Example sentences of "[vb past] we [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 When we moved we had one armchair and a sewing machine .
2 She let us have two rooms but there was no visible staff , and the dining-room was closed : we ate , that evening , in a shabby bar in the middle of the town .
3 When the Countess saw that Emily was going to be good for nothing , she let us have this house , as I say — she was Scottish , and had property here that was mostly sold after she died .
4 He was positive in all he did and this approach helped us to win many games against the clock or the weather .
5 It seemed we needed thirty copies of everything , stamped and signed at least twice .
6 While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule .
7 While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule .
8 While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule .
9 While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule .
10 Before they came we removed all trace of our connection to television , rearranged the office furniture a bit , and hid a camera in a bankers box .
11 He advised us to treat any claims of recovery with caution , and he forecast sluggish demand over the next 18 months .
12 And then the solicitor asked us to advised us to have certain things amended and Mr had no problem when I told him over the telephone , he just said send it back and we 'll just amend it .
13 A breed book advised us to get another Yorkie of the same sex , and so we acquired Ollie as a young puppy .
14 He says they told us to wait for two hours which we did then they told us to wait another hour and a half .
15 Our sincere thanks go to all the patients who have volunteered to share their experiences and allowed us to divulge intimate details about them , in the hope of helping others .
16 The availability of omeprazole allowed us to achieve complete healing of oesophagitis in all our patients which would not have been possible before this drug was available .
17 Moreover , histopathological examination of fundic argyrophil cell growth allowed us to make several observations .
18 The multiple alignments whose fragments are shown in Figs. 3 and 4 allowed us to obtain optimized calculations of the similarity existing among the yeast , Drosophila , vaccinia virus and ASFV RNA polymerase subunits .
19 The food and drinks offered by the hosts were , I thought , just about right , and very reasonable in price , which encouraged us to use this service , despite the service station stops .
20 As we hopped we saw grey phalaropes , inquisitive little birds seemingly unbothered by our presence , happily showing themselves now that there was insufficient light to film them .
21 We got we got hydrochloric acid .
22 But on this particular evening we discovered we had uninvited guests .
23 This controversy and the importance of intestinal carnitine handling prompted us to investigate carnitine concentrations in malabsorption .
24 It meant we got good recruits .
25 When Moira died we had terrible problems .
26 He very rarely helped round the house , because he felt we had different jobs .
27 I never knew we had any baronets attending St Matthew 's . ’
28 Shirlie described the process : ‘ We knew we wanted strong shapes , with big jackets .
29 Yes , yes , so would I , you know , right in the centre of the action , I thought we had brilliant seats .
30 ‘ But I thought we had all day to get to the school , ’ remarked Endill .
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