Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] we [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like to put forward the argument that it was by trying to accomodate Cuntona , Wallace and Chappie together at the start of last season that made us a soft touch away from home . |
| 2 | It is interesting to note that they come from the same stable that brought us the national insurance surcharge . |
| 3 | ‘ We equalised their opening goal very quickly and that gave us a real lift because by then Liverpool could have been two or three up . ’ |
| 4 | It opened up a three-shot lead going into the second and that gave us a nice little cushion to work with . |
| 5 | It was proving to be an ideal choice of holiday with a programme of free activities that gave us an easy opportunity to make friends with the guests form other nations who gave the Club such a cosmopolitan atmosphere . |
| 6 | It 's a black celebration , a grimy , twisted tribute to an era that gave us The Black Panthers , Jeremy Thorpe and Paper Lace . |
| 7 | Mechanics pushed our aircraft into a hangar and machined us a new stud for our exhaust pipe . |
| 8 | ‘ He looks very comfortable on the ball and scored us a fabulous goal which set up the win . |
| 9 | As we were turning to follow his directions , he drew up his cuff and showed us the blue tattooed cross that all Copts have on the inside of their wrists . |
| 10 | Mr Rochester lifted the curtain , opened the secret door and showed us the little room . |
| 11 | he come , he come yesterday and brought us a twenty two |
| 12 | It was less than a hundred metres away , and gave us a long hard look as we stood there . |
| 13 | Of course , we had many political differences but the twin oppressions of being Irish lesbians and immigrants brought us together and gave us a strong framework upon which to build our own movement and within which to begin articulating our anger at English feminism . |
| 14 | He was a friend of a friend , and gave us a warm welcome and invited us to lunch . |
| 15 | He told them the only way we could agree to a news-blackout was if they co-operated with us and gave us a free hand in the investigation . ’ |
| 16 | Our driver , Hans , spoke to David Lowe , who spoke good German and gave us a running commentary on where we were going . |
| 17 | We never rested five minutes that he did not fall asleep and gave us a little nasal music , and which hindered me nothing so fully as I wished to have done . |
| 18 | Rechristened ‘ Rambos ’ , a reflection of their basic and rugged form , they offered us refuge from a rare rainstorm , and gave us a safe place to store excess baggage . |
| 19 | Any account of English book illustration would be inadequate without a tribute to Edmund Evans ( 1826–1905 ) who brought to a wonderful peak of success the revival of the art of colour printing from wood blocks and gave us the delightful colour plate books of Kate Greenaway , ’ Richard E. Doyle , Randolph Caldecott and Walter Crane . |
| 20 | The light westerly breeze strengthened as we travelled north and we hoisted a large mainsail , borrowed from our 32-foot cutter which set well on Viking 's stubby mast and gave us an extra knot . |
| 21 | They toasted Keith and me ( Keith had come up for the day to join in ) and bought us a slow cooker for our new home . |
| 22 | Amazed that the little machine had brought us so far , he gave me his prayer beads and wished us a safe trip , ‘ Allah willing ’ . |
| 23 | Our resources were too widely deployed , which gave us stability , but lost us a competitive edge . |