Example sentences of "but we [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All quiet , but we kept a round-the-clock watch on the stables last night , just in case . |
| 2 | So we got but we got a hundred percent acting or something and the two masters are gon na take us out , the five of us out to dinner . |
| 3 | Now , that 's really great to me because I mean , you 're really stimulating the youngsters at that age , and quite obviously I could tell you loads of stories the way this neighbourhood engineers er er , scheme works at the moment but as I say we are embarrassed at the moment because , quite obviously , loads of school want us to participate but we got a very shortage of engineers . |
| 4 | ‘ But we got a national emergency on our hands with your name on it . ’ |
| 5 | We know very little about their lives but we get a strong sense of the individuality of each one in their writings . |
| 6 | At this stage we do not know whether the " dayes ' are general ( which would imply that the missing verb is are ) or particular ; but we get a clearer picture when we come to the second clause " when I / Shin " d " . |
| 7 | Erm , now , the the third thing was about the training program , just to reiterate where we are on this , that if a request is made for personal development training in the current year , if you remember we , if we identify training needs that that we as management identify , that people need in order to do there present job , and then that takes absolute priority and we should get on and do those , but we get a large number of requests where people erm are , saying that they like to do things which they do n't need to do , but which they think will better equip them , and if they 're , if we 're getting any new requests this year with an expectation that further expenditure will be sought in the next financial year , that 's ninety four , five , then that request will be refused , in other words we ca , we do not see our way to committing ourselves to any |
| 8 | You know , it 's bad defending , but we looked a different side second half , and not much was said at half time . |
| 9 | My heart sank at the prospect of yet again missing the top in the thick fog , but we had a great treat in store . |
| 10 | But we had a great deal of literature in common , and a love of landscape ; we thought ( Dickens excepted ) the same things funny ; and we had some similar slants of vision . |
| 11 | ‘ But we had a great time ! |
| 12 | tried to call you both saturday nite and a couple of times on sunday — but no answer … the spurs game was just OK — but we had a great time at the newcastle game vs. scousers — great atmosphere — we stood among the newcastle supporters ( north bank ? ) and they made hell each time cole put it behind grobbelar … |
| 13 | We had , we had , generally a quartermaster but we had a one or , one or two captain quartermasters . |
| 14 | We did n't see him , but we had a superb seafood meal in a trattoria on a hill and found ourselves adopted by a shaggy island dog , another hazard of Mediterranean voyaging . |
| 15 | ‘ He did , but we had a slight disagreement on the way . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not sure if it was ‘ The Reign of Terror ’ story about the French Revolution , or one of the other ones , but we had a terrible time getting Bill to pronounce the word brazier , meaning a rack for burning coals . |
| 17 | The jukebox ran itself out but we had a good , old knees-up . |
| 18 | But we had a good time and will definitely go again . |
| 19 | That was n't music , but we had a good time … and then , I do n't know , we do talk about other things , particularly I suppose the kind of fixes we 're both in . " |
| 20 | But we had a good time . |
| 21 | The majority of people were sympathetic , but we had a long way to go before people would be shouting ‘ Honte à la reine Britannique ’ in the streets . |
| 22 | I was eyeballing distances at that time , and had no real idea how far Roberto had to clear the out-of-bounds and a wee bank that ran round the hole , but we had a strong breeze behind us going from right to left . |
| 23 | But we had a loyal staff who helped clear up and we got back into business in 3 days . |
| 24 | But we had a few other cards up our sleeves we were waiting to play : we 'd brought two furry friends along with us . |
| 25 | And the supporters been treating me well , the promotion been treating me well , so obviously I never really wanted to move but we had a few problems with the negotiating with the contract and the financial terms was n't quite right so but I 'm glad to say we 've got it right now and you know we both sort of gave a bit and we came to a settlement er which I 'm very pleased about . |
| 26 | ‘ If only there 'd been more time , ’ said Kelly , ‘ I 'd have tried to help her work out a clear-cut characterisation , but we had a tight schedule and I left it up to her . ’ |
| 27 | We we we lived but we had a comfortable home , and I er I thought it was a lovely home actually . |
| 28 | very moving but we had a big big time and of course when you 're eighteen , er it 'd be an adventure . |
| 29 | ‘ My mum is a bit upset , ’ says Zara , ‘ but we had a lovely letter from Mr Evans saying that he would pay for me to return home at any time during the first three months in England , which we were very grateful for . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm so sorry to have kept you , but we had a little emergency ! ’ |