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 ! |