Example sentences of "we [vb past] [adv] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What intrigues me , ’ I asserted , ‘ is that the witch we met yesterday prophesied such a death . |
| 2 | This is consistent with the results we reported earlier showing good performance on the causal task ( see Table 3.1 ) . |
| 3 | IN yesterday 's Supermarket Round-up we listed best buys available at Safeway this week . |
| 4 | We stopped again to buy olive oil and garlic , for Lili said that although she had vowed not to interfere she was going to cook dinner and , while my mother would complain , she would be grateful in the end . |
| 5 | ‘ In fact , I think it might be better if we tried not to have any more contact with each other , do n't you ? ’ |
| 6 | All the same , Merlyn said : ‘ We came over to fetch some things we store here . ’ |
| 7 | But after we 'd pulled over and Jeffrey Bernard had been unwell on the pavement , after the police car had been persuaded to leave us alone , and after we 'd finally got that hefty brute of a Bill Ellis Trophy fully upright again — in its carrying case and everything — I was at least able to start thinking partially straight again . |
| 8 | ‘ We 'd best stay clear . ’ |
| 9 | I wish we 'd just done that . |
| 10 | ‘ We 'd just had some done for our engagement . |
| 11 | Squiffy everywhere and erm that night the evening activity was tobogganing and we 'd just finished all this wine . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought we 'd already argued that out last night at the restaurant , ’ she said tightly . |
| 13 | procedure but we 'd already done that . |
| 14 | The most impressive part of Dr Solomon 's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows ( what a mouthful ! ) is the Encyclopaedia , the browse bar was less than 50% down the list of virus information , and we 'd already counted 500 separate items ! |
| 15 | We 'd already spotted several rabbits scampering about . |
| 16 | Right , I think we 'd better move this sugar , we 're not gon na have enough room are we ? |
| 17 | And we 'd better clear all Maternity calls through here as well . |
| 18 | So we 'd better , we 'd better sort that out a bit . |
| 19 | Jessica , we 'd better talk this over . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Maybe we 'd better check that church first , ’ he said . |
| 21 | I mean I said to Shaun on a Friday night we 'd better decide this , otherwise there 's no point in us coming through tomorrow mate , we might as well stay at home and go to the football or something |
| 22 | So we 'd better give some away . |
| 23 | " Still , we 'd better make one or two scrapes , do n't you think ? " said Hazel . |
| 24 | We 'd better make sure no more of this sort of thing is going on . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ And we 'd better make sure that it does n't , ’ said Caspar , moving back to prop the door open with a stone . |
| 26 | Then , turning towards the kitchen , she said , ‘ We 'd better make sure the urns are full of water . ’ |
| 27 | If we want to keep the best scientists and the best engineers in this country , we 'd better do two things : we 'd better attract them with good pay and we 'd better train them right and give them the proper facilities . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't think we 'd better do that , however . ’ |
| 29 | Well we 'd better do some work you know . |
| 30 | They do n't know they is n't gon na just churn out , oh yeah well we 'd better pay that mate , eighteen thousand quid ! |