Example sentences of "we [vb past] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We agreed to have him for a fortnight but when the time came he refused to go , and would be with us yet if it had not been for the First World War and your father having to go … |
| 2 | Even though we 'd sold it for a ridiculously low . |
| 3 | We began to treat him like a strange alien person who need to be over-protected , who needed to be shielded from outsiders and the press . |
| 4 | We decided to show it to a booking agent who books cabaret , so I spoke to Harry Dawson who did a lot of , cabaret work and we auditioned it for him . |
| 5 | We decided to present him with a small token which he can take to his new life , and keep in memory of his bachelor days and the friends he has left behind . |
| 6 | ‘ We managed to sell it as a going concern , but got next to nothing for it and had to take a massive write-off . |
| 7 | We did make it to a boozer afterwards , though , and we all agreed it was worth making a note of for future reference . |
| 8 | The water was rising all the time , and we had to seal him inside a waterproof bag and drag him through the sump . ’ |
| 9 | The main problem was that we had to do it with a RELIANT ROBIN three wheeler car , looking remarkably similar to Del Boy 's . |
| 10 | And er it was er we had to develop it from a poorhouse into an old folks ' home . |
| 11 | It was fortunate indeed that we had put him in a cell with another person . |
| 12 | And obviously we would want to take money out of reserves , our original amendment took one point three million pounds out of reserves and it 's interesting to see now that you 're suggesting almost that figure again and yet for years you 've been telling us you ca n't take this money out of the reserves , er you know we had to keep it for a rainy day . |
| 13 | Er we also had one very large , cumbersome machine which carried things like lighting and breathing apparatus , and heavy lifting gear and all the other bits and pieces of rescue equipment , which came along in slow time , now that has been improved upon no end , and they 've got a very modern equipment now for that , erm er modern in the sense that new , new pieces have come on , cutting equipment with hydraulic jaws which er just slice through the top of a car roof , whereas we had to cut it with a hacksaw perhaps , or , or another metal saw , we , these can be done with just like cutting through cheese . |
| 14 | And up in the cellar , after the shooting , we had to make them to a brace like that , a cockerel and a hen . |
| 15 | ( That is why we refused to treat them as a separate school . ) |