Example sentences of "we were [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I played in the last game in the Third Division before we were relegated to the Fourth . |
| 2 | Maybe not that tense We were lunching at an emeried chalet off Bank Street in the West Village — licensed , sure , but with a suspicion of health food , of careful eating , of macrobiotics and longevity . |
| 3 | To go back to the Gdynia one on the ninth of October nineteen forty three , I have to state that when our crew arrived in England we went to er through school at Bovingdon for a couple of weeks then we were assigned to the Ninety Second Bomb Group and they wan na be sure we fit in . |
| 4 | Erm we were asked by the managing director er a man called W P whom I had a great deal of respect for , because he was a , he was a design engineer by trade and , and craft . |
| 5 | We were living in a spectacular era : Mussolini made war on hapless Ethiopia ; after the death of King George V came the brief reign of Edward VIII , his abdication and marriage to Mrs Wallis Simpson ; then the happier reign of King George VI . |
| 6 | By then we were living in a dirt-cheap place on the Bowery . |
| 7 | ‘ Their letter relates to an earlier position when we were looking at a phased opening because we had not identified full resources , ’ he said . |
| 8 | But today , from Loke Hide , we were looking at a single wild red-breasted goose . |
| 9 | The right hon. Gentleman said that the previous set of talks had concluded , and that we were looking at the new basis for talks . |
| 10 | It seems that we now have serial correlation in our model as a result of including the dummy right , now we 've got to test statistic , I mean always look at the F version of the test , right , er our F statistic of three point seven six is significantly different from zero , right , that leaves seven percent level , so a five percent test we probably accept that we did n't have any serial correlations and we just got there by the skin of our teeth on that particular test erm yes , you could probably get away with this one , functional forms fine , no problem there , hetero skilasticity right , are F statistic three point nine but significantly different from zero that 's six percent level , right , so again we just scrape it if we were looking at the ninety five percent confidence it wants to be five percent if you are using as five percent significance level . |
| 11 | Erm presumably we are talking here next year , talking about sort of years effects , and I just wondered what would be the effects that in general terms if we were looking at the full year effects ? |
| 12 | We were looking for a good flavour and meaty texture . |
| 13 | As with the sliced bread , we were looking for a good , brown appearance , a firm crust , a distinctive aroma and taste with some nuttiness and a firm but springy texture . |
| 14 | As to the much discussed pearwood wall panels , Italo Rota explains : ‘ We were looking for a simple idea that would allow visitors who had already looked at a good many paintings to connect some of them with unfamiliar settings ; the art of memory tells us that it is easier to retain images in one 's head if one can link them to a specific space ’ . |
| 15 | We were looking for a big house in Southampton . |
| 16 | We were looking for a precise way to express what we mean when we refer to something as complicated . |
| 17 | Right if we were looking for a fifteenth , say we were looking for a fifteenth what would make |
| 18 | Right if we were looking for a fifteenth , say we were looking for a fifteenth what would make |
| 19 | We were looking for the reflective eyes of a fox . |
| 20 | That is why we were reckoning on a 10 year transition . |
| 21 | Well , I mean you may be right I ca n't be I 'm not I 'm not absolutely certain myself but er it would be nice to think that we were represented at a local authority level , yeah , by different cross-sections of our community . |
| 22 | S. H. We were treated with a considerable amount of respect by the middle class . |
| 23 | We were treated as an accepted channel of communication with the mass of independent objectors and were often the only other organization apart from the local councils ' consortium whom Michael Barnes asked to comment when dramatic announcements were made . |
| 24 | We were treated to a marvellous breakfast of bread , cheese and salami followed by ham and eggs and lashings of coffee … … … luxury ! |
| 25 | We were treated to a pathetic song , whose sentiments we knew were real enough . |
| 26 | In the evening , after a superb meal in the à la carte restaurant , we were treated to a Sunwing show followed by dancing to the latest sounds — only for those who were n't too tired after a hard day 's sunbathing ! |
| 27 | A flock of eight curlew rose and we were treated to a spectacular display flight of steep flapping rises , slow glides and bubbling trills . |
| 28 | The van doors swung open and as Antinou 's lads eased us out we were treated to a 6 a.m. view of Clapton . |
| 29 | For our final talk in the previously arranged programme ( note the earlier comment on the Shrewsbury signal box visit ) we were treated to an excellent talk on the Central Wales Line by Mr Tony Birdwood of Llanwrda . |
| 30 | We were treated to the long diatribes of detailed considerations about the cost of paper clips and God knows what else . |