Example sentences of "[subord] we [vb past] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where we got the money to pay for it , I 'm not quite sure . |
| 2 | where we specified the time of utterance as 4 June 1980 . |
| 3 | This area became our most precious place ; where we took the children to teach them how to fish ; to watch black , and red-throated divers , golden eagle , golden plover , greenshank and dunlin ; where we could walk endless miles with only the sky and the wind for company . |
| 4 | On our left is the big Asda supermarket where we parked the car . |
| 5 | The hon. Member for Knowsley , South ( Mr. O'Hara ) — whom I welcome to the Chamber — missed that point in Committee , where we enjoyed the confusion that reigned on the Opposition Benches in respect of this issue . |
| 6 | Different from that wood where we crossed the river . |
| 7 | This improvement came through entirely in the second half and was predominantly in the USA where we saw the beginnings of economic recovery . |
| 8 | We proceeded from the old bay at Caraven Arms used by the BC Railway and walked by road to the site of the old Strettford Bridge Junction , where we took to the old track bed as far as Glen Burrell Bridge , where we joined the road again , calling in on the Rev. Ray Arnold at Horderley , who was waiting with coffee and biscuits . |
| 9 | Thus in our example above , where we calculated the unit price at 75p , the bid price could be as low as 64p while the offer price could be 86p . |
| 10 | We bought containers and fuel and returned to the airport , where we strained the fuel for water before departing for Kupang , on the island of Timor . |
| 11 | Although we identified the exchange rate as one of these important variables , we did not examine how different exchange rate systems affect the adjustment process . |
| 12 | ‘ We were forced into exile although we had the endorsement of the Patriarch of Constantinople . |
| 13 | So we did them again , although we used the original as the ‘ master ’ and intercut bits of the second recording . |
| 14 | This is most usually expressed by means of a subordinate adverbial clause , with although , however , even so , etc : Although we won the war , some say we lost the peace . |
| 15 | Although we won the PGA again , by the Lancome Trophy later on in the year things were n't at their best . |
| 16 | Although we found the geese , the nests were long deserted and the large creches of goslings were big enough to run much faster than we could . |
| 17 | And in nineteen sixty one , when we got our independence , immediately we had the constitution committee and we wrote our constitution . |
| 18 | The outside air temperature gauge proved very accurate — immediately we entered the red we started to collect ice . |
| 19 | It was so disgusting that we could not eat it , so we left the dining-room with empty stomachs . |
| 20 | However , that knowledge was not sufficient to rid him of the problem , so we continued the treatment by using hypnotherapy . |
| 21 | For group 3 , there is no significant red noise , so we fitted the QPO part only . |
| 22 | Some had no flowers at all so we shared the flowers out more equally . |
| 23 | Watch straps were like a cottage industry , so we adopted the marketing techniques of a baked beans company . |
| 24 | He 'd just sold his jukebox so we had the back seat piled up with records from it . |
| 25 | ‘ It turned out to be pretty energy-sapping record to make , actually , but the last two albums have done pretty well so we had the luxury of doing some hit-or-miss experimentation in the studio . |
| 26 | I wanted Duke Michael to think that I was still very ill , so we told the newspapers that the King had had a very serious accident . |
| 27 | We got treated like shit , so we treated the teachers like shit . ’ |
| 28 | The girls ' uniforms were very smart — blue and white striped , so we painted the buildings to match ; off-white with a blue trim and turquoise doors . |
| 29 | We thought that the site over at the station centre would be good as a shop outlet and as office space for recycling , and that the site behind it would be a good place to keep all the stuff until it can actually be recycled , erm , so we identified the site to start with , then we started looking at what 's actually possible as op opposed to desirable . |
| 30 | ‘ Great , ’ he reiterated , ‘ sampled a bit of the local night-life , lost a few francs at the gambling tables , and then found that we could n't drag ourselves away from each other , so we spent the night in a hotel . ’ |