Example sentences of "we had [vb pp] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | At last we had reached a road that led to a place called Ritjemjokk where we telephoned home and did all the civilized things in life ; like sitting on a loo seat , for a long time . |
2 | We had reached a position of stalemate — but a position which for the sake of the Government had to be settled . |
3 | ‘ We had reached a point , ’ says Taiwo , ‘ where clients were always asking us , ‘ And where is your shop ? ’ ’ |
4 | I simply wish to point out that if it is supposed that Karen Parsons and I embarked that afternoon with the intention of drowning her husband , why did we wait till we had reached a point where our criminal acts were overlooked by at least fifteen witnesses ? |
5 | On our first trip together we had visited a café of a very old-fashioned kind , called Cafeteria Varela Reposteria in Preciados , and I had noted an inscription saying En este lugar escribiõ sus mejores versos el gran poeta Emilio Carrere 1881–1947 . |
6 | ‘ I thought we had made a toast . ’ |
7 | They thought we had made a fool out of the preacher and were sorry we had n't ducked out the door as they would have done . |
8 | It 's unfortunate that yet again the Mercury got it wrong they stated that we had made a decision to close four homes |
9 | He simply said something about it 's being his land and Piers told him we had made a mistake and we all rode off as hard as we could because we were bursting with laughter — ’ |
10 | it had been a great patrol during which we had made a lot of new friends , carried out a great deal of work en route and broken into completely new territory for the cutters . |
11 | We had planned a stop in Grenoble and had filed for seven hours , with a one-hour stop en route . |
12 | From this , the idea was derived of ‘ patchwork pieces ’ , which then led to a demand for specific colours in the bags , ’ ‘ and suddenly we realized we had created a bit of a monster . ’ |
13 | But Forest are currently bottom of the Premier League and the leader of the Labour controlled council , Cllr Betty Higgins , said : ‘ We had heard a rumour that Brian may not be in charge of Forest for much longer . |
14 | And I have to say that it was after we had done a course for them on really bad press releases , because we , they had done some pretty awful press releases in the past , and we were delighted when that one came out because it actually showed that they 'd picked up the message . |
15 | We had done a lot of hard motoring through three countries and , although we had by no means seen all of the Scandinavian birds , we had achieved more than I had expected on a first trip . |
16 | ‘ My brother , Mark , is on one song which we had cut a while ago and it wound up going on the record because it was such a good demo . ’ |
17 | But first we needed a partner with welding expertise , in the same way as with RAMP , we had arranged a deal with a firm established in paint spraying . |
18 | There were several hundred birds and , because we had rounded a corner and surprised them , they panicked and went rushing off in a tight bunch , making an accurate count impossible . |
19 | ‘ We had received a number of approaches . |
20 | ‘ We had received a number of complaints about bouncing cheques and made a few inquiries into the businessmen and their activities . |
21 | Kakilashvili said : ‘ We had received a letter from UEFA instructing us to cover expenses for referees , so on the eve of the match a number of officials presented four envelopes to the referee ( and linesmen ) . |
22 | We had drunk a lot more than was usual for Jean-Claude and me , and we rolled slowly back to the cottage , stopping only , on Jean-Claude 's insistence , to listen to the music of the night insects . |
23 | ’ The picture and story was not the only interest from the Standard because , encouraged by her admirer , Tim Cooper , we had sent a letter to Nigella Lawson . |
24 | If it was like seeing a long lost friend again after twenty-seven years , Darby O'Gill was comfortingly predictable with touches of the old sparkle but we had lost a lot of common ground as I had moved from a place of romance and innocence through a world of cynicism and calculated sophistication . |
25 | We had met a year or two before when he was secretary of the Canadian Mayors ' Federation . |
26 | It appeared that we had fulfilled a need among people . |
27 | We had organized a helicopter to get him down to London in time . |
28 | On one such incident I was in command of Venturous patrolling in the Straits of Dover at the end of a very busy Bank Holiday , during which we had followed a suspect yacht from just outside Calais , and handed her over to our special unit in Dover . |
29 | We had constructed a perimeter and we now tried to keep them outside it without provoking them . |
30 | We survived the Thirties and the war , we sold successfully up to 1987 ( a flourish of porcelain animals and birds sold out 90 per cent before the opening party , immediately after Black Monday in the City ) ; even in 1991 we had secured a collection which made the first half of the year look profitable . |