Example sentences of "[num] we [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1991 we had two trees with flashing lights , and a local family , whose children had written in to us about the trees , were invited to switch them on . |
| 2 | British exporters achieved all-time record exports partly because in 1991 we had all-time record low numbers of strikes and days lost through industrial action . |
| 3 | ‘ In early 1991 we had particular problems in achieving the levels of service on the Back Office system which would enable branches to meet their business needs . |
| 4 | In 1984 we privatised British Telecom but only Mercury was given a licence to carry services over fixed links . |
| 5 | Back in January 1980 we made ten predictions about the decade ahead — and offered free resubscription forms to all readers if we scored less than five out of ten . |
| 6 | That illustrates graphically the fact that in 1980 we had fewer pedestrian deaths than West Germany and now we have more . |
| 7 | And I would have thought us giving five percent and , and there are other provinces that are giving more will ensure at least the the on twelve thousand we pay next year and therefore , starting with eleven and half thousand we paid this year and that provinces and in ourselves went further than that it is possible . |
| 8 | By the end of 1981 we had 310 collections and reckoned to have covered about three-quarters of the region . |
| 9 | In 1981 we had one challenge after another . |
| 10 | In 1981 we introduced private competition for deliveries over £1 . |
| 11 | Paradoxically , in 1987 we imported 12,000 tonnes of waste glass , while recycling only 13 per cent of the glass we throw away . |
| 12 | Twenty past twelve we finished last night . |
| 13 | ‘ During our Everest expedition in 1953 we had vast quantities of firewood at base camp and never thought about the problems , but environmental consciousness has grown enormously over the last 30 years or so . ’ |
| 14 | During our Everest expedition in 1953 we had vast quantities of firewood at base camp and never once thought about the environmental problems |
| 15 | Eighty four we had this extension put up . |
| 16 | To augment this kind of study , in the summer of 1989 we asked all Leeds primary heads to rate the overall effectiveness of the PNP INSET provision in relation to each of the four PNP aims . |
| 17 | In Chapter 14 we saw that information is a very special economic commodity which frequently causes indigestion in freely competitive markets . |
| 18 | In Ninety Two we had 12 World … |
| 19 | When England did the same in 1752 we lost 11 days . |