Example sentences of "[noun sg] we had [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the course of the evening we had sampled a wide variety of wines , and were now experiencing a woozy sense of disassociation that was like being drunk and hung-over at the same time . |
| 2 | One afternoon we had made a forced march around the local countryside with our rucksacks on . |
| 3 | And we went up there and we had just we 'd , we took the labour rooms and er of course we had got a cup of tea with them you know ? |
| 4 | We always went out in twos and threes , for obvious reasons , but all the same by the time we were approaching the field we had collected a following of about a dozen . |
| 5 | Every day we had tackled a different walk , each enriched by the gentle Gozitan kindness we net along the way . |
| 6 | During the day we had shared a track with several bands of people — dog walkers , long-distance backpackers , ramblers and day walkers . |
| 7 | So I mean that day we had to tell a lot of lies , you know , like that . |
| 8 | By the time we reached the Red Fort we had hit a traffic jam . |
| 9 | To get to the lush meadows from the farm we had to weave a path through the narrow village lanes edged with cottages of golden stone and gardens in full summer bloom . |
| 10 | THE East Team played 18 games during our ten day stay in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and when we left St John for Quebec City we had established a lead of over 100 shots . |
| 11 | I remember that at primary school we had to keep a diary , and from time to time someone would be picked out to face the class and read it aloud . |
| 12 | Visits supervisor Jenny Wallace said of the group : ‘ This was the first time we had welcomed a party from the Salvation Army . |