Example sentences of "[subord] we [vb past] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ With the Bob Marley exhibition ( which toured last year ) Adrian had taken most of the pictures , so we knew what the images were . |
| 2 | Mrs Thatcher cares about the environment so we sent her a letter too . |
| 3 | Could n't find a size large enough for Hurley so we got him a nightshirt instead . |
| 4 | We did n't want our poor prisoner to get wet , so we gave him a nice yellow raincoat , you see . |
| 5 | Room maids also suggested improving the honeymoon suite , so we gave them a project to look at suitable fabrics and rival hotel suites . |
| 6 | Er champion of champions we 've , I bought some prizes for the champion of champions , and food er just to go with the trophies er Keith again was our judge and erm knowing that he does n't willingly accept money , he wants to come and do it for nothing erm how many proposed that we buy him something a bottle to take with him , so we bought him a bottle of wine to take with him and er that was the three pound . |
| 7 | Oh Jenny is terrible , Sue and I decided were go to see her today because we had a message that she was in hospital , so we bought her a plant and we were on our way to see today |
| 8 | He looked like a wild thing so we called him the Yeti . |
| 9 | Cos we bo , cos we bought him a birthday present right . |
| 10 | I do n't think there is any question about that , and I feel like we gave him a good shot at staying alive . |
| 11 | We can imagine that , if we believed what the Calvinists believed , we would have behaved in the same way . |
| 12 | Another contributor said that if we asked ourselves the question : ‘ Do the agencies discriminate against West Belfast ? ’ , the answer had to be ‘ yes ’ . |
| 13 | I said , ‘ For God 's sake , Desmond , hire her a television , ’ but he said no because we 're not well off , not well off at all , and we 're having to keep her , she has n't offered a penny , not that we 'd accept of course , and anyway Desmond said there was n't any point because if we got her a television she 'd think of something else , want to play cards or something , and that would be worse — and he 's right , it would , because a game of bridge with her is like the cold war all over again . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm not changing my tune , Councillor Wyle knows that in the past I have actually offered to go with them when they 've made erm , visits to the minister , and when he said , we we we tried , but we never got anywhere , and on various issues I 've said , well perhaps if we got us an all party delegation , at least we could have done no worse . |
| 15 | If we knew what the future would bring , our contract regarding the specific asset ( and other matters ) could be well and completely thought out . |
| 16 | It would be easier to work out the story of the Jingoes if we knew what the beginning was . |
| 17 | ‘ If we afforded them the respect they deserve the respect they are given in other European countries then the standard of service we would get would be a lot higher , ’ says the 55-year-old Swiss-trained baker . |
| 18 | The government could pick up anyone they wanted and prosecute at their leisure , if we made them a present of all those names . |
| 19 | Would you mind if we paid her a visit instead ? ’ she appealed . |
| 20 | Sometimes I think we 'd be better off if we did what the animals do . |
| 21 | Dorcas said he thought it would n't do any harm if we gave him a hand , sort of thing , ’ said the nome nervously . |
| 22 | If we gave them the five hundred , we wo n't , we are within , having said that , we 're not going to give everybody everything , I do n't think . |
| 23 | That , I believe , was because we moved him a bit upmarket in his packaging , and gave him more thriller-style covers . |
| 24 | We gave up the written report quite frankly because we found it a waste of time . |
| 25 | We sat and had a relaxing drink before we cooked them a typical English dinner of baked cod with new potatoes and vegetables , followed by rhubarb fool and cognac . |
| 26 | When we reached it the next day , we were disappointed to find that in our more prosaic age they simply open the gates . |
| 27 | I oppose the carry-over motion for the Bill , as I did when we debated it a year ago . |
| 28 | When we gave it a tightfisted 52% in Issue 79 , our main bone of contention was that it was ridiculously overpriced . |
| 29 | Right , which is what we got when we did it the other way . |
| 30 | As we examined it the man from behind the desk appeared soundlessly at our side . |