Example sentences of "[Wh adv] we [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we were all hay fever prone , then whenever we happened to be in a place where the pollen count was high , our eyes would start streaming and our noses running . |
| 2 | After all , that 's how we got to be where we are now . |
| 3 | That 's how we got to be who we are . |
| 4 | I do n't even know how we got to be born . |
| 5 | There is nothing wrong in preparing written directions about how we wish to be treated . |
| 6 | So that was how we came to be sitting in the darkened room with Granny 's coffin on the table , waiting for the neighbours to come and show their last respects . |
| 7 | I think the reason why it is so is that Darwinism is , in essence , a theory about the origin of man — a lot of things as well , but it includes a theory about how we came to be here . |
| 8 | yes , I know that , but I 'm just explaining how we come to be in Liverpool ! |
| 9 | It 's awful how we have to be so aware and always on our guard that we are n't able to live normal lives . |
| 10 | That 's when we planned to were n't it ? |
| 11 | So , this is where we come to be anointed , is it ? |
| 12 | It is in the management of effective communications that ‘ parents know best ’ and this is the area where we need to be giving them the very best of our attention . |
| 13 | I went in to two corporates yesterday er and erm who are a massive potential for us , right in where we need to be |
| 14 | It was still sixty-odd kilometres from where we wanted to be but we were obsessed with our goal — Krakonosc , the Patron Saint of Czech skiers . |
| 15 | Erm there had been one or two occasions where we have to be the management if you like , and say , No I 'm sorry , that is what we are doing . |
| 16 | It was a massive vehicle with a 3.3 litre diesel engine , and it was marvellous because we could park for the night where we happened to be . |
| 17 | We 've talked about various types of energy production , various methods of producing energy , there then is the problem of energy transfer and energy storage , where we seem to be talking almost solely about electricity . |
| 18 | ‘ We have gone one-third of the way to where we want to be , ’ Mr Jones said of the restructuring which has sold off the Grattan mail-order business for £167½m , cut debts in the Club 24 credit operation , improved trading in the core retail division and strengthened the balance sheet . |
| 19 | ‘ Revenge ’ is well on the way to taking us to that point where we want to be , ’ explained the one-time axe-wielding , fire-breathing bassman . |
| 20 | ideological position and in terms of , of the practical realities , both in terms of rightist and leftist deviations , where we want to be . |
| 21 | I mean as long as we 've got something which is in the of where we want to be , we can actually measure how well we 're performing against our own plan , which I think is what you 'd like to be able to do . |
| 22 | ‘ Our figures show there is a need , but we are in the business where we want to be out of a job . ’ |
| 23 | queried whether we really needed to be in it and I told him that sales wanted it and the reasons why we wanted to be in erm even the fact that it was going to k erm give us more accounting work erm whatsisname what bank is it ? |
| 24 | This is why we appear to be witnessing a new round of military coup attempts in those happy places where western prescriptions have been carried out with such fidelity : for example , Fujimoro in Peru last week , and the events in Venezuela in February . |
| 25 | You may well ask why we seem to be becoming a sick and overweight society . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't see why we have to be so careful ? ’ she said , still hopping about . |
| 27 | ‘ That 's why we have to be sure before he goes back . ’ |
| 28 | So we actually choose to be wherever we want to be , it 's very much a personal choice . |