Example sentences of "[verb] we [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I expect we were about three miles out to sea by now , though I could not smell any salt , hear any gulls or see any boats . |
| 2 | In all I expect we were about a dozen strong before taking departure for Malta from a point to the South of the Balearics . |
| 3 | As the Gospel narrative unfolds we are quickly made aware that the good news signifies more than rescue from divine wrath . |
| 4 | After the wheat had been harvested and the rice transplanted we were no longer needed , and took the same train back to Raxaul , leaving the buffalo grazing , Goshai fishing and villagers making their offerings under the holy tree . |
| 5 | ‘ You mean does she know we are here together now ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ And the more prominent position in the middle of the busy Finaghy shopping area will let people know we are here and publicise the services we offer . |
| 7 | But Johansson warned : ‘ If somebody has ideas he should know we are always prepared to discuss it . |
| 8 | So long as the Americans are only afraid that we might land on this island , and do n't know we 're already here , they will pay no attention to our activities . |
| 9 | Now quick , do you know we 're fucking shaking , mm |
| 10 | Or letting anyone know we 're here , Polly thought . |
| 11 | ‘ How do they know we 're here ? ’ |
| 12 | They do n't know we 're here , ’ she explained . |
| 13 | Devlin said , ‘ I was wondering — does the Reichsführer know we 're here ? ’ |
| 14 | How did she know we 're here ? |
| 15 | Do you know we 're actually , on some cases we 're actually stealing their thunder . |
| 16 | No , so we do n't know we 're really safe in some premises , because the District Council may not have asked . |
| 17 | Did you not know we were here ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Nevertheless , ’ Benjamin answered , ‘ Vauban did know we were here . |
| 19 | Did you know we were originally a record plugging show ? |
| 20 | But we have a major domestic and international economic crisis ; the Europeans and Japanese are a competitive problem ; even some Americans say we are no longer a world power . |
| 21 | It 's o onl only a thought anyway , we just , as I say we 're just erm we 're mulling it over and it has n't the jobs have n't even come up yet , but erm it 's , it 's it 's a means to a |
| 22 | Say we 're quite prepared to make a contribution , mm . |
| 23 | They should be doing that work , if they 're asking us to design a remit , price it and then they 're using that remit to get prices from other people , er I would suggest that , that we perhaps ought to have words with our clients on that basis a and say we 're quite happy to tender in competition but erm i you ought to give it a little bit of thought before you actually put the thing . |
| 24 | Could have said , if if if the finances of that , depends on selling alcohol , then , I think it 's time Norwich City Council made a stand , and say we 're only going to sell non-alcoholic drinks . |
| 25 | ‘ Say we were too small fry for them . |
| 26 | concrete stairs and , George nearly killed himself on them one morning , but er , and we tried everything to get out of there you know , no one would exchange a two bedroom maisonette for a house and of course I longed for a garden , but , and er George got a job in Hatfield and they offered this three bedroom house The Commission for The New Town , rent was cheaper than here , so we moved over there , but er , as I say we were only there two , three years and we came back again , we were over here , we used to come over here three times a week , when we lived there did n't we ? |
| 27 | We finally emerged into the sunshine again to find we were no longer alone in this forbidding place . |
| 28 | During this rather curious period when one 's thoughts are free to wander we are sometimes aware that the quality of sensation we are used to when awake has changed . |
| 29 | I mean when we 're walking we are actually falling the whole time , but insects are not like that , they do n't stand on three and pick up the other three . |
| 30 | ‘ But we 'd just like them to know we are as terribly unhappy as they are . ’ |