Example sentences of "we have [be] [adj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd been able to keep the same crew from coast to coast , he said , only because of the two rest breaks along the way . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , of course we 'd have carried on if we 'd been able to make a living at it . |
| 3 | But there have been so many of these little mistakes , you see , that we 've been obliged to have a warrant made out . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We 've been unable to give a name to Graham 's condition because we 're mystified by it , ’ he says . |
| 5 | Well often I might see somebody waving out by the gate frantically trying to get in where he 's put one of his different size padlocks round the gate , the back gate and the front gate , and often if we need to feed the cat he 's padlocked all the different padlocks round the kitchen cupboards erm we 've been unable to get the cat food out , so we 've had to go off in the car and bring him back from a friend because he 's the only one who knows which key goes with which padlock to undo all the cupboards . |
| 6 | I 've fought this problem for years at political conferences and gradually we 've been able to improve the situation . |
| 7 | seventy five degrees I mean , and it was really cold and when we got back it was cold as well , it 's only the last four weeks that we 've been able to use the outdoor pools again |
| 8 | One example er , a couple of examples erm , we 've worked together with the unions in Moulinex in northern France who bought Swan Kettles er which is where the G M B is erm is highly organized and er in those er meetings between the unions in , in Moulinex and Swan we 've been able to see the disparity between the conditions and the wages and be able to speak about ways in which people can go back to their , to their er workplace and work on that with that knowledge . |
| 9 | It means we 've been able to choose the most appropriate hardware for the job . |
| 10 | Except I think just to emphasize one or two minor issues but the savings from last year , that was the underspendings from ninety two ninety three were , as you recall last year er used to support this year 's budget er those savings underspending are no longer available and therefore have been taken out of the consideration The staff costs for T S G schemes that are mentioned at the bottom of page five erm , the programme this year which is actually listed over the page at table two does erm indicate that erm we are now contemplating link road and bypass next year and staff available are needed to complete that work or fortunately we 've been able to secure a start on which enables some of the staff to be transferred to work on that scheme . |
| 11 | We 've been able to follow a six-page retrospective on Iggy Pop with a Lingerie-in-Rock exposé , and do both things with equal conviction . |
| 12 | In the last Simon Star we reported how excited we are about the fact that we 've been able to start the work . |
| 13 | Recognising the importance of this issue , we 've been able to develop a three year project , to provide training , advice , and information to voluntary groups , about how best to respond to the contract culture . |
| 14 | I hope that we 've been able to convey the way that Control Servers will enable you to control the client server environment as if you 're controlling a mainframe , and I sincerely hope that we 've been able to talk erm knowledgeably knowledgeably about our tool strategy and how we can address the needs of each different group of users with different desktop devices in a consistent manner . |
| 15 | ‘ So far , we 've been able to ride the recession , ’ he says . |
| 16 | Moderator I , one two eight six , I wondered whether a word from south of the border might be in order because in recent years in the Church of England we 've been busy discussing the theological foundations and the practical discipline in respect of several matters which fall under the general heading of Christian initiation and indeed we have been experimenting a bit here and there . |
| 17 | We had been fortunate to have an excellent trekking crew and to enjoy good conditions for a memorable adventure . |
| 18 | In spite of the best efforts of the health service , we had been unable to persuade the public that by far the bigger danger was of children not being inoculated . |
| 19 | Over the years we have been thankful to hear the BBC World Service in Chungking , Kuala Lumpur , Los Angeles , Guyana , Nigeria , Alaska and many other places — and that clear , calm statement of the news spoken with suave detachment in impeccable English has never ceased to satisfy . |
| 20 | ‘ We have been round to view the house and agree it should be rebanded . ’ |
| 21 | If our propaganda has failed , it has failed because we have been unable to arouse the British people in such a way as to make them feel that the cause of Republican Spain was their cause in such a measure that they would take every risk , even the risk of war to make the Republican cause in Spain prevail . |
| 22 | ‘ — we have been unable to fill the position . |
| 23 | Therefore we have been unable to report the hoped for release of financial resources to use on other services . |
| 24 | Although the trade union side were furnished with a job description , we have been unable to ascertain the role of the area directors , particularly in relation to where they fit into the industrial relations network . |
| 25 | ‘ For the third year running , we have been unable to build a single house , yet in that period we have had to re-house nearly 2,000 homeless families . ’ |
| 26 | Ever since you went away we have been unable to get the fire to burn ; even if we borrowed a light from the neighbours it went out as soon as we brought it in . " |
| 27 | So far we have been concerned to consider the question of the right or the freedom to protest , but the question may be raised as to whether there is a duty to protest . |
| 28 | Now as part of all this , the Centre is responsible for almost all the public lectures in the university , and we have been glad to make the open to the public at large , and therefore a very special welcome to those of you who have come in from outside . |
| 29 | ‘ So far , we have been able to cleave every RNA we have wanted to . |
| 30 | By increasing public awareness of the line and its services through enhanced publicity , providing a regular volunteer buffet service and by having direct contact with the BR managers in the territory to discuss timetables and passenger grievances , we have been able to sustain a year on year increase in numbers using the line , and a gradual narrowing of the gap between attributable costs and revenue received . |