Example sentences of "we [was/were] [verb] from [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although we both knew that we were acting from the best possible motives , I argued , other people were always ready to place a malicious interpretation on their neighbours ' doings and it might therefore be better to wait before breaking the news . |
| 2 | He replies : ’ we were formed from the old Liberal Prty and the SDP . |
| 3 | It was only through my presence of mind that we were saved from a frightful scandal . ’ |
| 4 | laughter so that by the time we came to do the five practical ev exercises you know everybody was in a very relaxed and jolly mood but I think that 's was it 's about but from the results that we were getting from the practical exercises clearly what he said had taken root you know roll key words , roll them around in your mind er try running through letters of the alphabet to match up with your key word chains and you know if if if the word is ball try roll see if you can get it to rhyme and ultimately the creme de la creme is if you can actually get the title of a song or |
| 5 | We were screened from the wild birds as we hurried along behind high earth banks planted with willow . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , we felt we were missing something , that we were excluded from a wider world . ’ |
| 7 | We happen to lie in the line of sight so far as Algol is concerned ( or nearly so ) ; if we were observing from a different vantage point there would be no eclipses , and Algol would shine steadily . |
| 8 | A second reason is perhaps that we have not obtained many of the much-trumpeted benefits that we were promised from the original Common Market . |
| 9 | The decision to head for Etive had been a late one , after we were repelled from a planned attack on Ardgour 's Garbh Bheinn by a combination of midges and a deer stalking manager . |
| 10 | A Fire Service spokesman said : ‘ We were told from a reliable source the youths were still likely to be in the building so we conducted a thorough search . |