Example sentences of "[pers pn] we have a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is i i I I we have a wide range of changes that would flow out from that so you could n't just take a change to Cornwall which would then create an oversized Devon seat , I quite accept that and we 've argued from the first that this would have to be part of the review as a whole .
2 I mean we we had a definite offer and it 's all paid much later , that the money is coming and then the committee will get the money back .
3 We we had a great thing tonight at tea did n't we ?
4 See if I was fetching anything or anything like that Oh we had an awfu we we had a big stock er big stock you know .
5 Well , yeah er we we had a fair amount of chemical er troubles erm mainly spillages , bad packaging , erm a few accidents erm , and very little information in those early days erm there was a lot of nasty chemicals going around which erm very little information followed it and people were being quite seriously injured , firemen included , policemen and others were getting involved with these things , and I got myself involved quite a lot with the various bodies that deal with chemicals , like the Chemical Industry Association , and people of that kind , trying to make things a bit safer , and taking up cases where spillages had occurred and , and accidents had happened er to try to get to the bottom of it and try to improve the situation and er I was n't alone , most Chief Officers were working that way and certainly the London Fire Brigade did it , did no end of work with producing , what is now commonly known as the coding and , and a system of , of erm er marking containers of chemicals so that people can understand how to deal with them , so that that was quite an interesting area which , even now I 'm now retired I still have a little hand in that with er chemicals er in my few moments I have spare I , I get involved with that side , which I enjoy .
6 That 's orange juice and we we had a free sample one year .
7 David added : ‘ Yeah , when we 're on it we have a great laugh like . ’
8 So she came and talked to 'em we had a long chat and actually I mean it er does sound very interesting .
9 I remember very distinctly the morning when my father came to tell us we had a new baby sister .
10 After we left the lake , our friend drove us inland to a forested area where , he assured us we had a good chance of seeing a great grey owl .
11 Because ‘ obedience in the Lord ’ reminds us we have a higher allegiance than that of purely human dimension .
12 ‘ Between us we have a great deal of experience in knowing where to look for the answers ’ , says Syd Sewell .
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