Example sentences of "be [adv] we want [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know very often , in fact usually the best way of working things out is to go right back to the beginning is n't it , it , to start off at square one and the trouble is sometimes we want to start in the middle , we want to pick it up where we think we can come in and it does n't work that way , we 've got to go right back to the beginning , and what is it at the beginning , well we look to see how God , what God 's plan and his purpose for us is , how God made us , it tells us there in the book of Genesis in the first chapter in verse twenty seven , that God created us to be like himself and you 've got to look in the mirror and I 've got to look in the mirror , not just the glass mirror on the wall , but into the mirror of ourselves and realise we do n't have to be intellectuals , we do n't have to be astute observers , but even the very cursory of glances will show to us that were nothing like it , if God made you and me to be in his image , then something has gone wrong , but that 's how we started , that is how he made us and in making us to be like himself that does something tremendous because it gives to men and women , it gives to human kind a status and a responsibility in creation , he did not make you and me like the animals , no matter how wonderful their abilities are , they 've got tremendous instincts , they 've got tremendous homing instincts , how that tiny bird weighing , weighing less than an ounce can fly thousands and thousands of miles , for the first time and come back , six , nine months later to the very spot where it was hatched out of an nest , now you ca n't do it , I ca n't do it , but for all wonders that God has put into the , into his , to his creative to his , in , in his creation , in animals , in birds and in other creatures , he has done something that marks you and I humanity out above and beyond all his others creation , he has given to us a status and a responsibility |
| 2 | That is when we want to see the laws in action ’ . |
| 3 | because Youth and Carniki I knew are in the same building , which is why we wanted to see you |
| 4 | We are very concerned to learn of any shortfall in standards and this is why we want to hear from you if you encounter any problems . |
| 5 | It can be done also while the train is moving , which is why we want to know if there was anyone in the dome car who was unknown to you all . |
| 6 | That is why we want to make the Commission democratically accountable . |
| 7 | I hope that he will also accept that Conservative Members have used the existing procedure to delay legislation which they have disliked over the years , which is why we want to change it . |
| 8 | That 's why we want to stay in Hout Bay and most of us are working for them here in Hout Bay ; they should know that . |
| 9 | That 's why we want to learn . ’ |
| 10 | no of course you would n't , I do n't suppose Mr would , but the whole purpose of a brochure like this , is not necessary a dishonourable purpose , it 's a hook the punter , to use Mr elegant word , he want to make it so simple to hook the punter and make him or her say to himself that 's where we want to live and set their heart on it , that 's all the purpose of this brochure in it ? or is the |
| 11 | ‘ The only time John interfered editorially was when we wanted to introduce a character called The Milky Bar Yid . |