Example sentences of "[modal v] be on our [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a long drive back to London , so perhaps we should be on our way . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We really should be on our way , madam , ’ Dauntless said , with a stiff bow . |
| 3 | ‘ And now we must be on our way again , ’ Mr Carson said . |
| 4 | But if you want to tackle the problem at the source then we must be on our way soon . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We really must be on our way , ’ he murmured . |
| 6 | ‘ Two games against Barnsley have been tight this season and we must be on our guard . |
| 7 | ‘ The pendulum has swung back to us but we must be on our guard . |
| 8 | MacArthur 's waiting for word and then we 'll be on our way , do n't you fret yourself , Jim , son . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I 'll just go and tell Emmanuel to mind the shop and we 'll be on our way . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ As soon as Ah 've talked wi ’ Iris Sunderby we 'll be on our way . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It 's eight o'clock , and as soon as we 've had breakfast we 'll be on our way . ’ |
| 12 | They 'll be on our lawn next ! |
| 13 | I suppose they 'll be on our side now . ’ |
| 14 | I 'd hoped she 'd just pick me up and we 'd be on our way , but Ash had n't seen Aunt Ilsa for a long time and insisted on exchanging more than just pleasantries with her and Mr G. |
| 15 | ‘ Let's be on our way . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Let's be on our way . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Stop working yourself up over nothing , and let's be on our way . ’ |
| 18 | Well , let's be on our way . |
| 19 | And finally a group in the National Health Service who I never thought would be on our team , the pharmacists . |
| 20 | I prayed the weather would be on our side ; sometimes you can draw the wrong straw with the weather and you 're finished . |
| 21 | ‘ After the English Test we will be on our way home and that is how it should be . ’ |
| 22 | Soon we will be on our way . |
| 23 | I anticipate that both those matters will be on our agenda . |
| 24 | ‘ We will be on our guard in future — you can be sure of that . ’ |
| 25 | The King took the opportunity by the need to renew Bank of Scotland 's monopoly north of the Border and said in essence ( and in German ) ‘ No , we shall set up a new large bank , which will be on our side and which we shall call ‘ Royal . ’ |
| 26 | If anyone wants chapter and verse on this the erm address of the British Agro-chemicals Association who put out this literature will be on our fact sheet . |
| 27 | ‘ He must go , ’ fretted Rhodri , tramping the length of his solar like a caged wolf , ‘ or he 's a dead man , and his blood will be on our heads . |
| 28 | ‘ Rourke , ’ she said carefully , ‘ it 's cold out here , and I 'd be grateful if you 'd make a start in clearing up so that we can be on our way . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ If you 've finished petting my horse we can be on our way , ’ he rasped abruptly , annoyed at the direction of his thoughts . |
| 30 | Can I say finally Chairman , that I will be instigating a er a request er I shall be requesting I should say perhaps to the director of education that erm the three party spokesman on the management committee and all those officers who will be involved in implementing this decision will get together at the earliest and I 'm citing possibly next week so that we can be on our way to plan the next step forward to a concrete implementation of this particular proposal . |