Example sentences of "we [adv] [vb past] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were playing for a long time before we ever had a deal , and when we eventually got signed by a big company , they pretty much took us for what we were . |
| 2 | We just had to look for the Motor Caravan Construction Code symbol . |
| 3 | But the three of them got on and Fred explained that ‘ we desperately wanted to turn into a dance band but did n't know how ’ . |
| 4 | Pearce said : ‘ We always planned to try for a drop goal whenever we were in the French 20 metre area . |
| 5 | We always had to go to the big men on our knees and touch our forelocks and say ‘ Please can we do so and so … ? ’ |
| 6 | When we did meet a dog , we always stopped to chat with the owner — if the dog would let us ! |
| 7 | Life in Russia is hard ( and since we deliberately chose to stay in a cheap non-western hotel we experienced some of the hardships first hand ) but I shall never forget the generosity and overwhelming hospitality shown to us by the people of Bastaisk church . |
| 8 | ‘ Ca n't think why we ever got rid of the old bat . |
| 9 | The ferry arrived on Saturday evening and we instantly agreed to stay on the boat and to go elsewhere . |
| 10 | However , beyond pointing to the dramatic increase in rape reports , we also began to speculate on the reasons for the shift by practically all the newspapers . |
| 11 | We also had to deal with the old issues too . |
| 12 | We often had to work through the night to get the stage ready in time , but it was exciting to be in one of the Queen 's palaces at Christmas . |
| 13 | On the same theme , we even managed to squeeze in a note about the granite climbing possibilities of the Scilly Isles ( with the help of Dave Basset ) . |
| 14 | Second thing was that having covered absolutely everything she was n't any estate , or at least did n't appear to be any so the surviving spouse was n't very interested in taking out a grant anyway cos it was n't going to get him any funds , so we then have the job of doing what 's called debarring him and basically he renounced his right to be of the administrator and we then had to go under the rules to find the next person which was one of the specific beneficiaries I E the sons . |
| 15 | We divided the material into six programmes which we then had to clear with the Cabinet Office under an agreement that had been made with the Broadlands Archives Trust . |
| 16 | Fortunately , we seldom needed to call upon the doctor , but our daughter , as an infant , was obliged to submit to various injections , and usually responded with great violence to these administrations . |
| 17 | We never got rid of the stains on her gear . |
| 18 | Morag and Mary were two such women and we never ceased to wonder at the amount of work they got through in a day . |
| 19 | But we never did walk across the river before or since . ’ |