Example sentences of "we [vb past] to be [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | We 're not true Brits , we got to be like er , foreign people and er , we just seem to go their ways . |
2 | The disqualification stage in this bears some resemblance to denunciation , which we found to be of limited value as a justification of punishment . |
3 | At times we seemed to be on an unavoidable collision course with menacing sharp edged rocks , only to be swept clear by the current at the last minute . |
4 | It was extraordinary , but suddenly we seemed to be on quite different terms . |
5 | The car was surrounded by a circle of robed figures : we seemed to be in the middle of some whirling ballet . |
6 | Cos when I , I used to take Tim , it used to be very safe then , the only danger we seemed to be in in those days was catching cold . |
7 | ‘ We happened to be at the mortuary … not that it will make any difference , but there is one thing we thought you would find interesting . ’ |
8 | 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 . |
9 | ‘ We happened to be in the same place at the same time a couple of months ago , ’ she replied , terse and offhand . |
10 | Meanwhile I had to get Harry well propped so that he would n't fall forward and drown after all , and to do that I reckoned we needed to be in the corner . |
11 | But most people we spoke to were against . |
12 | We had to be at Buckingham Palace by quarter past ten . |
13 | " When we were boys , we wanted to be like our fathers . |