Example sentences of "we [verb] be [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well we see we 've been saving the stamps so we had believe it or not |
| 2 | Although we did n't realize it , the books we used were becoming a tie between us , and the hours we spent together were becoming more and more enjoyable . |
| 3 | If we say are providing a band for dancing , we are liable if they let us down . |
| 4 | And er he did n't blame me one bit of doing that because we 'd been getting the run around . |
| 5 | Well I I think er it 's it 's quite hard to talk about it but er cer I th I think people were grieved that the bonus system that had been going since the quarry was started up again by 's father was gon na be scrapped with really no consultation with the workers if you like , and I think everybody thought that you know we 'd been producing a lot of slate and been paid well for it previously and he should leave well alone . |
| 6 | Then me , yeah me and Zed were saying like because , and like we 'd been tripping the night before and everything |
| 7 | Oh er of course they erm , they did n't believe in married women working and er they thought a married woman should be at home you see , well I had n't got any family then you see , until er after oh we 'd been married a number of years when we had , when I had my first baby and er and then I had the other one pretty quickly and er then I was glad to go out to work again when they were school age , they were n't left unattended at all er one , the elder one looked after the one , we did n't live , we lived in then but erm there was n't any pressure for me to stay at home , it was with my husband 's consent , because he knew it was helping out because rent man 's wages were n't very good then , and erm he er he finished , he finished at the pits you see and he got a job rent collecting , and he er he used to do miles he 'd cycle part of the way and then er he 'd perhaps leave his cycle somewhere and call back for it , but he used to do all the and all round there , there 's a place called and then er a lot of places er he used to do the old , is this , is this on , erm he used to do round , round the top there there were some slums there . |
| 8 | ‘ We 'd been doing the video for eight hours straight , everything was getting loose and they say , we wan na do a hand-held sequence , just go for it , run around the room and do whatever you want . |
| 9 | Spoke to mother who as we arrived was holding a conversation with Head of Senior Department over the telephone . |
| 10 | We therefore have to be in a position to share the dreams and the understandings of those people who we believe are making the running for tomorrow , wherever they may be . |
| 11 | All we are doing when we strike is to pull the hook and bait away from their lips . |
| 12 | Perhaps the biggest problem we foresaw was getting the job done in two to three weeks ( plus weekends ) we have available , and this mainly depended on timely delivery of materials . |
| 13 | ‘ So what we did was to take a couple of months for everybody in the band to write songs , and to rehearse everything . |
| 14 | ‘ I can not understand how any financial institution can rob two small children of their rights , when all we did was follow the Abbey National 's advice all along . |
| 15 | ‘ Basically what we did was occupy the airport and set up positions more or less to keep the locals , cattle and goats off the runway , ’ said Captain Dave Hall . |
| 16 | But when we took it over the , one of the first things we did was to redesign the kitchen because the soup was made in these great boiler and it was probably heated up every day of the week and can imagine what it would be like being in prison . |
| 17 | Well , very often what is , we do is make the vehicle safe , er , by isolating the battery and so on , we may warn about petrol . |
| 18 | Now we 'll get the changing hand out of the way first because it 's easier that way and so what we do is to bring the rope hand towards the tiller hand and then you can tuck it under your thumb , pick up the tiller with the other hand now , that 's fine . |
| 19 | The hon. Gentleman has acknowledged , indeed it is in his report , that , by simply increasing the income support rate , all that we do is cause the fees to rise behind it . |
| 20 | As far as council support goes , we 've been granted the use of both the station centre itself , so that we can have a retail outlet for furniture , bric-a-brac , books , the kind of thing that might go to landfill , but which people might very well want to use . |
| 21 | But , one of things that we are discovering is that when people complain about drafts er , we 've been switching the air conditioning up and down to balance it up to suit the individuals needs . |
| 22 | In addition to the note I gave you about the AO Development course , we 've been discussing the range of courses available , and we 've come up with the following ‘ wants list ’ . |
| 23 | We 've been discussing the release of the three British hostages . |
| 24 | Many times in this council when we 've been discussing more important points , when we 've been discussing the needs of people who have real needs , we have not been able to have our priority we have not been able to have our priority because we could not afford it . |
| 25 | In recent weeks we 've been taking a look at our Sussex heritage , and asking questions about conservation and preservation in our county . |
| 26 | We 've been telling the Rugby Union for years that we want help ; what they 're doing now is like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ We 've been struggling a bit at Everton , especially at home , but we hope that will set us up for the rest of the season . ’ |
| 28 | Cos we 've been watching the repeat of Victoria Wood ! |
| 29 | We 've been using the words SOH CAH TOA to help remember these . |
| 30 | ‘ We 've been bombarding the place since dawn . ’ |