Example sentences of "we were [vb pp] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were asked to submit recommendations on the primary school stages with attainment targets for ages 7 and 11 by 30 September 1988 , and to extend our work to cover the secondary stages with attainment targets for ages 14 and 16 by 30 April 1989 . |
| 2 | We were sent to buy stores from a merchant in Cripplegate . |
| 3 | That evening we were invited to have tea with him . |
| 4 | But we knew what life was like for the children of Vietnam — and we were determined to see change . |
| 5 | We were determined to rid Glasgow of the ‘ culture ’ ( mould and dampness ) they had landed us with all those years before . |
| 6 | Even if we were pledged to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 30 per cent by 2005 ( as the Liberal Democrats are arguing ) , instead of just stabilising them , nobody need lose out . |
| 7 | Erm our last few days we were meant to see Everest and the beautiful Himalayas but the monsoon did n't er finish so were n't ab able to see that but we understood they were there somewhere . |
| 8 | We were contented to let things remain as the Great Spirit … made them . |
| 9 | SAVE FACE THE SAVE FACE/Lemon Fund has closed with £94,445 banked , only a few pounds short of the money we were required to pay Jason Donovan in settlement of the libel action he brought against us earlier this year . |
| 10 | There were no cinemas or pubs or dances so that we were forced to find pleasure in the ordinary things which surrounded us , the sky and books and the changing seasons . |
| 11 | We were encouraged to bounce links off each other . |
| 12 | When we reached our hotel and unlocked a suitcase we had kept , we thought , rigidly fastened back in Devon , we were mortified to find mountains of confetti cascading all over the floor . |
| 13 | We were told to use 15° of flap for take off , something completely new to us then . ’ |
| 14 | We were told to take food and water on a train going down to Mandalay and I remember taking the Mothers ' Union tea urn ! |
| 15 | He informed a grovelling Tandri that we were expected to reach Aru alive , and that if anything unfortunate befell us Tandri and his crew would find their lives very uncomfortable . |
| 16 | We were allowed to live rent free in the gardener 's cottage , but the family allowance from the army was less than my father had been earning . |
| 17 | After all , if we were allowed to wield pints what else might we wield and where would it all end ? |
| 18 | We were allowed to have peanut butter I think on Saturdays . |
| 19 | And er then we erm we , we , we went on the wards for about two or three hours a day and we just s sort of did what we were told , took out drinks and , and that sort of thing , and mouthwashes , and after er we 'd been there for about six or eight weeks we were allowed to wash patients , if , if they could n't wash themselves . |
| 20 | One or two of us were destined to have problems . |