Example sentences of "we be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another reads : ‘ Where would we be without that much-maligned virtue , vanity ! ’ |
| 2 | Where would we be without the |
| 3 | Love , sex , marriage … where would we be without them , and not necessarily in that order , either . |
| 4 | " Mind you , where would we be without it ? " |
| 5 | ‘ But where would we be without the farmer and the bus-driver ? |
| 6 | Where would we be without all the trash ? |
| 7 | But then I thought , Where would we be without the night watchmen of the world , guys with the talent to ignore totally what 's staring the rest of us in the eyeballs and tell us , in a good firm voice , preferably with a couple of well-chosen statistics how well it all is ? |
| 8 | Where would we be without our dedicated Chairman of our Training , Publicity , Finance and Membership Services Sub-Committees , our hardworking Treasurer , our National Development Officer , who is employed part-time , and our full-time Secretary ? |
| 9 | Were they really placed as milestones or could we be on the track of the elusive mark stones of great antiquity ? |
| 10 | ‘ Can we be on our way ? ’ |
| 11 | And the more dubious must we be of sweeping generalisations made on the basis of such statistics . |
| 12 | Can we be of any assistance ? |
| 13 | Our first daughter , Lewis-Ann , sometimes complained : ‘ Why ca n't we be like normal families and go to France or Greece ? ’ she would moan . |
| 14 | And so you go back and you say to your brother I just can not give this , it 's impossible you see , well should we be like that ? |
| 15 | how specific shall we be in defining each person 's duties ? |
| 16 | I mean , for a start we 've got twenty five pence in the pound tax rate , where will we be in five years time ? |
| 17 | Only when we have established the facts will we be in a position to make moves to change the situation , and we need your assistance to establish the present position . |
| 18 | Only after causatives have been studied from this point of view both in English and in other languages will we be in a position to attempt valid generalizations across languages . |
| 19 | Why might we , we be in big trouble if it 's a problem ? |
| 20 | Information then became available at people 's fingertips and when Mr Fallon launched the Echo on CD-Rom he said : ‘ Let us be in no doubt as to the importance of this new resource for schools , business users and the community . ’ |