Example sentences of "we be [vb pp] [adv] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have asked year after year and quite honestly we are fed up of being ignored , ’ she said , claiming Darlington health authority was the only one in the area which has no such post . |
| 2 | ‘ We are determined not to be beaten by whoever did this . ’ |
| 3 | We are set up to be competitive for the size and shape of projects that we are shooting for and the industries we are targeting . |
| 4 | Yes I think that over the course of our married life we had a number of moves for various reasons , generally to improve the accommodation , erm as standard of life increased so the desire to have a better house to live in or rather in those days a house was out of the question , we generally had rooms in a house , erm , they , the flat for instance that we were bombed out from was a basement flat , erm according to the estate agents it was a garden flat , erm and it meant that you had access to the front garden and the back garden , but as for being a garden flat it was below the level of the garden in the front and at the back it was on the level with the erm green grass at the back of the house , it was also along side of the trolley bus depot , so there it was considerably noisy , nevertheless it was a self contained flat , the first one we 'd had , no the second one we 'd had and we were perfectly happy there although of course it did have minor difficulties , the fact that you used the front door with people who had flats on the other remaining three floors , but nevertheless it did involve you in a certain amount of community living , you were aware of your neighbours , you had to be very conscious of them and they were very conscious of you . |
| 5 | An older history brought this idea forward to a new era : we were brought up to be simply grateful for being alive , guilty at the fact of our existence . |
| 6 | Of , we were brought up to be polite . |
| 7 | It 's a question of we were told always to be brief , it has to be brief , you ca n't say everything . |
| 8 | It ranged from er about eighteen foot long , sixteen to eighteen foot long , er twelve inches wide and five inches thick , and we was taught how to be able to handle these by balance . |