Example sentences of "[pron] be [prep] us " in BNC.
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| 1 | All our ideas are derived from experience , and he argues , against Descartes , that there are no innate ideas which are with us at birth . |
| 2 | And , more importantly were to reveal a grossly unbalanced population , both in sex and age distribution , presaging problems which are with us still And yet , just six years after the first of the emigrant liners sailed from Stornoway , the social value of the croft was demonstrated in the most dramatic way possible . |
| 3 | Hobbes found it remarkable that some , but not all , things had conscious awareness and perception : ‘ Of all the phenomena or appearances which are near us , the most admirable is apparition itself … namely , that some natural bodies have in themselves the patterns almost of all things , and others of none at all . ’ |
| 4 | Hence the four statutory instruments which are before us today . |
| 5 | On the subject of my aunts , I must share with you something which still makes me smile when I think back on those days of yore , which were for us children — halcyon days . |
| 6 | On a broader canvas , many of us can think of moments of encounter , of blessing , of poetry , of art , of music , of sunsets and dawns which were to us deeply sacramental . |
| 7 | At that hearing , according to information which is before us but which was not before the judge , the first appellant was not present . |
| 8 | Our father thinks you are the best man to carry out the task which is before us , and so you have our support , whatever you decide . ’ |
| 9 | Half of us could continue to drown ourselves in usquebaugh and self-pity ( ‘ Here 's tae us , / Wha 's like us ? / Damn few/ All deid ’ ) , the other half could relax , relieved that the English would be continuing to do our thinking for us . |
| 10 | In the morning , when Elisha 's young servant discovered the surrounding troops , he reported his alarm to his master , to be told , ‘ ’ Fear not , for those who are with us are more than those who are with them . ’ |
| 11 | We pray for pilgrims , those who are here , those who are with us through radio transmission , for all who in life 's pilgrimage seek to follow Jesus ; help us to follow Jesus , and with Your help be triumphant ; grant us the wisdom to know and the courage to do Your will . |
| 12 | This Cartesian illusion is directly linked with the universal belief that " we " ( people like us ) can be distinguished from " they " ( people who are like us in external form but not like us in their inner essence ) . |
| 13 | But you have n't had them since you been with us , have you ? |
| 14 | ‘ And I shall look forward to having you read to me , my dear , while you are with us . |
| 15 | , you are with us today and I assure you that all members of of Council join me in conveying our love , affection and good wishes to you . |
| 16 | You 're with us again , ’ she muttered beneath her breath . |
| 17 | You 're with us , are n't you ? ’ |
| 18 | That will shut up the winging Wednesday , West Ham , Swindon , etc etc fans — ’ You 're above us … but we play really good footbal to watch … ’ . |
| 19 | is n't so bad but , I mean if you 're like us and I mean the smoke 's just |
| 20 | And where would you be without us I 'd like to know ? |
| 21 | ‘ We are toasting missing colleagues who were with us in the buffet and who would have preferred us to do it this way , instead of being sombre , ’ said Mr Christopher Reeves , a consultant engineer who joined the train at Southampton Parkway station . |
| 22 | Our Medical Superintendent wanted to know whether we had beds allocated in the Outer London hospitals for the civilian casualties who were with us , and the non-infectious soldiers . |
| 23 | Number One , would you tell McKenzie to warn the four seamen who were with us tonight that they are on no account to mention the fact that we were on the Delos . |
| 24 | Yeah , she er we went to the river shore , you know the bridge near o on our part of the road and he were behind the trees and er I was wo wo , it were one of his sons who were with us , you know , Tommy and he was shouting |
| 25 | I would that you were with us to hear me play the piano which I do every day and Papa declares I make good progress . |
| 26 | I said , I wished you were with us in Spain . |
| 27 | If you were with us at the last occasion of this sort , the last centenary lecture on Gerter , given by Professor Corby , you will remember on that occasion erm he provided a focus of illumination in a period of power cuts , economic gloom and all the rest of it . |
| 28 | ‘ Sir , how come you were behind us in the corridor and now you 're in front of us here ? ’ |
| 29 | What you be without us , they chorused . |
| 30 | She 's like us sort of thing , you know ? |