Example sentences of "we [vb past] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We got charge accounts at Max 's Kansas City , we got a charge account with a limousine service — we rode limousines instead of taxis because we did n't have to pay for limousines and we 'd have to pay the taxis — so we were always in limousines . |
| 2 | We agreed terms for Enichem of Italy to use the BP Fluid Bed Process for producing polyethylene . |
| 3 | By the very nature of our work , we Met girls knew many more of the air crews than we did of the ground staff . |
| 4 | I used to think that we Met girls were the only ones awake and having to brave the elements . |
| 5 | We visited Abu Dhabi and Dubai , where we met members of the royal family and other officials ; Hong Kong ; Gibraltar ; and other towns and cities in Britain . |
| 6 | In private discussions , we met churchmen of many denominations . |
| 7 | We met men : ‘ spivs ’ as they were called then , at the corner café ; medical students at the skating-rink ; a rich Australian who slept with two women at once and who suggested , one evening , that we should come and watch ; a Greek , old at thirty with a sad , soft face , who took us to his family house in Belgravia where we played gramophone records in a pale , cold room with a high ceiling . |
| 8 | In the temperature controlled sample room , where Bob keeps his hops as well as batches of ale , we savoured examples of Sovereign and Best Bitter . |
| 9 | We applied shades from the Wella Koleston 2000 range to lighten the roots and warm the ends . |
| 10 | ‘ Chesterfield worked hard but we made things easy for them with the goals we gave away . ’ |
| 11 | Conscious of our lack of truly integrated teaching sessions , and freshly inspired by a successful ‘ joint ’ activity weekend at a local Outward Bound Centre , we made plans to change the structure of one particular curriculum area . |
| 12 | We talked , we made plans , we exchanged numbers , as you do on aeroplanes : it 's the booze , it 's the canned air and the rich-quick stories , it 's the pornography of travel . |
| 13 | But er there were so many open cars and we had an upholsterer who er made the hoods and repaired the hoods and upholstery and er we even made things out of the old scraps of these er just to , we made bags for , for carrying trade plates for er people going away for cars . |
| 14 | Also , we made friends . |
| 15 | We made friends then who have been our friends for life . |
| 16 | Sometimes we made shelters with leaves and branches to keep off the rain . |
| 17 | However , a 1–0 win would be enough , and Wilkinson added : ‘ We scored here and in Barcelona , we made chances in Stuttgart , and we should have scored more at Ibrox . |
| 18 | The parents preferred to keep their children with them , just in case of another attack , but we made efforts to keep the school going . |
| 19 | We made demands for a cheap canteen on the site , for nurseries and better maternity provisions . |
| 20 | As dawn came up in the sky we made preparations to move back to our own lines , covering our withdrawal and keeping careful watch for any signs of the enemy . |
| 21 | We made amendments to our procedures on the advice of the support group , but we still expected negative comments . |
| 22 | We made mistakes , we know that . |
| 23 | We were , I think , the first ones in Britain to do it and it was all based on trust and if we made mistakes , we made mistakes ! |
| 24 | We were , I think , the first ones in Britain to do it and it was all based on trust and if we made mistakes , we made mistakes ! |
| 25 | To begin with we were nervous but by the end we were making up silly situations and if we made mistakes everyone laughed . ’ |
| 26 | When they were well out of the way we made tracks for home and I looked forward to a quiet evening . |
| 27 | We made enquiries and found that she had helped her mother to carry water every day in Bangladesh . |
| 28 | When she 'd calmed down she asked me if I 'd been to the doctors , and we made arrangements for her to take me down . |
| 29 | The only available slipway that could take Venturous was at Stornoway and we made arrangements to call there for repairs . |
| 30 | We wasted days and days dancing in the Pink Pussy Club , yawning at Fat Mattress at the Croydon Greyhound , ogling strippers on Sunday mornings in a pub , sleeping through Godard and Antonioni films , and enjoying the fighting at Millwall Football Ground , where I forced Changez to wear a bobble-hat over his face in case the lads saw he was a Paki and imagined I was one too . |