Example sentences of "[vb past] we have a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Says Payne : ‘ We found we had a tremendous amount in common , a real northern European outlook with people from the Pacific rim , Siberia or the Russian heartlands . |
2 | ‘ Allowing for the generation gap , we found we had a surprising amount in common . |
3 | ‘ We collected 30 bags of rubbish in one day , and realised we had a serious problem , ’ he says ‘ From then on I decided to blitz the village a couple of days every week . |
4 | and it meant we had a regular rehearsal space — which we used nearly every day . |
5 | ‘ We felt we had a good chance and thought we presented our case well . ’ |
6 | ‘ Ah , but I knew we had a first-class lifeguard on board . ’ |
7 | ‘ She has been doing some spectacular work , going very well with Governor 's Imp , and Luca Cumani very generously let me work her with Red Slippers the other day , and after that I knew we had a live Group One horse , ’ the trainer added . |
8 | We knew we had a tough target to go for . |
9 | I thought we had a net list for them . |
10 | ‘ I thought we had a good chance of tracing the Spidex people through London . |
11 | Well we thought the tyre was down now , thought we had a flat tyre . |
12 | Er we thought we could work to it and we thought we had a different rule for timekeeping er and we did n't check the calculations . |
13 | ‘ It was a competition I thought we had a realistic chance of winning . |
14 | We thought we had an enormous pile but unfortunately our fire was not very long lasting and by 6 o'clock we were wandering about looking at the other , more professionally built conflagrations . |
15 | ‘ Annie , did we have a good childhood ? ’ |
16 | At the beginning of this season Wilko said we had a better side this year than when we won the championship . |
17 | they came and they said we had a free booking . |
18 | We do get work from individuals , I said we have an open policy and people come through with problems that they 've got because they know us and some we take up , we try and be helpful and , and take up individual problems and then we have a two way relationship with community groups and last and not , not , not least , we , we live across the corridor from the General Manager and he 's always flying in and giving us work as well . |
19 | Collie Curran is n't one for taking solace in moral victories , but he said : ‘ Had we had a full team it would certainly have been much closer . |
20 | It turned very cold in the evening , with the summit of the mountain periodically hidden in mist , but as the sun set we had a magnificent view . |