Example sentences of "we [modal v] be like " in BNC.
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| 1 | In our day to day living , in our living , in our service for him , in our worship , in our relationships with one another , in our thinking , our motives , our our everything about us that we may be like him . |
| 2 | erm we did n't have a holiday for that but we used , when it was Willenhall er our mums knew that we should be like going home and we used to go straight from work to the Wakes you see , which was a , it was really a good wake then but then you 'd got to walk home . |
| 3 | That 's why we 'll be like him . |
| 4 | If we do we 'll be like the man in the cartoon who fell off the Empire State Building and shouted just before he hit the ground ‘ I 'm doing great so far ’ . |
| 5 | If only we could be like that ! |
| 6 | We could be like the Japanese without the technology . |
| 7 | And I think if we had n't gone we could be like that — it changes you . |
| 8 | The difference between having a good time and a bad time is so minimal it 's unbelievable , but this , with three points for a win , situation it makes it so hard to say well we 're a bottom side , we 're a top side , all of a sudden in half a dozen games we could be like a top side . |
| 9 | We 'd be like strangers and I could n't bear that , but at least I could have made some redress . ’ |
| 10 | The apostle John spoke about this when he said : ‘ We know that when he appears , we shall be like him , for we shall see him as he is . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Beloved , we are now the sons of God , and it does not yet appear what we shall be , but we know that when he appears we shall be like him , for we shall see him as he is . |
| 12 | But we know that when he appears we shall be like him for we shall him as he his . |
| 13 | Are we a children of God and that we will be as not yet been made known but we but we know that when he appears we shall be like him . |
| 14 | We shall see him says John , and we shall be like him . |
| 15 | Let me just , just show you a little thing here just enclosing , just linking it up there , there it is , it 's , it 's a well known little picture , it 's a picture of a wheel where there in the centre the hub is Christ , you see when the hub has got to be the centre otherwise the wheel does not run true and there with Christ is the hub , the centre of your life , the centre of my life , and you and I our lives our selves , there on the outside , were the rim and there 's those spokes that hold it together and make it run true the spoke of , of the bible , God 's word allowing him to speak to us , the spoke of prayer , our communion with God , our praying to him , the spoke of obedience following him obeying him , bringing our lives into , into line with what he says in his word , he says if you love me you will keep my commandments , that 's why we 've got to learn and get to know them from his word and then the spoke of fellowship somebody as likened them to prayer , being like air , our breath , the bible being like food , giving us nourishment and strength , fellowship , it 's the family situation and in just as in a nature family there is , that is the place for care , it 's the place for support it 's the place of sharing , it 's the place of love , where it should be , so God 's family , and then the final one their obedience like exercise , keeping fit , it 's the callisthenics , it 's keeping the muscles toned , obeying what he tells us in his word , well that 's what it means to be a Christian bringing ourselves into line with him and allowing him to re-fashion us in his image and it 's a process that 's going on all the time , Wesley and his hymn talks about us being used and the scripture being changed from glory into glory , till in heaven we take our place there , like him , John says when we see him , we shall be like him , but we shall see him as he is and that 's God 's purpose for you and for me , to be like him , and the moment we come to him and respond to him , the process starts and it goes on , day in , day out , night in , night out , week in , week out , over the years him changing and fashioning us into the image of his son , because that 's how he created us originally , he created to be like him and in this new creation , we were singing we are a new creation , it 's to be like him . |
| 16 | I said that we could have the most perfect mutual support and understanding , but that , if it were reached upon present policies , we would be like two people locked in loving embrace in a rowboat which was about to go over Niagara Falls . |
| 17 | ‘ We can be like a flea on their backs , but we have to be ready when they turn over . |