detached splendour and into the gutter within a week . |
| 12 | ‘ I said we 'd be back by half past six and we are , ’ Carrie said . |
| 13 | I trust we shall be back in two years from the time we left England … |
| 14 | We shall be down to 80 per cent . |
| 15 | ‘ On November 1 they told us that normal Christmas arrangements would apply — that we would work for most of the holiday period — then they dropped this bombshell on November 22 and said we would be off for two weeks . |