Example sentences of "[conj] we [verb] we 'd [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm the f the first thing er first of two things that we said we 'd look at just now were erm the kind of work that you did erm with clients in the flats . |
| 2 | We were afraid to tell Dad the exact truth so we said we 'd put them there to prevent them getting broken . |
| 3 | We decided to move the chairs out to make more room , but the acceptances kept coming in so we thought we 'd open the French windows and pray for a sunny day . ’ |
| 4 | We 've got two children at the swimming club here , so we thought we 'd do this while we wait for them . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , you let slip a word about it , ’ said Mervyn , ‘ something about making two dozen sausage rolls , so we thought we 'd come along . ’ |
| 6 | But in this programme you 'll appreciate this planned months , its planned , when did I first contact you ? , oh February was n't it , right , so we thought we 'd have pictures here and Sue would be talking in front of the pictures . |
| 7 | Steve Brown 's name came up , and we thought we 'd do one track with him , but we got on great , which solved that problem . |
| 8 | ’ We wrote the single after moving into a little village and seeing all the people driving to their office jobs and we thought we 'd have a go at them ’ |
| 9 | Oh very good , yes , aha , so er Jim 's been very busy with his talks and different things and er we packed in , you know , after Christmas cos we both worked and we thought we 'd have it , you know , and we caught this flu bug and |
| 10 | As a matter of fact , I was talking to him briefly this afternoon and we agreed we 'd have a chat some time . |
| 11 | It started nineteen seventy one or seventy two , it must have been , when my predecessor and I were sat down , and we said what about a band , they all said , what band , well let's have a band , and and it started just like that , and we , we managed to get the whole of the brigade alerted to it , and we had a meeting at headquarters , to which about forty or fifty people turned up , of which two had probably blown a an instrument in the past , and there was enough enthusiasm to learn and we had a , a chap who was a musical teacher in town who was would happily teach our people you see and so we went out , we had a penny , with no help from the authority or anybody else and we got every type of brass instrument for a band on tick and we said we 'd pay for it , and er |
| 12 | And we decided we 'd have her . ’ |
| 13 | Cos we said we 'd go to , for some time up to er , oh what motorway John ? |
| 14 | ‘ We could do the quickstep and the waltz but we thought we 'd join to learn the more complicated dances like the tango and the slow foxtrot , ’ Anne told Joe . |
| 15 | But we said we 'd build in local stone and blend in with the area . |
| 16 | Well we did because we said we 'd have to specify what to . |
| 17 | It was wonderful to roll ; that first second push off , sluggish with the anticipation of falling , that moment of tumbling when all was forgotten but frenetic strips of blue light and blades of green in our skin and clothes , and that next to last stretch when we knew we 'd roll forever ( or at least well into the shoulder of the road ) , and that final jolt and halt , nearly violent , as the bottom was reached . |