Example sentences of "we [modal v] be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I hope , sir , ’ he said , not noticing the pun , ‘ that we may be of some assistance to you in your stay in the region . |
| 2 | Or rather they can tell you that ‘ previous assumptions on the dark nature of this pigment can no longer be considered entirely operative ; indeed , we may be in total reversal scenario here , which is in line with expectations . ’ |
| 3 | Yet wherever we may be in this universe , a Marine 's transformed body is his temple , containing the eucharist of Rogal Dorn ; as yours will soon be also . ’ |
| 4 | I do not think that we should be against such moral principles . |
| 5 | We 'll be on that boat up and down the River Tyne at the finish , that 's were we 'll end up I think . |
| 6 | ‘ We 'll be on enough of a reach to pull off , even if the motor fails , ’ I said . |
| 7 | We 'll be in threes . |
| 8 | We 'll be in threes . |
| 9 | The unwanted jongleurs even proffer tourist information : apparently if we disembark at Oxford Street we 'll be in one of the finest shopping centres in the world , so why do n't we ‘ all fuck off there and buy yer wives a mink ? |
| 10 | We 'll be in such trouble . |
| 11 | Soon they 'll , we 'll be in half term with Julia |
| 12 | We 'll be in dead lumber when they find all that food gone , ’ said Rose . |
| 13 | ‘ We might be on other planets . ’ |
| 14 | So the net effect of your suggested criterion is to get us rather further from a decision than even the chairman and I thought we might be at ten o'clock this morning . |
| 15 | I would like to hear from anyone who works in this field and we could be of mutual assistance . |
| 16 | ‘ We know that , ’ said Pooley , ‘ and we 've been as thorough as we could be without much hope of finding anything . ’ |
| 17 | In fact how am I to know you did n't do all this just so we could be in this very position now ? ’ |
| 18 | If only we could be like that ! |
| 19 | And I think if we had n't gone we could be like that — it changes you . |
| 20 | And maybe an hour after we 'd be on three quarter rivets . |
| 21 | If we knew that , I think we 'd be beyond reasonable doubt . |
| 22 | ‘ At the beginning of the year , I 'd have laughed if you 'd have told me we 'd be in this situation , ’ said Favre . |
| 23 | Perhaps we shall be on safer ground with : |
| 24 | would give us their backing and channels of distribution er we shall be in correct in direct competition with our competitors in the a areas which we consider to be most profitable . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm not exaggerating when I say that if we do not meet this challenge now , we shall be in serious trouble within less than a year . |
| 26 | As I say , we 're now , we shall now be working on the er , on a financial strategy , so that we 've got more detailed costings er , available to us , erm , but I think members will be interested to know that erm , within the next few months there will , we shall be taking part , er , as part of a wider national exercise , in an exercise undertaken by the District Audit Commission , on Children 's Services , so that we , I think we shall be in good stead , to have this as a base as a working document for that erm , Audit Commission exercise . |
| 27 | She belongs to me ; this is no longer her home ; but we would be on friendly terms with you if — ’ |
| 28 | Impressed as we may be by the caddis house , we are nevertheless , paradoxically , less impressed than we would be by equivalent achievements in animals closer to ourselves . |
| 29 | ‘ He has damaged the ligaments but the nature of the injury makes us more hopeful of recovery than we would be from some ankle injuries . ’ |
| 30 | Tom Curran , deputy director of Wirral social services department , said : ‘ If , in the first place , we had said to people they did not meet the criteria and did not put their names on the waiting list , we would be in less trouble . ’ |