Example sentences of "[noun sg] we [vb past] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Opposition we had had great fun pursuing Bill Rodgers on the standard of the baked beans and the quality of the fried cod . |
| 2 | So , to test their intelligence we decided to show each horse a plate of oats , and while it was still watching to place the food inside the ring of the tire with the empty feed bucket on top . |
| 3 | With my friends from home we had discussed Third World politics and our growing awareness of exploitation globally . |
| 4 | It 's a shame we had to pay 14 quid to watch them . |
| 5 | Of course we 'd got good excuse . |
| 6 | Tommy 'd ask me how much money we 'd done that day . |
| 7 | Now in that case we had to select those measures er by knowledge of the problem . |
| 8 | On each occasion we tried to convey key issues in clear terms and explain how problems could be solved . |
| 9 | For more than a week we had suffered high-pressure gloom in the south of England but on the day of my flight we enjoyed 8/8 blue with not a bump in the air — Wing Commander 's weather ! |
| 10 | But we if we used a tin of bully beef we had to supply that tin of bully beef out of our own seven and six pence . |
| 11 | The reason this figure was produced is erm because one of the comments we had back from the other induction courses er Gareth , the reason we had produced this video was erm structure you 've never shown it , so it 's not necessarily tongue in cheek but it is a strictly sales structure but it will give you a clearer idea of our guide what to do to the role plays this morning , Saturday and tomorrow . |
| 12 | Metabolism of butyrate was optimal at 1 mM ( Fig 3 ) and for this reason we decided to use 1 mM butyrate for the remainder of the study . |
| 13 | Lunch was an omelette and a salad and cheese and bread , and it was the best meal we 'd eaten all holiday . |
| 14 | You will remember that on the occasion of the first valleys initiative statement we had to raise many points with you in order to persuade the right Hon. Gentleman to come here 24 hours after he had made a statement in Wales . |
| 15 | His wife , Pauline said : ‘ We thought it was such a nice letter we wanted to help this man track down the right Don Adamson . |
| 16 | In our final Report we decided to excise this list of authors because , as we explained , it had attracted so much unfortunate attention . |
| 17 | By mid-afternoon we had covered six miles and ascended 3,000ft . |
| 18 | ‘ For the past five years we have been working hard to turn the London International Book Fair into a major event in the publishing calendar , rather than just another exhibition , and I think this year we managed to achieve that aim , ’ reflected LIBF director Brian Bradford at the end of the 22nd fair . |
| 19 | Last year we continued to seek new ways of putting into action our concern for the environment . |
| 20 | For some reason which escapes me we had to take a taxi , and when we arrived at Helsinki airport we had to wait five hours for our flight . |
| 21 | Here again policy and practice in the inner city are as much about the way we chose to conceptualise social problems as they are about the experiences of inner city communities themselves . |
| 22 | So erm the surrogate was artificially inseminated herself erm er , it took us seven months to achieve a pregnancy , and during this time we got to know each other very well |
| 23 | It was the first time we 'd had proper monitors on stage — which meant it was the first time John heard his own voice . |
| 24 | By the time we had cossetted one floor Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke 's legs were criss-crossed by lines resembling a noughts and crosses grid , and my jeans , saturated with a witch 's brew of chemicals , were gathering dust and fluff like a thieving magpie . |
| 25 | The rest of the time we managed to avoid each other it 's good . |
| 26 | Is it not about time we started using different grounds for finals instead of Windsor or the Oval ? |
| 27 | Yesterday , to our consternation and when in fact we had cancelled other plans for the meeting , eight people arrived here at 2.00 pm for a meeting we had anticipated would commence at 11.30 am at the latest . |