Example sentences of "we [verb] [verb] [prep] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ But all the time , that poor line we kept hearing about was of crucial significance , but for a totally different reason ! |
2 | Maybe Vic is right after all , we do need to be at our best . |
3 | Oh , we do like to be beside the seaside . |
4 | Erm , but I did n't prime the previous speaker who spoke so nicely er , about N C V O even though we do seem to be in a mutual admiration society . |
5 | What we do object to is in their cynical use on stretches of open road and motorways as a means of penalising motorists for doing something that causes no danger to anybody . |
6 | a member of the G M B. I 'm proud to say that I 'm a trade unionist , and I 'm proud to say that I 'm a Socialist , and if I 'm gon na remain that , and if we 're gon na carry that message forward , we 've got ta be on the move , we 've got ta do it , we 've got ta carry it forward , we ca n't afford to muddle our way through . |
7 | He says we 've got to be on the road by nine o'clock at the latest . ’ |
8 | Because I 'm going to help her with her paper round tomorrow so she can get it done early — the people do n't come before 7 and we 've got to be at the bus terminus by 8.30 ; because that 's when we 've arranged to meet — ; meet our friends of course and so if I help her with her round she can get it done in time . |
9 | Nanny 's not going without you , we 're just going to get in another car park , right but nanny 's got to nip in that shop quickly cos look , we 're late picking Ben up , we 've only got ten minutes and we 've got to be at , be at the nursery , alright , and nanny 's gone into that shop and we 're now gon na drive round the other side of that , that square and then erm , nanny will be back , alright ? |
10 | Nobody 's going to tell us that we 've got to be at work by f , half past eight . |
11 | And er so er er I said to my friend , like me pals I said , Well look we we have n't been in the Army a year , so we 've got to be in two more years before it comes our turn our turn to be demobilized , so we just might as well sign up for a couple year , get two months leave and twenty quid , because we shall do that if we do n't . |
12 | ‘ We had aimed to be in the top three and we need a real re-think . |