Example sentences of "[verb] we [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know we 'd any chickens here |
| 2 | Perhaps Mr Woolf had overheard that classic remark by a member of the public who said to me one day when we were negotiating the locks of the Caledonian canal in Venturous , " I did n't know we had Inland Revenue Cutters . " |
| 3 | When we moved we had one armchair and a sewing machine . |
| 4 | But for instance , say we had two shunters , I had two shunters . |
| 5 | When they understood what was expected we had few communication problems . |
| 6 | As it happens we got that shipment delivered eventually though some of the perishables had gone off . |
| 7 | They ask about the short stories as if they really want them — none of that toffee-nosed ‘ we might conceivably ’ stuff we had last time . |
| 8 | ‘ Tom McKeith and David Laing are good additions to the team and we 've always felt we had great strength in depth . |
| 9 | It seemed we needed thirty copies of everything , stamped and signed at least twice . |
| 10 | Before they came we removed all trace of our connection to television , rearranged the office furniture a bit , and hid a camera in a bankers box . |
| 11 | Midway between the excitation electrodes we placed two ring electrodes with an interelectrode distance of 0.2 cm for measurement of impedance . |
| 12 | The Inspector concluded , ‘ The questions we have to ask , therefore , and which we hope you may be able to help us shed some light on are , one , who was motivated to kill Hereward Marr ; two , what precisely might have provoked them to do it ; three , who drove the mini into the Broad and four , where is Mrs Marr at this moment ? ’ |
| 13 | Actually I do nt think we got any cockneys on the list ( East London ) , and norf lunderners speek more like that . |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't think we had any chance of catching him but I just kept shoving and shouting and he got there in the end , ’ said Antoinette . |
| 15 | I do n't think we had any cheese did we ? |
| 16 | I do n't think we missed any chances … |
| 17 | I must say to those of you who tend we had nice interview |
| 18 | As we hopped we saw grey phalaropes , inquisitive little birds seemingly unbothered by our presence , happily showing themselves now that there was insufficient light to film them . |
| 19 | But they make me die because you , you you 're a day , I mean we got this sort of letter the bailiffs were coming in because we were a day late . |
| 20 | Cos I mean we had two crap years had n't we , well . |
| 21 | well I mean we had one girl did n't know what she was going about , but , you know , women do n't have all the work to do in the house and her dad helps at weekends and I said well who made the decision in the first place to do what |
| 22 | I can understand er I mean we had some calls off er last week mainly because erm we we took we 'd spoken to those people before Christmas and we do expect people to drop out . |
| 23 | Fred apparently thinks we initiated this policy , and resents the fact that he will no longer be able to produce a certain number of high-quality meals . |
| 24 | We got we got hydrochloric acid . |
| 25 | Cos , before you crash we had six lights on t' back and we had eight on t' front . |
| 26 | Well it 's since you know we had that party last weekend . |
| 27 | I know we had one lady erm lived underneath us and she was really very nervous and you know erm hardly came out of her flat at all . |
| 28 | You know we negotiated one price , did n't get . |
| 29 | I know we saw some tripe did n't we ? |
| 30 | I know we bought some meat in , you know , thank you , it 's very light I put it in this way . |