Example sentences of "we [vb past] [pers pn] [be] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We heard it was a good school , ’ said Clarissa , acidly . |
| 2 | And with Rentakil , and if you remember at that time , as he rightly said last night the idea of going with Rentakil , was that we thought they were a reputable firm , |
| 3 | ( 43 ) * We thought it be the right choice . |
| 4 | ‘ We thought it was a good idea to hold a pre-Christmas sale rather than a New Year one because many of our dresses are suitable for Christmas . ’ |
| 5 | it 's helped to build our business and erm in fact we thought it was a good idea er during the course of this conversation that I 'm having with you |
| 6 | We actually put it down in our own manifesto because we thought it was a good idea . |
| 7 | ‘ We thought it was a good table and three seasons ago about £120 was spent having it professionally polished . |
| 8 | If I 'd have Jan with Ben and we thought it was a new girlfriend . |
| 9 | ‘ We thought it was a damp squib . |
| 10 | ‘ When we did a signing session at the Rough Trade shop , we thought it was the biggest ball hop ever ! ’ cackles Niall . |
| 11 | We thought it were a new card or summat and it 's not . |
| 12 | ‘ And while we felt we were the best team in England , we were killed by our own success . |
| 13 | Then George Potter retired in 1966 , leaving this nucleus of magnolias , we felt it was a good foundation to build on , although we were careful to make a selection rather than a collection . |
| 14 | ‘ We felt it was a worthwhile cause as we ca n't stand cruelty to animals of any sort . |
| 15 | We are sorry Q.T. day had to be cancelled but because the weather conditions were so bad we felt it was the right thing to do . |
| 16 | Of course we knew he was a celebrated painter , everyone did , and I think the neighbourhood felt quite disappointed when by moving down here he became less celebrated . |
| 17 | We saw Eliot off that evening , not too late , because we knew he was an early riser who went to morning Mass . |
| 18 | We all knew it would be disastrous ; we foretold that her husband would walk out , that her other children would suffer : we saw she was the only one of the family unit who could n't bear not to see the fruit of her womb , however sour , ripen , drop and live . |
| 19 | When we won it was the biggest race . |
| 20 | The reason we did those mailings is because of the warning that we had they were the only mailings available by the way . |