Example sentences of "we [being] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sister Bell threw herself over the body of the child , the repetitive tap of the bullets told us were we being especially dive-bombed , and shot up . |
| 2 | And whose ideal are we being offered ? |
| 3 | Evidence for their complaint was provided by the invaluable 1985 survey by the Gays and Broadcasting Project , the results of which were published in the pamphlet Are We Being Served ? . |
| 4 | Are we being invited to invest chimpanzees with an incipient grasp of mimetic theory for good measure ? |
| 5 | Following Section 1.3 we being with Definition 1.9.1 ( cf 1.3.1 ) Let f , g ε Q[x] . |
| 6 | Why are we being kept outside ? … ’ |
| 7 | Even so — are we being manipulated ? he thought . |
| 8 | And then , are we being bewitched ? |
| 9 | Are we being honest ? ’ |
| 10 | We saw them off at the airfield , we being Sogono and myself . |
| 11 | Are we being bombarded by so many messages from so many different charities that we forget last month 's cause in favour of the latest one ? |
| 12 | the honourary member continues er are we being treated to a rerun of the speech made recently because I think it would be more appropriate if the honourable member discussed the orders tonight , otherwise there will be a bit a pruning from the chair . |
| 13 | Are we being recorded ? |
| 14 | Are we being recorded ? |
| 15 | But are we being realistic ? |
| 16 | What do you mean by us being set in our ways ? ’ he asked , the tone of his voice changing when he put the question . |
| 17 | Glenys Ingham of Deptford constituency women 's section said : ‘ Some of us feel very angry about the way the system of submitting speakers ’ cards is being used to stop us being called . ’ |
| 18 | Attention will be focused on the event staged to mark the death of the prominent person , and in essence this is little different from any of us being involved in the funeral arrangements for a family member or friend . |
| 19 | He seemed to settle finally for us , us being the police , or at least the fact-seekers and , clearing his throat , he told me that his men with grappling irons and magnets had missed finding the floorboards the first time , probably because the floorboards were n't magnetic . |
| 20 | Ian Bond , the liquidator , said yesterday : ‘ Without the order , we were concerned that some litigants would have won summary judgment in their favour without us being able to defend ourselves properly . |
| 21 | We have not chosen to think these thoughts , our mind has just started to think them without us being aware of what we are thinking . |
| 22 | ‘ She ca n't bear us being grown up , ’ Eve hissed . |
| 23 | At no point had any of us been told the procedure that would lead to us being selected to start our basic training . |
| 24 | ( Paragraph indentations occur between sentences 6 and 7 and 7 and 8. ) 1 Reflex actions are processes which occur within the body and are important to us in that they sometimes prevent us being seriously injured . |
| 25 | And both of us being free spirits at the time . ’ |
| 26 | Since there was no question of us being able to invest in a cargo ourselves , let alone afford to charter the empty vessel , our only solution lay in returning to Makassar and attempting to persuade our Chinese friends to raise the merchandise themselves and to send us along as its stewards and guardians . |
| 27 | He said , ‘ Now , I 'm sure you can see that there 's no future in all of us being found here . ’ |
| 28 | I 've thought and thought about us — about us being together like this , and whether you really loved me and how it feels when you kiss me . ’ |
| 29 | A couple of months ago he wanted to come back but I said there 's no way he 'd come back here without us being married . |
| 30 | And the performance , both at this branch and as a spin off , our city centre branch in Street , which has benefited from us being here , and the contacts we m we 've made while been here . |