Example sentences of "[adv] we had a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We had sent Johann back to the Castle of Zenda and suddenly we had a message from him .
2 North Sea oil came on board and suddenly we had a product which people wanted to buy .
3 Suddenly we had a business we had no experience in . ’
4 Suddenly we had a situation where money for the studio was no object : we could take as long as we liked .
5 Suddenly we had a cause of death ’ .
6 If only we had a trolley .
7 So we had a video , and a special celebration dinner , and it made me feel really great .
8 So we had a laugh ov , well said he when he woke up , he said day one you can do three on one day !
9 The Friendship Store is in the downtown area , and so we had a chance to stop on the way at the Tien An Men Gate ( the famous gate providing an entrance to the forbidden city ) , and Tien An Men Square , Peking 's equivalent of Trafalgar Square , except that it is about 20 times as big , and contains about one-twentieth of the traffic .
10 So we had a walk round town .
11 Myers willingly admits to being a media junkie : ‘ We had a lot of teacher strikes in Canada so we had a lot of time to hang out , more time than sense .
12 So we had a lot of waste on them .
13 So we had a plant built to dilute our own acid , supplied customers with tanks and sent them dilute acid .
14 So we had a paradox : local government was losing functions , yet the continued exercise of monopoly power by local authorities attracted increasing opposition .
15 There was a big argument about what we should buy so we had a vote on it .
16 Only tonight we had a row and said things .
17 I never realised how everything would change once we had a baby
18 The occasional thrush flew across in front of the car ; once we had a glimpse of a woodpecker of some kind , and early one morning a badger trotted across the road .
19 And yesterday we had a treat .
20 We had , that 's like we had a letter the other day we had to sign for Jonathan .
21 Another friend said she would keep an eye on her , but four weeks later we had a phone call from her saying that Shamrock was desperately ill .
22 Now we had a coal fire , on one side there was the er hot water boiler and on the other side there was the oven .
23 As David Pearce said : ‘ Now we had an analysis tool which enabled credit managers and financial directors to see , at a glance , the degree of risk within a sales ledger . ’
24 Oh yeah well we had a blanket on an'all and we took that off
25 well we had a parents ' meeting on Monday night , but I did n't realize there was one
26 Er well we had a camp , the Youth Communist League had a camp down at er a place called Lamley Dumbles , that was er that was not far er not far from Colliery .
27 Well we had a secretary of state here who is now minister of transport , I do hope he 's watching this programme seeing as I promised we have had gains and proposals .
28 Well we had a piano actually , we got it for Doreen and Doreen she started to learn , she went to Mr .
29 Well we had a meeting every week , a a union meeting , every week .
30 And er I was too o old for call-up at the beginning of the war , well we had a car so er we were asked , anyone that had a car to volunteer for er A R P services you see ?
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