Example sentences of "[coord] we [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Some letters were found to be more often confused with other letters and these letters were deemed to share similar features E G , B and P were often confused whereas B and X were n't so you 'd be flashing either a series sequence of letters up , some of which shared features , some of which did n't , or we thought shared features , and then we saw whether they were confused or not , and this was taken to support the idea that features were extracted from the input , or that 's how we constructed the letters or characters that we were perceiving . |
2 | Or we need full NBC suits . ’ |
3 | The papers are all subjected to these for several Conferences before they 're voted on and we lay great emphasis on achieving consensus on any motion , and I think today on the Palestine/Israel debate , which is obviously a very contentious issue , it went through in about half an hour , very calmly , very peacefully , because a lot of hard work had been done . |
4 | Silvery water swirled beneath and we spied grey wag tails on wet boulders in mid-stream . |
5 | Then the soldiers started coming back after the war , and we got new members of staff — earnest young men who got all intense about everything . |
6 | And we had terrible job getting a contract off him . |
7 | And we had marvellous Christmas parties too . |
8 | They helped specify the system and we had regular meetings so nothing got out of hand . |
9 | In spite of being a reservoir , Carsfad provided excellent sport and we had great fun ; as long as I steered well clear of the dam . |
10 | We had the Bradford Football disaster and we had other disasters in nightclubs , the Fairfield Night Nursing Home in in Nottingham |
11 | We had good education and we had good teachers , |
12 | ‘ We went to Druid 's Bottom and we saw Mister Johnny , gobble-gobble-gobble , and we went milking the scholly-ka , and we had roast pork for dinner … |
13 | And we had political commissars , oh yes , yes . |
14 | A bottle of water or a pale of water and maybe maybe biscuits , I do n't ken , and we had different games , and there was a a game . |
15 | In the meantime , I had attended a special engine-handling course at Rolls-Royce , Derby , and we had different ideas about the engine settings . |
16 | There were twelve of us and we had magnificent food and attention . |
17 | We had the American band , we had the horse guards from London we brought them all up on the train , the horses and the guards and we had wonderful times ! |
18 | Now when we were taught sums like that , probably erm they were written down and we had special ways of writing it to distinguish between the two cases four times and then two plus one added together , to give us four times three equals twelve , or , four times two , which is eight , add one , which is nine . |
19 | And we had elaborate rules for , for doing this erm some of us will remember , but on the other hand a large number of people listening wo n't remember , though perhaps they were taught that . |
20 | Then she put a condom on me and we had penetrative sex . |
21 | ‘ When they first broke through , and we had physical contact , it was marvellous . |
22 | Yes I did have a refriger I had , we bought a refrigerator and er a cooker and it sat in that recess there , that was our big buy when we first came , er we had a bedroom suite when we came here and we had sufficient furniture to , to erm furnish the sitting room and we had er a suite of furniture in here erm |
23 | ‘ I pay cash on delivery for fish , which the fishermen like , so they always call on me first and we get super turbot , mussels , scallops , sole and plaice here . ’ |
24 | Really want one more wise man and we get full marks |
25 | Overall , however , the expedition was a great success : ‘ Most of our aims were achieved , as — among other objectives — we confirmed the presence of five threatened species of mammal , we carried out the first study of bats in the area , and we gathered valuable information on the flora of the area , including the discovery of a new species , ’ she continued . |
26 | Some family and friends arrived — someone brought a bunch of red roses — and we drank sparkling wine and beer and cheered at the screen . |
27 | To achieve our goals , and of course , we work closely with our sister councils in Scotland , Northern Ireland and Wales , and we put domestic issues in the wider European and International scene as well . |
28 | I do n't know enough actuarial work to be able to and what settlements they should receive , but our own experience is that it 's hard enough to round up pensioners to form an association and we embody deferred pensioners and they 're even harder . |
29 | Our production philosophy requires all operations to be safe , and we apply innovative techniques alongside proven technology . |
30 | As ever , time constraints meant that we could n't try absolutely everything , and so the Bass Centre 's manager Martin Gravestock agreed to guide us through the popular models within our categories , and we chose random examples from there . |