Example sentences of "we [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We made it a nice one , yeah ? |
| 2 | I 'm not changing my tune , Councillor Wyle knows that in the past I have actually offered to go with them when they 've made erm , visits to the minister , and when he said , we we we tried , but we never got anywhere , and on various issues I 've said , well perhaps if we got us an all party delegation , at least we could have done no worse . |
| 3 | We 'ad 'im a good six months , ai n't we ? |
| 4 | And then when the sc , we had a look at the script and we changed it a little bit , and then we all went , they were cutting out words , so we were doing , the first few all three ways , and we 'd look and say , okay , so it was a scrambled mess as we all looked through for three words and ended up with , and I got down on the floor , so we knew where we were . |
| 5 | We found it a comfortable and roomy two person ( one teddy ) tent with plenty of headroom . |
| 6 | WE TOLD you a few weeks back that multi-million pound striker Marco Gabbiadini was on the way out at Derby . |
| 7 | I must admit , we joined them a few moments later for a well-earned cuppa after our day 's exertions . |
| 8 | ‘ We paid him the other day . |
| 9 | And as Clarissa usually ties back her hair , we showed her a sophisticated style that takes only seconds , but looks professional . |
| 10 | We sat and had a relaxing drink before we cooked them a typical English dinner of baked cod with new potatoes and vegetables , followed by rhubarb fool and cognac . |
| 11 | The kids used to be standing there one time — well , we hit them a few times with the cape and it had a bottle in it . |
| 12 | We called them The Big Ones . |
| 13 | If ones came as in little wee pi pickups we called them the little lorry things you would sort of keep your eye very much because you did n't know they were looking for scrap and if you told them you had nothing they might go away with your iron gates or something . |
| 14 | For transport she used the farmer 's pony and trap : the pony was so decrepit that we called it the dead pony . |
| 15 | We lost ours a long time ago , but some people are still clinging to it , as they would to a piece of wreckage , in the hope that it will remain afloat . |
| 16 | When we reached it the next day , we were disappointed to find that in our more prosaic age they simply open the gates . |
| 17 | Well I 'm conscious we kept you a long time this time this morning and I certainly do appreciate your attendance and presence . |
| 18 | We thought it a good idea to start off by hiring a motor caravan , or camper van as they 're called in NZ , but as it was quite expensive we took it for a fortnight just to try it . |
| 19 | ‘ We felt it an appropriate gesture in the circumstances , ’ said meeting secretary Roy Swinbank . |
| 20 | And we saw it a few times did n't we ? |
| 21 | Not to , I know we saw it the other night did n't we ? |
| 22 | We saw it the last time in action on the weekend of the French vote on Maastricht — harnessing all our resources to serve the viewer and listener in a way no-one else can . |
| 23 | We liked it the first time , it was a bit like |
| 24 | They 've had to go for the we did them a few sort of quotes on the survey side of this Arrow Park and er we 've got ta , you know , really stick to this tight budget because it 's the only way you can get them no matter what people are telling you erm about the recession being over , people still want things for nothing . |
| 25 | Right , which is what we got when we did it the other way . |
| 26 | What we did with , we bought her a little guitar so that she can play it and have a bit of music and something to do |
| 27 | I do n't think there is any question about that , and I feel like we gave him a good shot at staying alive . |
| 28 | We did n't want our poor prisoner to get wet , so we gave him a nice yellow raincoat , you see . |
| 29 | ‘ I thought Spartak were a bit lax at the back over there , and let's be fair , we gave them a soft goal . |
| 30 | ‘ I thought Spartak were a bit lax at the back over there , and let's be fair , we gave them a soft goal . |