Example sentences of "we [was/were] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember having a problem like that where we were erm we had a , a load of erm we were watering that material it was warmed , we thought of course would be alright but they did er , they were quite sensitive to it and they looked quite miserable . |
| 2 | ‘ The 5% increase in house prices which we were expecting this year would have solved most of our problems , including the brunt of the arrears and repossessions , ’ it says . |
| 3 | How would it be , Richard , if we were to continue this discussion over a very large pink gin ? " |
| 4 | and I ca n't remember what , the last time we were seeing each other it |
| 5 | I know now it was our believing that we were fulfilling some end , serving some plan — that all would come out well in the end , because there was some great plan over all . |
| 6 | We had increased our fibre intake and we were eating more fish , fruit and vegetables . |
| 7 | Mr Yeltsin said : ‘ Until very recently , we were regarding each other as political enemies . ’ |
| 8 | At least we were earning some money , and they were ending up owing the company money I think . |
| 9 | ‘ In the early days we were buying more paperback rights from other hardback publishers , because even five years ago there were more hardback publishers around that you could buy from . |
| 10 | If , however , you do not know who this person is , or might be , it would be more helpful if we were to give some indication of why we have introduced her into the conversation . |
| 11 | The Minister must be aware that under the 1988 reform package we were assured that intervention stocks would disappear , but they are now at record levels , whether for skimmed milk , butter , beef or cereals . |
| 12 | If we were to extend this line of reasoning , we would also have to consider the materiality of services such as hairdressing , advertising and repairs which , arguably , take a tangible form and benefit their customers for a period of time after production . |
| 13 | When we were discussing these issues in our Working Group the teachers often reminded me that we were not preparing a thesis for university dons . |
| 14 | In my day , we were instructed that frost never hurt a baby yet , and if the baby cried it must be mastered . |
| 15 | We were robbing that jeweller 's . |
| 16 | Whereas mental handicap had revolutionized fairly quickly , for Friern and Claybury we were breaking this ground before the consensus had been reached . |
| 17 | Bryan Gould , who resigned from the shadow cabinet over Maastricht in the autumn , said : ’ If we were to abandon that position now it would be a remarkable break not only with tradition but certainly with principle . ’ |
| 18 | If we were to prioritize these needs on a one to seven basis , one being the most important and seven the least , which would be the number one priority ? |
| 19 | What 's the problem with this new switchboard , has it settled down now or we were getting all sorts of complaints initially |
| 20 | We were getting more mileage out of an asset we already owned and it gave the business a wider base to cope with fluctuations in any part of it . |
| 21 | ‘ We were sending this chap about his business , ’ explained Ebenezer . |
| 22 | Ultimately we were given that assurance and er we were quite proud of the fact that , you know , the members had gone along with us on the proviso that we had got that principle you know , to establish . |
| 23 | In 1982 , we were given another 5% rise although inflation was well over 50% . |
| 24 | When preparations for the desert were under way , we were given another child , four-month-old Sam . |
| 25 | We were given another haircut , issued with ID cards and complete uniforms . |
| 26 | We were given some opportunity to explore this when making three visits to police stations in West Belfast , although the data on community policing are unsatisfactory because of the limited number of these contacts and the absence of supportive observational material . |
| 27 | Erm you see we were given this test , right , it was on gravity or something |
| 28 | The figures we were given this morning indicate that in within the Greater York area , the increase would be from sixteen point three to twenty point six . |
| 29 | That 's where we were given these rosettes ; on the bus . |
| 30 | But now he was cuddling me and whispering in my ear with helpless pleading , " Hold me — hold me — " Suddenly I was hugging him with all my strength ; our bodies were strung tight together and we were kissing each other 's cheeks with little frantic kisses — we could n't bear to draw apart even enough to find each other 's lips . |