Example sentences of "[adv] we [verb] [prep] be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It was extraordinary , but suddenly we seemed to be on quite different terms .
2 By tonight we want to be in a position to win the match in the Singles … "
3 If we were all hay fever prone , then whenever we happened to be in a place where the pollen count was high , our eyes would start streaming and our noses running .
4 Last year we had an irritating habit of losing ; now we seem to be in a nasty spell of drawing matches .
5 Sometimes we seem to be in an almost oriental land of Byzantine decoration , sun and olives ; at other times sleighs and snowy mountains provide the backing for action .
6 yes , I know that , but I 'm just explaining how we come to be in Liverpool !
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