Example sentences of "we have [vb pp] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once we 'd decided to have a baby we had had to find a Father . |
| 2 | We 'd decided to have a ploughman 's lunch or some such at a likely-looking pub we 'd seen in the next village . |
| 3 | We 'd played Chase the Maker last night that was brilliant ! |
| 4 | We 'd hoped to have a beer afterwards , but Leo had disappeared probably back to his daughter and girl friend . |
| 5 | He was delighted with all we 'd done to make the house habitable in under a week and greatly enjoyed partying with friends . |
| 6 | Under the new procedure BR sent us , plus two Americans we 'd persuaded to visit the Ffestiniog , by taxi to Blaenau Ffestiniog . |
| 7 | So we 'd got to take the card and show her the Mother , we 'd been . |
| 8 | And we used to have a little card , when we went to church we 'd got put a little star , in the squares , and if we did n't go we got a good hiding . |
| 9 | We 'd discussed taking a 1-iron , but he insisted on a 3-wood and , although he got a bad bounce , put it in the sand and took a bogey . |
| 10 | We want the turnover we want the the input and and then er having succeeded hopefully by year three when we 've er as we 've maintained making a profit we will then look at some of the marginal sales as we would call them to er some of the smaller people . |
| 11 | We should advise you that we 've endeavoured to provide the best possible cover for the most competitive premium . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , we 've decided to do the chart together , ’ Belinda answered , looking up an impossibly long way to meet his blue gaze as she spoke . |
| 13 | ‘ We 've decided to take the initiative ourselves , ’ he said yesterday . |
| 14 | You know we 've decided to leave the car possibly . |
| 15 | ‘ We 've decided to close the shop down . |
| 16 | Erm , from the E C were , we 've decided to hold the usual Christmas social and Peggy and myself will organise as before with the usual conscripts , you know , the usual team of workers , volunteers I mean . |
| 17 | So we 've decided to have a competition . |
| 18 | We 've attempted to design a system which is friendly in that it takes account of the different needs that a person will have at different times while trying to communicate with a computer . |
| 19 | ‘ So , ’ she said brightly , ‘ where are you off to now that we 've finished shooting The Viking ? ’ |
| 20 | you know we 've erm , we 've chosen to have the erm |
| 21 | We 've come to see the acting , we do not wish to understand the play ! ’ |
| 22 | We just thought , they said , oh , we 'll show you where it is , so we drove round there , and no , he was n't there , and , so of course , we drove back there about four or five times during the day , and like we drove past there one time and there was a woman standing outside , she said like , oh what do you want , I was like , oh well , we 've come to see the house . |
| 23 | We 've promised to have a drink with Helen . |
| 24 | Not because they 're tastefully designed , extremely cleanly built and a pleasure to play — which they are — but because both the guitars we 've reviewed have a quality of sound that would rival a number of US-made guitars costing about twice the price . |
| 25 | erm then we 've got some more erm here in this position and some more down here and in fact , I think that we 've managed to squeeze a few more into erm , this position for the bungalow refurbishment , that 's obviously an aside it 's not part of erm what , what Moat are proposing . |
| 26 | We 've managed to hire the jackets the Salopettes the ski glasses the socks I 've sorted out , I 've told nan to buy you for Christmas . |
| 27 | But things have turned round slightly in the last few weeks and erm the players have got themselves together and erm we 've managed to string a few results together . |
| 28 | ‘ We 've managed to organize an association of about forty thousand home workers , small vendors and contract workers , by combining a trade union approach with co-operatives . ’ |
| 29 | We 've not managed to clear the speaker 's part of the platform as entirely as the Americans do , but at least we 've managed to create a decent space around the speaker . |
| 30 | ‘ We 've managed to find a taxi for you , Heaven knows how . |