Example sentences of "[noun] we [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the figure we gave for the annual input of carbon into the soil ( 1.2 tonnes of carbon per hectare per year ) include the carbon contributed by algae and photosynthetic bacteria . |
| 2 | If in past decades we waited for the telegram to arrive , it did not lessen the shock , but it did prepare us for the event . |
| 3 | There is nothing worse than being told ‘ Yes , we had a lovely book all about the fête we held for the coronation , but I have n't seen it for some years . |
| 4 | On his own decision to go for the draw with a last-minute John Liley penalty , Richards said pointedly : ‘ Trying to win the game by opting for the scrum would have been a waste of time because the moment we drove for the line , they would have wheeled it or collapsed it . |
| 5 | You would think we all agreed that acting to end third-world poverty was our number one priority , and that we would all , with barely a sigh of regret , give up our cars , our fridge-freezers and dishwashers , would cease commuting and return to live in the cities we abandoned for the good of our children , and would generally resume our lives as good citizens after 13 years in the desert . |
| 6 | ‘ The night we kissed for the first time . |
| 7 | Identifying trainees is all about finding out who needs to be trained and what they need to know and if you remember one of ject objectives we had for the course is , was to , so that by the end of the course you will actually develop a system by identifying the trainees because this is sort of hit or miss . |
| 8 | So , on a dull and drizzly morning we headed for the dogs ' home . |
| 9 | The reason we asked for the figures is to get a ball park idea . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've got the tickets we ordered for the Welsh match at Twickenham next month . |
| 11 | This is a combination of the list we used for the first plan and the list used for the draft of the second plan . |
| 12 | That 's a nice tyre we got for the erm caravan for ten quid . |
| 13 | These ideas were confirmed by a special Gallup Opinion Poll we commissioned for the review . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's time we left for the NEC , ’ Myra said , her eyes darting from Claudia to Roman and back again . |