Example sentences of "[conj] we [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The task the reader is set is rather like that of completing a jigsaw puzzle , where we are given a few pieces at a time , and have to keep guessing what the rest of the picture will be like . |
| 2 | Perhaps the biggest area of misunderstanding here is in our approach to our American customers and competitors , where we are lulled into complacency by our similar language . |
| 3 | This is so refreshing in our instant culture , where we are invited to ‘ do ’ the Lake District in a week ! |
| 4 | The South , where we are based , is a holidaymaker 's paradise with its fantastic wide , sandy beaches , sports facilities galore , high quality modern accommodation and an abundance of night-spots . |
| 5 | The very day that we began to meet in the community centre where we are based , three mothers with their children began to attend . |
| 6 | Where we are held to be contracting carriers for the purposes of air or sea carriage please note that our liability is limited in the manner provided by relevant international conventions , ‘ special contract ’ with Governments or UK statute law . |
| 7 | The two elements are equally well reconciled in ‘ Frost at Midnight ’ , where we are introduced to the workings of the ‘ Spirit ’ to a large degree ; the very setting of the poem , where the poet finds that ‘ at my side my cradled infant slumbers peacefully ’ suggests the power of creation ; it is partly owing to the silent yet undeniable presence of the product of his own regeneration that allows Coleridge to ascend to the levels of ‘ meditation with its strange and extreme silentness ’ . |
| 8 | Where we are commissioned by outside bodies to produce reports on the environment , we should seek to ensure that the copyright rests with us ( Para 25 ) . |
| 9 | WHAT sort of country is it where we are told we ca n't pay tribute to our heroes ? |
| 10 | Shopkeepers beckoned us into their premises where we were tempted by sparkling silver jewellery and traditional greek hand woven mats . |
| 11 | What we had was basically method things where we were given lots of experimental things we would do in the laboratory , but no real philosophy behind it , no sod of follow through . |
| 12 | More recently , at a Roman Catholic retreat , where we were asked to use no book other than the Bible , the personal daily direction given became a memorable means of the Holy Spirit 's teaching , healing , and guiding . |
| 13 | By the end of the week there was just a simple theory test left where we were asked questions about winds , how to overtake and so on — and then it was certificate time . |
| 14 | I do n't remember how they got us out of the apartment , but I do remember that we stopped somewhere before leaving Beirut where we were taped up and transferred to a false-bottomed truck . |
| 15 | under an apple , where we were born . |
| 16 | We were born to work the land , this land where we were born and raised our children ’ |
| 17 | My first dive was in a disused quarry pit where we were tested on our skills and we then swam round the lake and in a submerged double decker bus . |
| 18 | After a morning visit to the market , we repaired to the tranquility of a nearby cafe — The Lotus Cafe , where we were treated to the sight of enormous lotuses , entirely covering a large pond . |
| 19 | This challenge appears , however , to have been admirably met in Lewis and Harris , where we were told there are about 400 teachers and about 20 doctors . |
| 20 | Where we were told that we were not what our ancestors were . |
| 21 | We visited the Baltic Yacht Club , owned by the Baltic Shipping Company , where we were shown around by the friendly vice commodore , Alexey Bulkanov . |
| 22 | Each morning trucks from the factory bumped along a dust road and turned down on to the low gravel bank where we were moored . |
| 23 | In fact Needham hall where we were housed , deteriorated so rapidly that it was almost necessary to bring in the riot squad . |
| 24 | 10.1 If either you or we are delayed or prevented from performing our obligations under this order , by circumstances beyond the reasonable control of either of us , ( including without limitation any form of government intervention , strikes and lock-outs relevant to this order , breakdown of plant or delays by sub-contractors concerned ) such performance shall be suspended , and if it can not be completed within a reasonable time after the due date as specified in this order , this order may be cancelled by either party . |
| 25 | Unless you have agreed that we may disclose information about your personal affairs ( or we are required by law to do so ) , such information will remain confidential to us provided you have not failed to repay us any money properly demanded from you ( see next bullet point b ) . |
| 26 | We must use our freedom to become enlightened , or we are doomed . |
| 27 | ‘ We comply with them or we are excluded from these markets . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Or we 're lost , ’ said Fenella , rather crossly . |
| 29 | We must believe in it , or we 're lost . |
| 30 | Are you talking about the current rate as it prevails or we 're told it prevails ion North Yorkshire , or are you looking at a figure which is somewhat nearer the national average or the figure which Mr 's organization have chosen . |