Example sentences of "we [vb past] [pron] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 'd be easier if we met my troops for the first time at the concert , ’ he said . |
| 2 | After we had lived there for a few years , we wanted to buy it and do it up , so we asked my College for a mortgage . |
| 3 | We were at Speke only three days or so before we got our orders for embarkation . |
| 4 | Then as we commissioned our team for what is at the time of writing known as the King 's Arms church we experienced a pouring out of the gifts of the Spirit on those elders and leaders who were praying for the team : it seemed everyone had a word of instruction , a revelation , a tongue or an interpretation for the strengthening of the church . |
| 5 | ‘ We checked his clothes for bloodstains … there were n't many but he told me to wash his shirt and handkerchief while he had a shower . |
| 6 | Our meeting with the ACPO representative did not bring about any change in this position , and we had to admit that we shared their concern for road safety . |
| 7 | We shared our resources for lunch — the girls ' picnic sandwiches and a cold pie and some fruit I had bought that morning — and ate it comfortably in the cottage kitchen , with its grandstand view of the bay . |
| 8 | ‘ We reiterated our support for US help and our reasons for seeing the envoy as one way in which the United States should express its friendship to Ireland and to Britain . ’ |
| 9 | Even with such a drastic cut , we estimated our losses for the first year as being in the region of £148,000 . |
| 10 | We skied by day , and the rest of the time we explored our idea for Summit . ’ |
| 11 | During our last seven months , as we prepared our recommendations for the secondary stages , the officials of the National Curriculum Council under their Chairman , Duncan Graham , were rewriting the attainment targets for the primary stages , supposedly in accord with the consultation exercise and Mr Baker 's own proposals about grammar . |
| 12 | Sometimes we joined our friends for refreshments and I shall never forget those picnic teas shared with the neighbours on the moor . |
| 13 | Some of us remember all too well what happened in the 1920s and 1930s when we allowed our hopes for a peaceful world to outrun our judgements on the need for defence . |
| 14 | Eight days ago we heard his voice for the last time . |
| 15 | In fact you 've been downright unbearable ever since we finished your articles for the journal . ’ |
| 16 | Last November ; we began our search for The Most Beautiful Hair of the Year in conjunction with Supersoft . |
| 17 | After a while , sitting in the car , we saw her stand for a few minutes first on one of the Howes , then on another , still and with arms raised . |
| 18 | ‘ We did our house for ourselves , not to impress others , ’ says Bill . |
| 19 | We discussed our plans for the living museum and theme park and told her about the oak tree . |
| 20 | Fortune smiled on us for , although we only had a fleeting glimpse of the sun , the rain kept off until we boarded our coach for home at 6.15pm . |