Example sentences of "[conj] we had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During our journey we had been taken to Sherwood Forest , where we had a short while to look around and similarly at Chatsworth house . |
| 2 | pretty good in those days , two pounds a week which helped things out and er although we had a big family of eleven of us , including mum and dad , er contributi contr contributions from them where , well , whatever they could make , a shilling here and a shilling there . |
| 3 | Or to express it in more popular terms : let us assume that we had a complete proportionality in every branch of production , in the sense of their unilateral connection in one direction : from means of production to means of consumption … |
| 4 | I went through these areas that I wanted to work in and I argued with Jeremy that we had n't allowed for ‘ things visual ’ , that we had a visual medium , that Britain was profoundly under-educated visually , so that we should actually use television for visual education and he fell for this . |
| 5 | You know it seemed to be that we had a working rule that had functioned reasonably well over the years and all of a sudden he was tearing up various paragraphs that did n't suit him , and altering bits you know and changing them round just to suit the company , and all to our disadvantage . |
| 6 | ‘ Having done the Tunstall settlement — which was really driven by concern over the costs , it seemed to us that we had a moral obligation to extend that deal to other shareholders , ’ Ernst & Young 's national marketing partner David Wilson told ACCOUNTANCY . |
| 7 | er I think I personally would rue the day that we had a civilian stone cold with that sort of post because its priorities would be so different to ours |
| 8 | Not only did he make sure that we had a thorough grounding in the 3 Rs , Reading — Writing — Rithmatic , but just as important — he taught us C. P. and K. — Courtesy , Politeness and Kindness : |
| 9 | Is not it really the case that the Government do not care about training , that we have a disastrous training record and that it is high time that we had a Labour Government to tackle the problems ? |
| 10 | Right , that 's it , that 'll do , I wo n't go any further and I can get the other things in well we had er , we had an aluminium friend , a double glazed enormous window over our landing and it was , the aluminium was so cold and it was conden there was so much condensation that we had a new window P V C put in , but I tried to sell this other window , cos it was beautiful you see , nothing wrong with it except you know , but nobody wanted it and I kept it and I had it for about two years standing outside and then I thought I can use that and I cut , it was a three section , three lots of glass all in one , cut down , divide it into two and one , and got myself a plant house under the erm |
| 11 | And we now have got the first step er sorry not , not strictly speaking , the first steps of course were economic th that we had a strategic embargo and an economic embargo er on er on the Serbs and er on , on the er the , the different regions er th the first military step however is air strikes and we 'll know er within a week I think whether in fact this step will be actually taken or whether the threat is sufficient to induce er the belligerents to come to a negotiated settlement . |
| 12 | Er you 'll be aware from the letter which was circulated to you by Steve , that we had a significant problem with water leakage down the our pipe , which joins the mains water supply at the memorial , war memorial . |
| 13 | The auditors picked up that we had a pink purchase order form which was neither a commissioning letter nor a contract . |
| 14 | Yes I mean , I think that we had a big discussion at the last area committee on the scheme and the problem was of course that the detailed plans er , for the consultation erm to the , I 'm at , I 'm a bit worried that at this late stage there 's this new idea of of building on the green wedge at the back and I would n't like to think that the scheme should be delayed the important thing , it seems to me , is that it should press ahead and |
| 15 | It was vital to give the impression at any rate that I and my board colleagues were in control of affairs and that we had a clear strategy that somehow was going to restore our business to its former glory . |
| 16 | Well that we had a favourite place for that , that was at the corner of Road and Road by the chapel , the Chapel , and because it was on a hill , slope on to . |
| 17 | ‘ Kenny 's accent was very difficult to understand in those days — in fact it still is — so we had a simple arrangement . |
| 18 | I was proficient at my job , so we had a good relationship . |
| 19 | My er , circumstances are entirely different , I am the person who 's being cared for and my husband died in nineteen eighty seven , and my son in nineteen eighty eight and I was left with my young son , and he looked after me on his own , and then my daughter who li , I was living in Ireland , my daughter lived in England , and she decided it was n't good enough that it should all be left to him , so we had a long talk and we discussed it at length for two weeks at Christmas , and then they all moved Sou , over here , we got a house in Scotland , and I 'm looked after by my young son and my daughter , and since then a year ago my daughter got married , her husband moved in and he looks after me as well , so I 'm looked after by three young adults . |
| 20 | John was burgling and dealing at the same time , so we had a regular supply , like . |
| 21 | ‘ We were a little complacent so we had a fundamental audit carried out by external people . |
| 22 | Once we had a little girl staying when Frost On Sunday was on and she asked Miles : ‘ Are there two Davids ? ’ |
| 23 | Cos I 've been silly in the past , I 've told Evelyn lots of times and we had a new machine , a rapid na nailer , it er nailed er army sho er soles onto the at five hun it used to do three hundred and fifty nails a minute and we m made one just for I er went out on the road , er to five hundred a minute you see , and er we were building the first half a dozen and er er there 's two pawls at the back of the machine |
| 24 | Alan came home as a Little Lord Fauntleroy , and we had a new baby brother , Geoff . |
| 25 | I shared it with a coloured girl who I got on with and we had a good laugh . |
| 26 | ‘ He linked up well with Stuart Pearce and Nigel Clough , and we had a good run of success . |
| 27 | We had a good spring and we had a good set in year . |
| 28 | It was so neat and we had a good time . |
| 29 | ‘ He is a good golfer and we had a good time . ’ |
| 30 | I was happy at school , with lots of friends , and we had a good time . |