Example sentences of "we have a [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As part of the what the stores back in the mid eighties were more expensive suites and so too conflicting we had a fifty or twenty five pound coffee table we sold the two greater mixture so its a methodology of just an ordinary table for exactly without conflict . |
| 2 | We had , we had , generally a quartermaster but we had a one or , one or two captain quartermasters . |
| 3 | He was and because he was getting on in years and er did n't get out as much as usual , my husband said we 'd get a television for him and we had a black and white television |
| 4 | we had a hundred and twenty , were , were , and a , and a drink and that and then we spent fifteen quid did n't we ? |
| 5 | On Monday , we had a distinct and coherent policy with regard to Yugoslavia . |
| 6 | We had a long and interesting chat over coffee at a Yonge Street restaurant . |
| 7 | Alongside the universities we had the training colleges under local authority or denominational control ; and we had a strong and growing sector of higher education within further education . |
| 8 | We had a fast and uneventful run to Stornoway where the new propeller was fitted but , to my horror , in the haste to re-launch us the same prop . |
| 9 | So if we had a sixth and a twelfth well the sixth is the same as two twelfth and another twelfth makes how many ? |
| 10 | We had a brief but promising exchange of letters in the autumn . |
| 11 | Well we had to keep somebody on watch in case there was any damage , say the ship was up the river and a chain broke or they hit you , so you had to put your navigation lights up and to put navigation lights up we had hurricane lamps , we had a red and a white one , they should have been six foot apart , they never were they was about three foot . |
| 12 | As a result we had a demoralised and demotivated workforce and needed a completely fresh start — a sign that things were going to work differently . |
| 13 | Staff numbers statement erm and , and we look at the right hand column , you will find that we have a hundred and thirty nine fee earning people , and fifty eight support . |
| 14 | Mr Williams , a former Wirral councillor said : ‘ The college has been highly successful so far and we have a strong and supportive new governing body to cope with the much increased responsibilities that come with independence . ’ |
| 15 | Thus we have a varied and respectable repertory of urinals , rags , earth , pipes , plastic , neon tubes and bedpans . |
| 16 | However we have a higher than average proportion of 25-39 year olds and 60-69 year olds . |
| 17 | In this church we have a striking and unusual likeness of a home . |
| 18 | We have a long and honourable tradition of public service and I know that this quality will prevail in the months ahead . ’ |
| 19 | After all we have a long and tiring afternoon ahead of us ? ’ |
| 20 | However , we have a long and enduring experience of wider responsibility in the world . |
| 21 | The names of those attending the wedding are usually known in advance but if not you may be able to look at the seating plan or guest list on the day and make some joke about the names , picking out amusing surnames such as , ‘ In this room we have a Black but no White , two Browns , some Blues , and a Green , but no ‘ reds ’ . |
| 22 | When this routine becomes disorganised — as after time-zone transitions and during night-work — this can be inconvenient , particularly if we have a busy and highly-ordered life-style , and even socially embarrassing . |
| 23 | Couple this with all the marks of ritual degradation and the undermining of dignity and we have a damaging and possibly irreversible social experience . |
| 24 | ‘ Social life within the department is active and friendly and also extends to our client departments with whom we have a long-established and close relationship . |
| 25 | We have a clean and green image and produce the healthiest meat possible for consumption and we must do nothing to harm that image . |
| 26 | We have a confused and overlapping structure er er , the honourable member might be interested in just how confused it is er and how it can be simplified by er going along with the proposals we 're putting forward on this side of the er er the house because there 's so many overlapping authorities it 's just not clear who 's actually responsible for enforcement and compliance . |
| 27 | all of our paid fors have er , done very well this year in circulation terms all but two of them have increased their circulation in the first half , despite quite high price rises , for instance the York county newspaper , the weekly there , we have a daily but the weekly there went up by five P and the weekly in Bath where again we have a daily that went up by six P . |
| 28 | all of our paid fors have er , done very well this year in circulation terms all but two of them have increased their circulation in the first half , despite quite high price rises , for instance the York county newspaper , the weekly there , we have a daily but the weekly there went up by five P and the weekly in Bath where again we have a daily that went up by six P . |
| 29 | I go down and get me paper and take it back up , we have a teasmade and we have a cup of tea and |
| 30 | The ‘ flagella ’ are kept moist by mucus material from adjacent parts of the nose and if the mucous thickens , as when we have a cold or catarrh or due to changes in humidity or temperature , they are incapacitated and our sense of smell impaired . |