Example sentences of "[conj] we [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In nineteen hundred and twelve the Dutch came and the Oxford Motor Club entertained them and we went all round the High Wycome area , Cophill and that on hill climbs , so we re-enacted it last year and I was riding my nineteen fourteen motorcycle , and I was asked — I was the oldest rider — how old are you ? — I said eighty years old — and what is your biggest difficulty ? — and I said getting my leg over , which I really literally meant because the saddle 's very high and I do have a job getting my leg over the saddle ! |
| 2 | She came out and said he was definitely still in one piece but probably had cramp or pins and needles so we gave him some painkiller . |
| 3 | There were tracks over the snow and we followed them that day . |
| 4 | Now if you do recall your first year notes , this is the relationship underlines a cobweb model , right that prices were based on erm or supply decisions were based on prices at planting right and we showed you that cobweb model erm farmers make systematic errors right cos they never appreciate the cycle there is a cycle to prices , right so they 're making systematic errors right cos prices are high this year as a result erm erm of plant a lot so that when the supply comes on the market next year right , prices are very low and you would thought farmers would er , would learn but prices fluctuated right . |
| 5 | And we watched it one night , and it was Mrs Hewitt off Eastenders . |
| 6 | Carl and his brothers were playing up around Jackson , Tennessee , and we called it honky-tonk music . |
| 7 | And we did it first half , and when we were in possession , we were winning it in their sort of last third of the field , and that was giving us a great chance to create scoring chances and that 's what we 've done again today which has worked very well . |
| 8 | Now the couple had expected it was dead and we gave them false hope . |
| 9 | His jacket was flame-proofed and we gave him protective padding at the back , just in case . ’ |
| 10 | So if we did it this way , erm , let's pick an actual bearing , so that we get it right . |
| 11 | You know , I think if we confused her one day , |
| 12 | If you make a mistake , it 's just not possible to go back and retrieve it , and for a selector to say , ‘ Well , I do n't think this person 's made a very good case , I 'm sure if we gave them another chance they would make a better one . ’ |
| 13 | But we had them this morning . |
| 14 | I was gon na say have you had a nice Christmas but we saw you last week ! |
| 15 | Thus , by selecting the right ‘ task ’ , we have constrained a system we know , because we designed it that way , to be organized redundantly to give a double dissociation . |
| 16 | Anyone who bought the shares when we tipped them last year at 8p has done well . |
| 17 | My right hon. Friend referred to the Chancellor 's views but , when we asked him that question in the Select Committee , it became clear that he was not so much against it in principle as uncertain in his own mind what he should do . |
| 18 | ‘ Every seat was sold out for every performance when we did it last year . ’ |