Example sentences of "we had a [adj] [noun] with " in BNC.
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1 | I remember when my husband was alive and we had a Sardinian couple with some unpronounceable name and it took me three months to teach her to make tea properly . |
2 | But , if we had a feasible solution with d k , e k > 0 , we could reduce d k and e k by equal amounts without affecting feasibility and thus reduce the objective function , since w k > 0 . |
3 | you know we had a real laugh with him |
4 | We had a grand switch-on with cameras from Yorkshire Television recording the moment for their regional magazine programme , Calendar , and all the newspapers covered it , too . |
5 | Unfortunately we had a major breakdown with the car , and were stuck in a tiny village with our tent and no transport . |
6 | We had a final drink with Nils while he checked the list of his requirements for the prop-shaft alterations , then we went out into the night , walking quickly through the bitter blustering of the wind back to our billet . |
7 | We had a little chat with Unix System Labs president Roel Pieper last week and he did n't exactly rule out the possibility of USL making a takeover move on Santa Cruz Operation Inc ( UX No 396 ) : however , he said , it would n't be a good business value unless both firms were committed to going in the same direction . |
8 | Okay you 're absolutely right er we did play that at the beginning of the programme we had a little trouble with our C D what happened there Stuart it went off the air did n't it ? |
9 | ‘ We had a modest brush with him ourselves . |
10 | We had a quick beer with them and teamed up with them as they knew the town better than us . |
11 | ‘ We had a lovely time with it , ’ Matilda said . |
12 | One particularly memorable weekend in July , Shanti 's first mother and her husband and two sons all came to stay , and we had a happy time with all our family here , except for our son in San Francisco and his wife and family . |
13 | The other thing is we had a lengthy meeting with the District Council a couple of days before the Gipsy Working Party . |
14 | There is certainly a good argument that in some situations shellac would not be an adequately strong finish , but in this case we had a fine table with a burr walnut surface which should be treated with a certain amount of care and respect in general use . |
15 | Er you 'll be aware from the letter which was circulated to you by Steve , that we had a significant problem with water leakage down the our pipe , which joins the mains water supply at the memorial , war memorial . |
16 | Do you know something else , we had a blind date with her |
17 | Erm yeah , we had a nodding acquaintance with quite a few of them , and I think they they were aware of who we were . |