Example sentences of "that we [vb past] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lush , however , are in a celebratory mood — we were the only band to be paid and boasted all night that we 'd actually headlined Lollapalooza . |
| 2 | Because prior to that we had n't sold fish as such . |
| 3 | Driver explained that ‘ we have effectively been prompted by our supplier , who has warned us that we had better wean people off it . |
| 4 | We would n't have been passing the church except that we called in to collect Maggie Sullivan and it 's a shortcut from her place to the Feathers . ’ |
| 5 | I thi I mean there were quite a number of people , I would say on the flats that we did n't make contact with at all . |
| 6 | It was awfully sporting of IBM Corp to set up consultancy , systems integration and facilities management ventures in an attempt to put to profitable use the surplus skills of so many of its employees , and only curmudgeons asked if IBMers were actually the right people for the job : sad to say , the curmudgeons were right , and according to Computerworld , the head of the new IBM Consulting Group in White Plains , New York , Robert Howe , says that it is having to hire people from the likes of Andersen Consulting and Coopers & Lybrand , because as he told the paper , ‘ we 've tried IBMers , but frankly we 've had to send some home — some IBM people did n't get the notion of the service business — they did n't understand that we did n't want administrators and middle managers ’ . |
| 7 | It is true that we did n't speak Polish — well , a few words maybe : Tak , nie , dziękuje . |
| 8 | So let's not feel too depressed that we did n't send 20-year-olds , half from northern clubs , and half from southern ones . |
| 9 | It was the question of making sure that we did n't pay tax on any of that three four four five . |
| 10 | Oh yes , we definitely needed the three points today , you know , before the game we were looking to get three points erm to get one out of it we are disappointed , but as I say , the way we 've played second half , we 've just got to take a bit of heart from the fact that we did n't get beat . |
| 11 | ‘ Most of the time we were so busy rushing the posters out that we did n't have time to read them or think about what they said , ’ said Mr Mark Roblett , 27 , the elder of the two brothers whose south London company came to the aid of both parties . |
| 12 | So it was n't really surprising that we did n't recognise Ollie when we got into the arrivals hall . |
| 13 | ‘ The only difference between this and other games is that we did n't put goals on the end of the performance . |
| 14 | Unless my recollection is at fault , it seems to be that two generations ago it was accepted in our society that we did not use firearms . |
| 15 | ‘ There is a feeling that we did not get justice off court and the players want to put things right on court , ’ said the Components Bureau coach , Bob Stokes . |