Example sentences of "[noun pl] we [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course we must , but at the same time we must endeavour to retain the practices and methods we know are right for our children . |
| 2 | Thus , this survey combined the two methods we have been looking at above . |
| 3 | ‘ The remedies we examined were all equally good and should relieve the classic symptoms of a hangover , ’ said Sue Leggate , editor of Which ? . |
| 4 | The organizations we studied were involved in a widely differing range of activities . |
| 5 | They are a significant part of the dissident organizations we have been monitoring . |
| 6 | ‘ None of the animals we keep are dangerous and they 're no problem if they 're well looked after . ’ |
| 7 | Our first ride lasted for just 45 minutes ; most of the drivers we met were considerate and took notice of the ‘ Slow please , young horse message emblazoned on my tabard . |
| 8 | This is a tough remit but then the student trainers we selected are tough — a battle hardened crew from the cultural interface , who are either full-time interpreters or language teachers — and of whom I am inordinately proud . |
| 9 | At the other Delhi parties we had been to — mostly boring official events — it had been a struggle to avoid getting cornered by some grey under-secretary from the Ministry of Fertilizer Distribution . |
| 10 | All the computers we consider are general-purpose , at least in theory , although they may be oriented towards particular application areas . |
| 11 | They are not intended to be narrowly restrictive , ‘ only-possible ’ solutions : instead , you should find that they suggest what kinds of factors you ought to be identifying in your analysis , and the range of possible solutions we think are sensible . |
| 12 | The descriptions of them in the books we read are for the most part as unlike the truth as are the descriptions of aristocratic life in the books they read . |
| 13 | Although we did n't realize it , the books we used were becoming a tie between us , and the hours we spent together were becoming more and more enjoyable . |
| 14 | Three quarters of the teenagers we questioned were unhappy with sex education at school . |
| 15 | The lads we met were a group who choose to meet with Father Patrick weekly . |
| 16 | " It is our duty to help foreigners We have been watching you , and would like to help you . " |
| 17 | If we want the situation to be as realistic as possible , we have to accept that we can not control all the variables , and can therefore never be sure that the cause and effect relationships we identify are , in fact , correct . |
| 18 | The words we use are only a part of how we communicate . |
| 19 | And the words we use are a small part of the process . |
| 20 | It 's merely recording the words we use are taken down on a scrap of paper context I do n't but used . |
| 21 | For if , as ordinary people , we are acutely aware that when it most matters the words we say are not thunderbolts from heaven but hostages to fortune , ways in which we reveal ourselves in our limitedness and imperfection . |
| 22 | As a simple assertion of one woman speaking for tens of thousands of women , those two words we rebel are very necessary … |
| 23 | Yes , I suppose he is but I mean those two those pictures we bought were hundred and twenty and I mean they 're they 're only done by somebody in the village . |
| 24 | Again unlike South Africa , many of the homes we saw are owner-occupied . |
| 25 | The Whitehall canteens your clubs any restaurants we 've been in … ’ |
| 26 | But like many other nations we have been deeply concerned by the violence in the Baltics , and we have communicated that concern to the Soviet leadership . |
| 27 | If the safeguards we propose are adopted , we are confident this can work as successfully as it already does in the magistrates ’ and county courts . ’ |
| 28 | Here in Hertfordshire we have a fire and rescue service , that we can quite rightly be as proud of as the fire fighters we surveyed are . |
| 29 | In among his sense and his humour there are some difficult passages and words — we are not all as encyclopedic in our knowledge of language as M Lecercle ; I , for one , have to pause to remember exactly what " anamorphotic " means — and he is a kind of extremist too , but there is a quiet comprehensiveness here and an enjoyment of language that are most welcome after the turbulences we have been through . |
| 30 | We did of course have problems : the concrete for the foundations arrived an hour early , and caught us frantically putting in the underslab insulation ; the existing house was about three inches out of square ; and the bricks we wanted were out of production . |