Example sentences of "we [vb past] [pron] be [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I am quite convinced that everyone we met there was each other 's cousin .
2 Medic Mike Jackson said : ‘ When we arrived there was total chaos but officers had administered emergency first aid and did a good job stemming the blood and calming the girl . ’
3 We thought it was very camp , ’ says Fred , not unreasonably .
4 The biographers of Paddy Mayne quote a veteran of the North African campaign : ‘ We thought it was tough dealing with extremes of heat .
5 We thought there was some sort of divine providence which would somehow or other get us away .
6 We knew there was another side to the house , ’ said an NHAO man ; ‘ somebody was doing it . ’
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