Example sentences of "[adv] we [vb mod] [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He noted that " we can not say for how long we will be in charge of the state administration " but that " it might be five years or 10 " .
2 Perhaps we shall be on safer ground with :
3 It 's a long drive back to London , so perhaps we should be on our way . ’
4 Perhaps we can be of greater help by standing further apart from the new colossus , bridging the world with our American , African and Asian connections , as well as greater European contacts .
5 In five weeks only we 'll be on our ‘ summer ’ holiday at Dornie — there will be trouble if it has n't cheered up by then .
6 If only we could be like that !
7 Mum was getting on by this time and her own health was n't excellent , and I moved to Manchester so we could be near the RMCH where they do a vast amount with CF. We hired a retired nurse to act as housekeeper and she did his physio when I was n't there , and between us we managed to keep him going . ’
8 All girls together we may be in here , but she knows full well Lil 's position in the corporate hierarchy .
9 Soon we shall be in eternity and then we shall see how little it mattered whether some things got done or not ; however , right now we rush about as if they were all-important .
10 Soon we will be on our way .
11 ‘ And soon we will be within smelling distance of ale houses , my thirsty friend . ’
12 If we got our tea early we could be at the park tonight .
13 If there is no non-contingent link between behaviour and mental state ( that is , if we accept ( a ) ) , we shall never be able to show ( b ) to be true , and hence we shall be at the mercy of a local scepticism of the very strongest form ( cf. 1.1 ) .
14 I I think probably we 'll be in a situation where Andrew will do a knock up
15 ‘ And now we must be on our way again , ’ Mr Carson said .
16 Now we will be in name what we were in quality . ’
17 I think we might well we could be in a cul-de-sac here or a discussion which er could cease to bear any fruit very rapidly .
18 But tomorrow we 'll be on the the green .
19 Today we should be at least where Hungary is , or where the Czechs are .
20 Surely we should be in a joyous peaceful
21 MacArthur 's waiting for word and then we 'll be on our way , do n't you fret yourself , Jim , son . ’
22 Then then then er then we 'll be on a par .
23 " They 've gone to turn out the Owsla , and then we 'll be for it right enough . "
24 If yours is the first winning entry out of the hat then we 'll be in touch right away .
25 Why do n't you go right ahead and get the details , and then we 'll be in touch again ? ’
26 No come on cos he might go and get the fish in the jug and then we 'll be in a mess .
27 I think what you 're saying that if anybody else leaves , then we might be in a position to make that appointment ,
28 If we can get a clear idea about the situation in which teachers find themselves at present , and how they experience it , then we shall be in a better position to see what the most productive way forward is .
29 But certainly , if we have something like fifty applications , then we 'd be into a much more complex procedure .
30 In particular , it might seem that if we observe all other galaxies to be moving away from us , then we must be at the center of the universe .
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