Example sentences of "we [was/were] [vb pp] [prep] the [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | We were treated to the long diatribes of detailed considerations about the cost of paper clips and God knows what else . |
| 5 | We are therefore behaving as though we were fixed in the European Monetary System . |
| 6 | That is why we need history presented as it is in this book : not just as the brief flicker of time since the industrial revolution or since the invention of writing , but as the 40,000 years of modern thought and language , and the sweep of six million years since we were born as the third chimpanzee . |
| 7 | We were born on the same council estate — Shiregreen , in Sheffield , both ‘ well off ’ by council house standards first with a telly and matching frocks and knickers ) . |
| 8 | We were born on the same day , in the same place . |
| 9 | For the rest of the day we were blessed with the dappled shade of the Tiziatin Forest , a spread of evergreen oak . |
| 10 | our developments in hydraulic fracturing techniques , which improve the flow of crude oil into the well , were recognised when we were presented with the Royal Acadamy of Engineering 's MacRobert award — the UK 's premier accolade for innovation in engineering . |
| 11 | Lay brothers hurried about , unpacking the carts , and we were escorted into the spacious , white stone guest house : a large solar on the ground floor with above it chambers for each of the abbot 's guests . |
| 12 | We were led into the closest touch with the African Doctor through this period . |
| 13 | Whilst grooms took our horses away , we were led into the dreary Chapter House , now made a little more comfortable with hangings and arras , cushions and chairs , from Queen Margaret 's stores . |
| 14 | Finally we were referred to the recent decision of the House of Lords in Roy v. Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster Family Practitioner Committee [ 1992 ] 1 A.C. 624 . |
| 15 | He replies : ’ we were formed from the old Liberal Prty and the SDP . |
| 16 | True to form we were disqualified at the first change-over between David and me . |
| 17 | Our Rolls was directed straight in and we were deposited at the Grand Hall entrance . |
| 18 | ‘ We succeeded because we were elected to the Lebanese parliament and we were able to take over from the Turks and French in their ministries . ’ |
| 19 | We were fascinated by the lither , graceful women , effortlessly balancing judge , beautiful towers of fruit on their heads , which they took daily to the temples for blessing . |
| 20 | Last , while not wishing to prescribe a particular pattern of operation , we were fascinated by the whole business of the micro-politics of change within project schools , In particular , the management of innovation through the institution of committees , the control of agendas , the persuasion of individuals and ( putting it bluntly ) the Machiavellian manipulation of situations were features of the project in action . |
| 21 | Having arranged a guard on the aircraft we all went back to Shaibah , where we were entertained by the one lady passenger in the Officers ' Mess . |
| 22 | We were swept into the bitter-sweet dream , and there would be no going back , but on that morning we were truly one . |
| 23 | On the second part , well nobody feels more strongly that I do about the problems of noise pollution and I agree entirely there er with what councillor has to say but may I remind members that this council did have a full service for a six months period , you all seem to have forgotten that , we did have a full service , an experimental one which ran for six months , er we were advised by the officers at the end of that period it was not necessary to run the full seven day a week service , it was not necessary we are still being advised that that is not necessary , that is the advice we were given at the last committee meeting and er the majority of members supported that . |
| 24 | On a personal note , you will recall that Betsan and I first met you when we were employed by the National Trust at Plas y Rhiw . |
| 25 | When it was time to set off again , there was a lot of noisy discussion , live chickens in baskets were moved and we were ushered into the front window seat across from the driver so we could see the view together . |
| 26 | We were screened from the wild birds as we hurried along behind high earth banks planted with willow . |
| 27 | We were camped amid the little-visited Calaste chain in southern Bolivia . |
| 28 | We were housed in the usual huts , but being this time in the centre of a town , we had paved paths all around us and shaded lights to help us get about at nights , and not having to go out at night to read instruments was a welcome change . |
| 29 | The greatest pity was that the top was clear enough for a view and as we were perched at the broad gable end of the mountain we could see some fabulous sights . |
| 30 | We were reminded of the artful political ruse of a band of women who , flouting the Republic 's law on contraception , returned from Northern Ireland by train having procured hundreds of contraceptives . |