Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] we [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Fergusson had maintained , when they first stood before the haloed mountain , that there were two explanations of everything , that each required the exercise of faith , and that we had been given free will in order that we might choose between them . |
| 2 | Much of the general comment has been that quality improvement is just common sense and that we have been doing it all of the time anyway . |
| 3 | Two Spanish climbers above us were working on the overhanging 6b pitches and although we 'd been told you could aid the whole section it was obvious from the stance that the bolts were too far apart . |
| 4 | ‘ We are established in many other sports , including the Johnnie Walker Ryder Cup , the RAC Rally , the Silk Cut Derby at Hickstead , the Benson and Hedges Snooker Masters at Wembley , the Volvo European PGA Tour and the British Grand Prix ’ , explains Delahunty , ‘ and although we have been in tennis since 1985 when Stella Artois first commissioned us , I still look at tennis as a growth area . |
| 5 | We 've not given anything away and if we 've been affected by other pressures — England , injuries and the like — then okay . |
| 6 | And if we 've been filled with the Holy Spirit , then we should have the evidence to go with it . |
| 7 | The time difference between London and Mexico City is six hours , and because we had been travelling with the sun , it was still quite high in the sky as we descended into the sepia haze that hung over the whole flat expanse of what had once been a great lake . |
| 8 | She greeted us with a cheerful smile , and whereas we had been anxious to avoid her for fear she should forbid us to bring our tree into the house , she astonished us by saying : " Hullo , dearies . |
| 9 | Then at the hotel , he was recognized and before we had been there for five minutes Radio Gibraltar was down to interview him . |
| 10 | And as we 've been singing we just want those words to be true in our experience . |
| 11 | This is n't always possible as we saw last year and as we have been reminded , that was not an easy decision and in fact it 's one of the reasons that we have n't put extra money into the primary schools this year . |
| 12 | I do hope the members will recognise that the service has not be sitting on its laurels er between inspectors ' reports but that we have been modelling on one quarterly to er correct any omissions with respect to boundary or to make the necessary improvements in the service erm as , as recommended by the inspect and supported by members . |
| 13 | But once we 've been through , once we 've had our pre-meeting , |
| 14 | She was ambitious , and I liked that — but if we 'd been married her ambitions and mine would have clashed at every turn . ’ |
| 15 | But if we 'd been my family |
| 16 | But since we 've been on the flats , there 's probably been half a dozen muggings . |
| 17 | No we did n't because I had bought various things , I like antiques so does my husband , I 'd bought various things while he was away in this erm , the card table and er , I had a new place of stuff , er but since we 've been , but we had odd chairs did n't we ? |
| 18 | Done nothing at all in their house , but since we 've been here in doing this and that , every things been changed now in it ? |