Example sentences of "we be at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had we been at the house of my parents we would have shared the fate of the rest of the family … |
| 2 | Again we are at the tip of his pen as he draws a box to put himself inside , and as the most private and informative area of the Possessed notebooks begins to open up . |
| 3 | ‘ I wish it were true that the fund will continue to grow , but we are at the mercy of the markets , and we must keep a healthy capital amount for all needy old soldiers down on their luck . |
| 4 | Here we are at the heart of the problem : holy love . |
| 5 | We are at the stage of trying to work with a broad brush without much understanding of the problems of detail . |
| 6 | By allowing ourselves to be forced to carry these cards for the convenience of the state , we will be acknowledging that we are at the disposition of the state and its computers . |
| 7 | No one , of course , would want to compare the first week of school term with the outbreak of a world war , but we are at the beginning of a New Year and a gateway to the future . |
| 8 | We are at the very early stages of this project at the moment . |
| 9 | Yet we are at the same time perturbed by more recent and present-day developments . |
| 10 | As often we are at the mercy of his laconic whim : why is it that no trust is involved ? |
| 11 | Canada 's minister for the environment , John Roberts , said ‘ We are at the end of an exhaust pipe … which starts in the US . ’ |
| 12 | We are at the Red Flag stage with IT , and it is hardly possible to anticipate how the future will work out . |
| 13 | We are at the stage where we need to know exactly where the remaining rabbits are , so that we can dig down to secure them . |
| 14 | He does n't know where we are at the moment and if the authorities catch up with him and give him my address it will be more trouble than it 's worth . ’ |
| 15 | This larger area is a circle and we are at the centre of it . |
| 16 | Mr Nixon said : ‘ We are at the beginning of our investigations . ’ |
| 17 | First of all , you 'll find how helpful we are at the planning stage . |
| 18 | Fortunately we are at the other end of the scale and a small tank should not pose such problems , imaginary or real . |
| 19 | Like a good Renaissance poet he replies that this is the principle of decorum ; his form merely recreates his subject-matter : We are inclined to smile at the self-depreciation , as we are at the similar joke in 105 : He has no need for other forms , other themes . |
| 20 | We have some patterns of expectation available to us , indeed , but we are at the mercy of the poet for which of those patterns may lie ahead of us . |
| 21 | I think we are at the moment , yes . |
| 22 | Still , no mind , here we are at the theatre . |
| 23 | To sum up , in positing an item as an ontological existent we are at the same time by implication positing this item as a potential subject of a non-arbitrary subset of predicates from among an indefinite number of meaningful predicates , and hence as completely determinate with regard to possible descriptions that may be given of it at any given time . |
| 24 | Do you know where we are at the top of the high street ? |
| 25 | If we are at the bottom of the organisation we may be motivated by the desire to satisfy physiological needs . |
| 26 | Chris explained : ‘ The length of this recession has n't been accurately predicted by anyone — for example , American economists were forecasting that the US would pull out of recession in 1992 , but here we are at the end of the year and nothing much has changed . |
| 27 | We are at the leading edge of the development of wind power , and must also have one of the most effective network of organisations , ranging from government bodies to the voluntary sector , involved in conservation and wildlife protection . |
| 28 | If it does n't , then we 're no worse than we are at the moment , really are n't we ? |
| 29 | This could mean that we are at the center of a great region in the universe in which the sources are fewer than elsewhere . |
| 30 | ‘ And we are at the Albergo di Risorgimento , ’ said Father Branche , his voice seeming to rise in triumph at the noble word . |