Example sentences of "[prep] we [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relationships of this kind , including most of those between normal adults , give a place to emotions such as resentment , gratitude , forgiveness or disappointment which are only appropriate when we believe that someone 's behaviour towards us was conscious and intentional . |
| 2 | the light of us is dark , |
| 3 | Thus I might say to someone " Let's go and find out which is the oldest tree in the park " , without fearing that I may have said something unintelligible just because neither of us is certain what the outcome of our search will be . |
| 4 | We fear that disaster because part of us is hell-bent on making it happen ! |
| 5 | Perhaps one of us is tired or discouraged . |
| 6 | But which of us is right can easily be put to the test . |
| 7 | ‘ And then we will decide which of us is right . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Time will prove which one of us is right , wo n't it ? |
| 9 | None of us is pure as far as animal exploitation is concerned . |
| 10 | ‘ And since neither of us is Catholic , there 's no bar to any of that . ’ |
| 11 | None of us is blooming Einstein . |
| 12 | ‘ We 've both been doing a bit of that — accusing each other of things that neither of us is guilty of . ’ |
| 13 | None of us is perfect . |
| 14 | None is intended — none of us is perfect , and I too have of course been guilty of many an error in my time . |
| 15 | It shows that none of us is perfect , not even the right hon. Gentleman . |
| 16 | Be sure , every one of us is involved with this issue , whether we like it or not , and WWF , are aiming at control and responsible administration of the world 's timber supplies by 1995 . |
| 17 | ‘ None of us is good at the lot . |
| 18 | We have to accept that each of us is responsible for our own preservation . |
| 19 | Because each of us is unique , we will never really know ourselves . |
| 20 | None of us is starving , however , and we all have more than enough clothes to wear , but we still spend a large part of our lives worrying about our material needs — what should we eat ? |
| 21 | But each of us is different , and our needs vary according to the time of day and what we are doing . |
| 22 | ‘ Neither of us is very show business , and we 're very happy together . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ If the sheep ca n't be trusted to keep the wolves from our doors , none of us is safe any more ! ’ |
| 24 | It was a reminder than none of us is safe from the car thieves . |
| 25 | ‘ Leave me now , or let us fight until one of us is dead . |
| 26 | The interference with Primary Control builds up gradually , over a period of many years , and because of this most of us are unaware of moving in inefficient , and in many cases harmful , ways . |
| 27 | Many of us are shallow breathers ; we use only the upper part of our lungs , which means that toxic residues are not completely removed . |
| 28 | Some of us are sporty and other just are not . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , the message of the poem still applies : all of us are involved in the human race — or , as John Donne says , ‘ in mankind ’ ; when disaster affects others , it reaches us as well . |
| 30 | One justification for this lengthy examination of policy implementation is that , while we all experience the effects of the implementation process , and many of us participate in various ways in it , very few of us are involved in policy making . |