Example sentences of "[vb past] we have a [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | ‘ Annie , did we have a good childhood ? ’ |
| 15 | they came and they said we had a free booking . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |