Example sentences of "[vb base] we [be] [adv] [adj] " 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 | He adds : ‘ What people mean when they say we 're not efficient is that they would prefer to have a higher quality of service . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ What people mean when they say we 're not efficient is that they would prefer to have a higher quality of service . ’ |
| 4 | Say we 're quite prepared to make a contribution , mm . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ We have not played well enough in any department and we have got to hold our hands up and say we were not good enough . |
| 7 | ‘ Say we were too small fry for them . |
| 8 | Many of us who are parents — especially those of us who are single parents or working mothers — worry we are not perfect . |
| 9 | ‘ And I hope we 're both mature enough to treat each other with civility and respect for the few remaining days we 're forced to spend together . ’ |
| 10 | I just hope we 're not sorry about it later , that 's all . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I hope we 're not disturbing you at lunchtime , ’ Juliet began . |
| 12 | No , let us be quite honest . |
| 13 | Let us be quite clear about terminology . |
| 14 | And let us be quite clear that the fact that any particular system does n't go on for ever does n't mean it was n't God 's will when it came in . |
| 15 | As John Allen , chaplain to the Bishop of Chester , put it in an Assize Sermon preached at Chester in April 1682 : " Let us be as zealous and couragious and industrious too , to support , and preserve the Government both in Church and State , as they [ the Whigs and Nonconformists ] are stubbornly bent , and furiously acted to demolish and destroy it : While we have good Laws , for God 's sake , let us live and act according to them ; and let them have their course upon All those , that do violate , affront , and defie them " . |
| 16 | But let us be perfectly clear about the scale of what is involved . |
| 17 | I stress we are not anti-Europe and nor was this meant to be a mischievous motion , but we are very distrustful about any deal negotiated by any member of this government . |
| 18 | I fear we are no nearer to enlisting The Princess 's co-operation . |
| 19 | I mean we 're not sure |
| 20 | I mean you know Colin Moore 's such a handful really I mean we 're always worried every time he got the ball . |
| 21 | Our links with the Post Office mean we 're always hungry for your cash . |
| 22 | I mean we 're so busy with our own we do n't really you know we do n't we do n't feel at all upstaged by the lodge I think you know we just work together really you know because it makes sense you know I do n't think there 's no big |
| 23 | But you can not expect I mean we was actually lucky there was a job there now , when it closed down . |
| 24 | but I mean we were n't broad . |
| 25 | Well well I can say it now really four have taken the R S A one exam , and and did very well though very nervous but er er and but they sat there and they did it which was superb I mean we were as nervous as they were sitting in here . |
| 26 | I mean we were very fortunate in having been app er apprenticed under him you see . |
| 27 | We had an early night , I mean we were literally shattered ! |
| 28 | Gentlemen , I I do want to make a point because I know we 're not ready for elected Mayors or cabinet governments but I do think we c we can do a lot more to er improve our own internal workings here . |
| 29 | They know we 're not anti-gay , or we hate this or we hate that . |
| 30 | I know we 're not supposed to solicit jobs for ourselves , but — ’ |