Example sentences of "we [verb] [vb pp] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
| 2 | As well as being a mate of Yeti 's at school we worked together at Whiteleys , the department store in Queensway , on Thursday evenings after school and all day Saturday — for which we got paid the grand total of 36 shillings or £1.80 today . |
| 3 | It was late in the afternoon now , later than I thought it would be , and shadows were long on the grass before us , so that by the time we 'd travelled the leafy lane to Flanders Hall and had followed the road past the Grange to West Burton village green , it was early evening . |
| 4 | Then he kissed me , and for a moment I remembered a play we were in together , when we 'd done the same sort of kiss , starting with his hand under my chin and just our lips lightly together , and then developing into a full clinch ; but by the time we were deeply embraced I had forgotten the play and could think only that this was like coming home . |
| 5 | Joe did n't speak again until we 'd finished the second stage . |
| 6 | I mean , if I were to sell my house now supposing somebody came galloping in along before Christmas ooh ooh I want the house on the first of Feb and they 'd come and they 'd see the house and they say yes I want it , want it , want it and it was plain that they were going to want it and we started to talk money , as soon as we 'd got the solid block of money I want one O two you er estate agent tells me I can get ninety seven between ninety five and ninety seven say they offer me ninety six |
| 7 | We have all wished that we 'd had the perfect retort at some time , but most of us can only think of something smart about three days later . |
| 8 | We 'd had the odd fling even while she was supposed to be engaged to him — the night of the fire was when we started it . |
| 9 | Sally confesses : ‘ We realized , after we 'd had the dividing wall rebuilt between the front room and the back parlour , that it was impossible to get in or out of the back parlour , since we 'd also had the doorway closed off and made into a display case for the tortoiseshell medical implements Peter collects . |
| 10 | We thought we 'd had the last laugh when we got to the play-off finals against Charlton but he was an even bigger pain in the arse after that . |
| 11 | The change in net debt , er worth referring worth mentioning minus three point three million that much worse would have been significantly lower thirty five million or so lower if we 'd had the same year end exchange rate as we did in nineteen ninety one . |
| 12 | This process was one that we 'd enjoyed the public inquiry process for over fifty years and it would be most helpful if the minister at some point in his er later remarks perhaps could take this opportunity to tell the house that the Conservatives do not intend to side step the public inquiry stage of any future boundary proposals , European or I 'd be glad to give up . |
| 13 | If we 'd needed the final touch of homicidal brio , this would have had to be it . |
| 14 | Slide through an alleyway that seems to have history inscribed on its cobbled stones and we 've reached the first stop . |
| 15 | We fly on the wings of mutual allure , but I 'm not sure whether we 've reached the heavy confidence stage yet . ’ |
| 16 | You know if everybody 's happy that we 've accepted the lowest quote then fine . |
| 17 | Right now we are choosing the line and we 've defined the limited use of monofilament , the disadvantages of twist and the advantages of braid , so the next stage is to gauge the material against the type of kite . |
| 18 | It sticks in my throat that you know we 've had to pay it but , from the point of view of the residents , we 've done the right thing by letting it . |
| 19 | So I think we 've done the right thing . |
| 20 | She said Monday night I , er I do n't know whether we 've done the right thing by booking this holiday she said , I 'm thinking about the travelling in the air , it 'll be in travelling for eleven hours so she said I do n't know how I 'll be , I said it 's no use looking at it like that Alice now |
| 21 | It appears we 've done the same thing with the brick and the flints . |
| 22 | " For two centuries we 've done the hard work of freedom . |
| 23 | Look … we 've seen the early report on this incident . |
| 24 | Now , as the chairman said we base the salaries of directors on two elements an element of base salary which looks at market levels and we ergo , have a fair base which reflects a sort of medium to upper level of companies of this size we then leverage , very carefully , a bonus scheme related to performance and I believe that is the right thing to do and I believe and so do my fellow directors who sit on that committee believe that it is one of the reasons that we 've seen the great growth in this company over the last five years which you 've achieved and which actually the Chancellor of the Exchequer would very glad about because it is increasing the wealth and the benefit of this country , particularly as a lot of those earnings are coming from overseas and will in , in time be repatriated in Britain . |
| 25 | Wella understands this , which is why we 've created the ultimate hair treatment range : System Professional . |
| 26 | Well we 've locked the bottom half , cos Steve got a lock and we locked the bottom half . |
| 27 | We looked into all sorts of different buildings , and that would be suitable , and we 've decided the best thing is on the shipping containers , they 're water proof , they 're vandal proof , and they 're recycled as well , which helps . |
| 28 | It 's very difficult to say because we 've lost this end of the house and we 've lost the other wing . |
| 29 | It has n't all been smooth running of course , I mean working in a parliament with eighty separate national political delegations , working in t nine languages , I have to admit we 've made the odd slip . |
| 30 | We 've missed the bloody lot . |