Example sentences of "we were [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we were er were living all on the road so we were expecting to be supplied by vans . |
| 2 | We were taught to be polite and pleasant . ’ |
| 3 | We were taught to be thrifty . |
| 4 | This time we were determined to be first . |
| 5 | There seemed to be a great urgency to get married , to live in London and start a family because we were trying to be the same as everyone else . |
| 6 | We could n't realise who was doing it , but it was very mixed up , so we were trying to be as neutral as possible , without getting dragged into it directly . |
| 7 | We were hoping to be able to work with the , that . |
| 8 | We were too far out now to risk heading in : we were bound to be caught smack in the impact zone . |
| 9 | But then , as RSPB members we were bound to be biased ! |
| 10 | Two of us decided in favour of The Sunday Times and against Mrs Thatcher , and those two did n't give a damn for Mrs Thatcher , we each of us decided it was a matter of principle , knowing that we were bound to be criticised , whatever we did , and we decided it , and there 's an end of it . |
| 11 | It would be too bad if the Panzers overran our positions and we were found to be in our stocking feet . |
| 12 | You do n't have to go on about , ‘ I love you , you love me , we were meant to be ’ . |
| 13 | I guess we were meant to be , however much we try to fight it . |
| 14 | I guess we were meant to be , however much we try to fight it . |
| 15 | I knew — it sounds corny — but I knew we were meant to be , that we were simpático . ’ |
| 16 | well we were considered to be fortunate that we did n't , we only had a small percentage that we had a problem with |
| 17 | ‘ When we were waiting to be questioned by the police , Doug Wilson was saying that Rodney had been making a play for Angy and hinting that he might have got somewhere . ’ |
| 18 | On the one hand , we were encouraged to be young ladies , polite , modest , and considerate towards others , especially those who belonged to the lower social orders . |
| 19 | We were told to be very careful about what we said and done when you were around , like . |
| 20 | But , wherever we went , whatever we did , we were accompanied by the innate , subconscious awareness that we were expected to be grateful . |
| 21 | This house was to be Lovat 's Brigade H.Q and it appeared that we were going to be there on high ground for some time . |
| 22 | It appeared that we were going to be there for some time . |
| 23 | After eight months the Chinese said we were going to be tried , but one month before the trial we were released . |
| 24 | He was angry because of the circumstances ; I was angry because I thought we were going to be robbed of the Open . |
| 25 | But that if they did not make progress we were going to be in a really difficult situation which might have military overtones as well . |
| 26 | For God 's sake , Vi , we were going to be married . |
| 27 | And if we were going to be bored , and we were usually bored , rarely being self-motivated , we could at least be bored on our own terms , lying smashed on mattresses in ruined houses rather than working in the machine . |
| 28 | We put enough rehearsal in to know we were going to be okay ; it was n't people just going up there and jamming . ’ |
| 29 | Before , we were just listening to everybody else telling us to keep on playing and carry on doing this and that , but that was really just because they were afraid we were going to be a flash in the pan . |
| 30 | I thought that we were going to be able to love without fear . |