Example sentences of "[adv] we [vb past] [verb] an " in BNC.

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1 We probably presented quite an obscene picture and suddenly we seemed to have an audience .
2 So we had chosen an exit at random , and I stepped over one of those high door-frames which are presumably intended to stop the sea water from sloshing into the saloon .
3 He had no news of John , but once we had overcome an initial awkwardness , he tried to tell us about his experience .
4 ‘ If they found a point they wished to query us on we had to give an instant , pressurised response , ’ he said .
5 Later we had produced an exceedingly popular show featuring Howard Large as ‘ Rudolph and his German Band ’ , with Howard 's German dialogue and the oom-pah-pah music of a small brass group .
6 When the offer first came up we 'd had an even lower-budget series go out on a national US cable network but , apart from that critically-lauded effort , no TV experience .
7 I pointed out the way we had gone about it in 1974 , when we wished to add an item to the ICAO agenda and were able to agree upon a concerted approach by the major European delegations towards achieving our aims .
8 Yet we did detect an easing off in harassment of Republicans and of itinerants .
9 Ooh great a , a lot of politic this is what I say they were , when I think of them I can remember them , even as , as a young girl and you know remember them they were all very , very er they were only just the average working woman er I do n't think , we had got , there again we 'd got an extremely good , they 'd got an extremely good secretary , a well-educated woman erm and er the whole family was involved and it was one of their family was went on to be an M P .
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