Example sentences of "[prep] we [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And none of us admits to being alive when all this happened , we , that goes without saying . |
| 2 | The BOA 's humiliating decision is poor reward for their outstanding achievements and something , I believe , few of us wish to be associated with . |
| 3 | I want to please you — most of us like to be popular and enjoy pleasing other people . |
| 4 | Lifting her out of the water we were totally silent , and neither of us seemed to be willing to commit ourselves on a weight so we just put her in the sling and let the scales do the talking . |
| 5 | And er some of us seemed to be more awkward than others , I mean some people 's feet when you look at them and , and areas like that , that , you think well why did Jehovah make them like that , they 're so ugly and yet without them where would we be ? |
| 6 | Some of us seemed to be awkward and the truth , new and the truth , inexperienced , others seemed to be so polished do n't they ? |
| 7 | This is a mine-field which few of us admit to being trapped by . |
| 8 | None of us wants to be murdered , raped , or robbed ; none of us wants our property stolen , smashed , or destroyed , none of us wants our bodies punched , kicked , bitten , or tortured . |
| 9 | I think a lot of us want to be noticed — I know I do — and when we get dressed up , or put make-up on , it is n't to hide behind the make-up , like some people think , it 's to be noticed , to say : Look at me ! |
| 10 | er but we neither of us want to be |
| 11 | I mean if one can use a slightly awkward word like ‘ policing ’ , and I think there is a sense that none of us want to be acting as substitute parents and , you know , policing student behaviour in a way that suggests that they 're not yet fully mature . |
| 12 | A few of us may become angry , but most of us have to be pushed a long way before we abandon our normal passivity . |
| 13 | D' you think it 's very perverse of us to want to be together and yet keep finding ourselves apart ? ’ |
| 14 | Moreover , most of us seem to be so certain that a first edition is really a first edition . |
| 15 | If the pair of you would rather stay away , then so be it ; but you must not be surprised if the rest of us refuse to be inconvenienced by such behaviour . ’ |
| 16 | I had a friend , she now manages the Eurythmics with her husband , but at that time , none of us needed to be in such luxury but none of us said no if it was offered and DeFries always observed the Noel Coward code and said , ‘ You should travel through life first class . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Sorry , is it you or me , but one of us appears to be working in the first person . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Well , one of us has to be , ’ she said coolly as she moved forward , holding out her hand . |
| 19 | Each of us has to be committed to serving our customers whether the customers are members of the public , councillors or other members of staff . |
| 20 | ‘ One of us has to be sensible — ’ |
| 21 | Kids like us had to be tough in those days . |
| 22 | To begin with we need to be aware of the extra-discursive realities which environ these statements . |
| 23 | A mother penguin can find her very own youngster in a colony of several thousand , even after many days at sea , having left the young one to mill around on the ice with thousand of others which to us appear to be identical . |
| 24 | As well as using this guide and learning from practical experience , an important way of improving our service is for us to continue to be knowledgeable about the broader theory and practice of our work . |