Example sentences of "we [vb past] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | information about a particular piece , so , Simon and I sort of , we were talking kind of fairly casually about that , but erm , what we agreed to do is , this was about the time when we first got the equipment I think and it , it occurred to me that you , and I 've checked this now , that you can actually plug a cassette , you know , a Walkman type of player into either the microphone for the |
| 2 | we agreed to do something like six months ago . |
| 3 | And erm one of the things we agreed to do was to compile a list . |
| 4 | And we agreed to do that , and we put out quite a lot of publicity . |
| 5 | We agreed to do it this way , do you remember ? " |
| 6 | So we agreed to do it for him . |
| 7 | ‘ We agreed to do the same number of hours … ’ |
| 8 | cos we agreed to do it quick , we 've got a |
| 9 | We agreed did n't we , no we agreed , I thought we agreed that where |
| 10 | We met doing our hobby . |
| 11 | ‘ Lutherans do n't believe in Purgatory , the Taplow we met did . ’ |
| 12 | Tomorrow never came , and we made do with bread , onions , and a form of processed cheese called La vache qui rit , the Laughing Cow . |
| 13 | We regret the things we failed to do , we reproach ourselves for things we did do and feel relief that we have moved on . |
| 14 | Bellowing ‘ Vatch me ! ’ he took off to show how it was done and then stood chatting at the bottom while we failed to do it . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ We should have killed off Clare in the second-half when we had wind advantage and an extra man , but we failed to do so . |
| 16 | We could have looked after Bartholomew 's widow and his little son but we failed to do that . ’ |
| 17 | What we sought to do , in terms of Community competence , in the discussions was to extend it in areas where we thought it was appropriate and to define it more adequately than it has been defined in the past in order to prevent , as far as it is possible to prevent it , that element of creeping competence that so offends many people in this country . |
| 18 | The people we asked did n't much fancy the idea of eating lasagne and quaffing Lambrusco in an old lavatory . |
| 19 | And we got done for conspiracy to cause GBH . |
| 20 | $850,000 — that 's half a mill more than we got to do Easy Rider . |
| 21 | So what have we got to do about it ? |
| 22 | All we got to do is enter , enter the horses in you get a paper called the Calendar . |
| 23 | All we got to do is keep it up , till the contact in . |
| 24 | And that 's what we got doing it that way . |
| 25 | And this was what we proposed to do , based on the Dutch ship ‘ Plancius ’ , a sturdy forty metre long ex-pilot-boat which was well equipped for Arctic exploration with up to twenty-four passengers . |
| 26 | Essentially , what we proposed to do was straightforward . |
| 27 | I think one of the most valuable points that emerged from the Felixstowe experience , as far as I was concerned anyway was the fact that with all those people there when we heard their views , erm , it was quite apparent that it was n't the case of local people opposing what the County Council traffic people propose to do , many there were many different and varying interests there and , and we , we could , we can then basically come to a conclusion which satisfied , satisfied I hope most of them , but , we , we , at that meeting among the local people some supporters with some of our road safety and some were very much against them , others were neutral , but it was n't just a question of erm a , a united opposition of what we proposed to do er , and this was very valuable . |
| 28 | And maybe in a few years people will look back and see the things that we tried to do , and hopefully respect them . ’ |
| 29 | We loved ‘ Jump ’ — we tried to do a cover version of it . |
| 30 | And we tried to do something about the problem of alcoholism and prostitution in the area by getting the bars and brothels registered with the local government . |