Example sentences of "we had a very [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Straight but mum we had a very straight thing which sta stood on the table very hardly and |
| 2 | ‘ We had a very friendly conversation and he is 100 per cent behind Lennox Lewis and is happy to see the title in the hands of a man with dignity . |
| 3 | ‘ We had a very successful festival last year in the same place and many local people came and enjoyed themselves . |
| 4 | ‘ We had a very successful relationship and partnership on the field during the last tour of India eight years ago . ’ |
| 5 | He usually travels well , but he did get a bit upset on the way back from the World Cup final in Gothenburg when we had a very rough crossing . |
| 6 | We had a very impromptu meal which was brought out from somewhere near Bahrain because our landing area was in a small offshore sand strip where the Nos 55 and 84 Squadron aircraft ( also a Valentia from No 70 Squadron , which was our support aircraft ) were all based overnight and I went to sleep in this hot and humid place , The humidity factor at Bahrain was very high indeed , in the 90s , but I went to sleep quite comfortably on a groundsheet having dug a little hole for my not very considerable hips , weighing very little above 9 stone , and I settled down for the night . |
| 7 | Before the revolution , we had a very mechanical , learning-by-rote type of educational model . |
| 8 | ‘ Then , bizarrely , we had a very good November and , although we 've not seen the figures yet , we 're expecting them to show a good December . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We had a very good season , ’ Walsh reflects , ‘ not just because we 've won something , but because you learn in the process , and it 's very enjoyable . |
| 10 | We had a very good journey , and we chatted a good deal . |
| 11 | Er er it seems we had a very good er er quartermaster , he seemed to always turn up er he seemed to always turn up with something . |
| 12 | Er we had a very good example of that in application sub the other day with where I 'm sure it was very helpful to have that input and there is considerable respect paid for the patch view in planning in my experience and I think that 's very healthy . |
| 13 | We had a very good English Teacher . |
| 14 | ‘ We had a very good chat but , like most players at this stage of the year , Alan is keeping his options open , ’ said Flynn . |
| 15 | ‘ We had a very good chat but , like most players at this stage of the year , Alan is keeping his options open , ’ said Flynn . |
| 16 | Yesterday John Steel , the show 's marketing director , said : ‘ We had a very good crowd last year . |
| 17 | We had a very good time , & good weather , for the rest of our stay , & I think Richard enjoyed showing us the many attractions of his area as much as we enjoyed seeing them . |
| 18 | At the boarding school I went to Gwendoline we had a very good punishment for sneaks , all the girls in the sneak dormy gave her one good spank with the back of a hair brush . |
| 19 | As we said , we would n't be on the picket line now , and indeed the Union would not be backing us in what is proving to be a long and fairly expensive dispute , if we did n't believe that we had a very good chance of getting our jobs back and re-establishing the Union in Pergammon Press . |
| 20 | We had a very useful discussion , as a result of which steps have been taken — particularly in Dalmellington , where there is an asbestos problem , making it unfeasible for the building to be reopened , but we are extending the outreach facilities there following the meeting , and I think that the hon. Gentleman is making progress . |
| 21 | We picked up Miss Rintoul at Kilmalcolm and afterward we had a very pleasant journey till we reached Tarbert Lochfyne … |
| 22 | Er , at the beginning of February we had a very similar conversation , and March and April . |
| 23 | Could someone confirm our worst fears ? we had a very hurried pint and then ‘ made our excuses and left ’ . |
| 24 | But er tt erm tt again , er I had a spot of luck , I suppose , erm at one stage we had a very ex-Indian service bloke who ha as quartermaster , had thrown a typewriter through the window , he was known to do daft things like that . |
| 25 | The other day when we had a very hot day , it was quite a hot day and over mid day I went out to do something in the garden there and her milk was still on the step and it was in the sun . |
| 26 | Fine China we had a very poor first four months but then in May world sales were nine point nine percent ahead of last year and in the U S A over the last ten weeks we 've actually been ahead of nineteen ninety . |
| 27 | We had a very poorly in |
| 28 | That quietness was typical of us ; we had a very strong sense of etiquette you see . |
| 29 | We had a very nice tea . ’ |
| 30 | We had a very nice flat in Bloomsbury , so I could walk to work . |