Example sentences of "[pers pn] be true that we be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now listen , it 's true that we 're poor , ’ she told them , ‘ but you must not tell everyone . |
| 2 | It is true that we are more enlightened than we were ; there is a public which has learnt to smile at the reviewer who declares that a line ‘ will not scan ’ , or that it contains a ‘ trochee ’ where it should have had an ‘ iamb ’ , without considering whether it was ever intended to ‘ scan ’ , or whether there is anything in English verse which can be treated as the absolute equivalent of a Greek or Latin trochee . |
| 3 | ( It is true that we are all equally well-versed in the tedium of everyday existence ; but , unlike sex , this is an area the cinema generally avoids ) . |
| 4 | ‘ There is a popular perception that the monetary authorities dictate the general level of interest rates , and of course it is true that we are able to exert a very considerable influence on it . |
| 5 | His voice was surly , but suddenly he twisted round to face me and took off the headphones , and I thought he was going to apologise for his rudeness of the previous night , but instead he demanded to know if it was true that we were out in the open ocean and were not planning to make a landfall for some days . |