Example sentences of "we [vb past] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When screening began we agreed to discontinue it at the end of the first year if there were a number of traumatised families . |
| 2 | And we tried to do something about the problem of alcoholism and prostitution in the area by getting the bars and brothels registered with the local government . |
| 3 | ‘ We tried to sign him in the summer that we bought Jim Leighton from Aberdeen , but the money Brondby were asking was out of the question , ’ said Mr Ferguson . |
| 4 | We tried to get them to the door but they kept falling about . |
| 5 | " We came to do something about the record-player , " Sandra said brightly . |
| 6 | We arranged to meet him on the early train at Skipton the next day and off he went to his bog . |
| 7 | We began to experience something of the build up to labour pains . |
| 8 | I thumbed through the aeroplane magazine looking for articles on pre-ski protuberances — curiously there were none , and we decided to ignore it in the hope that it would go down roughly when the plane did . |
| 9 | ‘ When you 're writing stuff , these kinds of songs come out and you know you 're never going to use them seriously , but we had such a laugh when we were playing about with that one , we decided to use it on the single . |
| 10 | We decided to hire him for the day , and negotiated a price . |
| 11 | Repacking the camera gear , we decided to abandon it to the elements in orange survival bags , and bracing ourselves , we retreated down the steep and slippery slope . |
| 12 | However , we decided to try it with the food and tucked into some quite outstanding starters , including terrine of foie gras with wild mushrooms and some grilled bites of red mullet with caviar which positively leapt into the mouth . |
| 13 | I actually felt they hustled better than us though we managed to catch them on the break quite a bit , ’ said Blaney . |
| 14 | But at least we managed to keep it in the UK , although we had lots of offers to go abroad . |
| 15 | We were using the UK schedule when we said to expect them by the end of this month . |
| 16 | The cylinders were causing minor explosions and we had to tackle it from the outside , using the protection of adjoining buildings and cars . |
| 17 | Then the machine started printing lines all over the paper and we had to send someone into the shops to remove all the faulty rolls . ’ |
| 18 | in the information so we had to we had to assume one for the purpose of public consultation but we said that the final decision on standards would be taken er in another time . |
| 19 | And then we had to tell her in the end ! |
| 20 | Our next meeting of our local group we refused to launch it on the day that we were doing the training , and if you 'd seen the launch yesterday it was absolutely bloody abysmal . |
| 21 | ‘ We wanted to put you in the picture , ’ Otley said . |