Example sentences of "but we [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will doubtless say we are lucky , but we just happen to be house-owners with a steady income , like millions of others . |
| 2 | But , she said I 'm pleased with him so far , but we still got to be careful that 's why she made him have this collar . |
| 3 | In contrast to the pervading mood of fear and uncertainty of last year , the atmosphere from 17 to 22 June this year was one of resignation : the crisis is upon us ; there 's no end to it in sight , but we still have to be here . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , he was very generous to all his friends , but we always seemed to be in the wrong line . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Boro may have lost a couple of home games , but we always seem to be the whipping boys who allow teams to regain their form . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ But we always tried to be more sympathetic than most , and went out of our way to work with the people who wanted to use our stuff . |
| 7 | With an uncertain outlook for nineteen ninety three from our point of view it 's absolutely crucial to get costs in line we had obviously done cost-cutting during the previous two years , but we really needed to be sure that if revenues were not going to increase , we should n't wait for a recovery to bail us out . |