Example sentences of "we [vb pp] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We could have reduced nuclear weaponry then , had we seen the Soviet Union in those terms .
2 In life , we make a decision — or a decision makes us — and we go one way ; had we made a different decision ( as I once told my wife ; though I do n't think she was in a condition to appreciate my wisdom ) , we would have been elsewhere .
3 Koch provides the former , but in only one instance , Weber 's Freischütz Overture , are we told the actual year it was issued .
4 Have we got a loony left council round here , we have have n't we ?
5 He added : ‘ Had we got an early goal and put them under a bit of pressure they may have reacted differently .
6 Collie Curran is n't one for taking solace in moral victories , but he said : ‘ Had we had a full team it would certainly have been much closer .
7 But not only have we had the Great Fire of London we 've had other disasters in the country apart from disasters of the Great War and the er Second World War .
8 Have not we reached a pathetic state of affairs when , as a result of the 1988 decision , 75-year-old widows in warden accommodation can not have a free television licence , yet others who are younger might receive it because they qualified before 1988 ?
9 So I hope , very much , that erm , at the end of the current financial year , I shall be able to give a even more optimistic erm , report , that not only have we brought the current account deficit under control , but that in fact , the organisation is in a much healthier financial position for the long term .
10 Have we left a clean record behind ?
11 If so , have we specified the right number ?
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