Example sentences of "we [adv] [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By doing so , we effectively answered the first part of the question of principle raised by the appeal , and decided that the court has the power in its inherent jurisdiction to override W. 's refusal to undergo the necessary treatment . |
| 2 | We eventually finished the first day 's walking . |
| 3 | Thereafter we eagerly obtained the precious four novels of the canon and she became our favourite writer . |
| 4 | Nobody knew there were any in the loch but then we only got the one and it would not surprise me if he had not eaten all the others if there had been any others that is . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's very early days — we only saw the first draft last month and it could be three years before it is implemented . |
| 6 | We only saw the last |
| 7 | You see we only had the one van , you s cos the one van was wanted to go to Wicken on a Saturday again . |
| 8 | As Bourn was such a new station , we only had the bare essentials in the way of equipment , mainly the Stevenson Screen with its thermometers , an aneroid barometer in the office and the aforementioned teleprinter . |
| 9 | We only switched the last few minutes on . |
| 10 | We only cleared the vital point by 100 yards . |
| 11 | … In a court it would be so easy if I was on the other side to get up and say that in respect of eight of the conditions ‘ We complied and we only contravened the suspended solids condition and we 're very sorry it was 30,000 p.p.m. but you 're not gon na cane us for that are you , Mr Magistrate ? |
| 12 | And we only wanted the melted chocolate , we could have had a sticky finger then could n't we ? |
| 13 | We suddenly saw the wizened old man in a new light . |
| 14 | Our Verdict : We especially liked the facial saunas , a relaxing treatment that gave a lift to tired skin . |
| 15 | Perhaps when we fondly remembered the second world war — and engaged in a massive collective oblivion about the causes and costs of that war . |
| 16 | Er it seems to me that erm there are probably quite a few policies in the structure plan that could be omitted if we just took the all the P P Gs as read . |
| 17 | We just saw the last three letters and thought it was Colchester . ’ |
| 18 | And when I was younger we had n't a binder , we just had the ordinary mower . |
| 19 | ‘ We just made the wrong moves , and Pat Malone was injured . |
| 20 | ‘ We just made the wrong moves , and Pat Malone was injured . |
| 21 | We soon saw the lengthy pontoon bridge spanning the Angara River . |
| 22 | Once we finally identified the leaked document , we countered in the most conclusive way known in politics : we published it in its entirety . |
| 23 | In yesterday 's Daily Telegraph we incorrectly identified the former England cricket player as Sir Denis Compton . |
| 24 | We promptly bought the next two novels when they came out , and in the Bodleian catalogue I discovered Dolores , the early work of which no mention was made in the list of titles prefacing her later books . |
| 25 | We always thought the rubber sheet was flat — not counting the dimples caused by the pebbles , right ? |
| 26 | We always went the other way did n't we ? |
| 27 | We still had the Dutch on our side . |
| 28 | ‘ That we 'd had a short but intense affair , and when we 'd met again and realised we still felt the same about each other you 'd revealed how Thomas was mine . ’ |
| 29 | Indeed , I wonder if we ever saw the true Henry . |
| 30 | that we ever knew the happy glen , |