Example sentences of "we [was/were] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | when we were looking the other day , he quite fancies it . |
| 2 | as I say erm we 've got those but we were looking the other day and were quite amazed at how many different flowers there are out . |
| 3 | So this T ratio on income elasticity is for the bit right and if we were using the five percent or ten percent as our sort of cut off point , we 'd actually discard income from our consumption , from our demand function . |
| 4 | We were expecting the American model to arrive in Europe with pleasurable anticipation , accepting its inevitability . |
| 5 | ‘ We felt we were creating the antinuclear movement from scratch , says Pete Roche , now an editor of SCRAM 's bi-monthly Safe Energy Journal , first published at the time and an invaluable guide to the growth of opposition . |
| 6 | We were taught the right way to hold the tiller and mainsheet , how to pull the sail in and out and how to ‘ tack ’ — change direction by turning the front of the dinghy into the wind . |
| 7 | On another occasion we were meeting the Prime Minister 's plane at Cardiff Airport , with only two Gofers in the team that day . |
| 8 | I always felt an affinity with Donna , I thought it was because we were born the same day — ’ |
| 9 | Cos I 've been silly in the past , I 've told Evelyn lots of times and we had a new machine , a rapid na nailer , it er nailed er army sho er soles onto the at five hun it used to do three hundred and fifty nails a minute and we m made one just for I er went out on the road , er to five hundred a minute you see , and er we were building the first half a dozen and er er there 's two pawls at the back of the machine |
| 10 | This morning at breakfast we were smoking the last two . |
| 11 | I asked , not certain we were discussing the same property . |
| 12 | At dinner that night we were discussing the whole affair and I said : " Oh well , you ca n't make an omelette without breaking some eggs , " which led to the classic retort from Ed Prior , my engineer : " Yes , but you did n't have to break the whisk ! " |
| 13 | ‘ We were discussing the smooth running of the place , ’ he informed her nonchalantly . |
| 14 | We became good friends and I remember his comments one day when we were discussing the ever-rising cost of living ; Lawren said , wrinkling that high forehead under the white mane of hair , ‘ This high cost of living worries me ; one of these days , if it continues to rise , I 'll have to dip into capital ! ’ |
| 15 | After the Epiphany play of 1922 we were taking the home-made costumes back to the storage centre when I suddenly became aware of what an attractive , lovable person she was . |
| 16 | We were taking the same course module , ‘ marketing and statistics ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ But we were drunk the whole time on the aphrodisiac of youth . ’ |
| 18 | If we were to purchase the Sharp machine we would require to purchase at least one other lens , and probably two , which would require additional operator work and still not provide the flexibility of the zoom lens facility . |
| 19 | ‘ We did not believe that we were getting the best range of stock into Dillons , ’ says Adrian Bourne , group managing director for sales . |
| 20 | ‘ We were given the wrong advice in the first place , ’ says Jeremy Myles of TEM . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , we were given the green light — unfortunately , poor Molly was accidentally stepped on a couple of times . |
| 22 | I told him that we were leaving the present trail at Reggane and going through In Salah and Tamanrasset . |
| 23 | If we were to force the electricity-generating companies to take coal in volumes and at prices that they do not want , the certain consequence would be higher electricity prices for the domestic customer and for the rest of British industry , which could in turn be bad for long-term job prospects . |
| 24 | Somewhere off Fleet Street , dressed in unaccustomed collars and ties , we were hearing the current publishing wisdom from one of the professionals . |
| 25 | We were watching the tufted ducks which made up for their late appearance this season by arriving in more than usual strength . |
| 26 | Commenting on the contract , Gerry said : ‘ We were awarded the new contract against stiff competition from other FM companies , and look forward to continuing our relationship with BP . ’ |
| 27 | I remember one British Open at Turnberry , we were playing the 16th and Tom had been in a burn . |
| 28 | ‘ When we were messing around last year , we were playing the same songs to the same music biz people , ’ asserts softly-spoken guitarist Bernard Butler , softly . |
| 29 | He added : ‘ We were planning the next evacuation when the shelling began … we were flat on the ground on the landing zone when the last shell impacted about 20 yards from us , injuring two Canadian UN soldiers . ’ |
| 30 | This is why I was so concerned when we were making the new set of the Beethoven symphonies in 1977 . |