Example sentences of "we [was/were] [verb] that [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 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 . |
| 3 | In my day , we were instructed that frost never hurt a baby yet , and if the baby cried it must be mastered . |
| 4 | We were robbing that jeweller 's . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | There was a banality colouring all visual material reaching us from New York , and the way we were experiencing that banality through the mass-media was regarded as an essential aspect of it . |
| 8 | yeah but erm as I was saying , when we on science this morning we were watching that film about the vitamins |
| 9 | We were reminded that weather which suits ducks well enough can be more than cruel to other species when we found a dead bird on the path as we turned for home . |
| 10 | Well while we were doing that mummy was being all these clothes ready for her birthday . |
| 11 | And the announcement that we were having that visit . |
| 12 | We were working that month for the Queen 's Men at the theatre called The Curtain up in Shoreditch . |
| 13 | We were told that money would follow patients , but now patients have to follow money . |
| 14 | When the Conwy tunnel was built we were told that money would then be available , ’ he said . |
| 15 | We were told that capping would be necessary until the poll tax was introduced as that would bring accountability . |
| 16 | However , we were told that path repair work is planned and that groups of young people do clean-ups . |
| 17 | During the debate on the exchange rate mechanism , we were told that entry of the ERM would exert discipline and that inflation would come down as a result . |
| 18 | When the Foreign Affairs Select Committee went around Europe asking how the Act was likely to work , we were told that subsidiarity applied . |
| 19 | There was no reply to the phone , but as we were going that way to spend the night at Sandspit , we called at the neighbours ’ and found that Pat was away for a few days . |
| 20 | Of course I 'm sorry , for some strange reason I thought we were going that way , I 've got to go through the other way have n't I ? |
| 21 | Erm but then I think we need er I I was hoping we were going that step further |
| 22 | It is a replacement , we were losing that money erm because the , the water meter was going round at a pound an hour . |
| 23 | And then we used to do erm exercises with er from different areas , they 'd come and attack our area or we 'd come and try and in il infiltrate in their area and er we had , we had a night exercise and we was erm went out Saturday afternoon , we was out all Saturday night and Sunday and on the Sunday mid day we was still er out and we was in the farmyard at the farm at end of Brierley 's Lane by Bell Lane , off Bell Lane , Brierley 's Lane right at other end , we was in their farmyard and their outer buildings and we was str put out on guard duty from the Stafford Road to Broad Lane , and we was protecting that area , they were supposed to be coming from the Cannock area towards us and er we was in the , in the farmyard and course the m muck and stuff and all that out of the farmyard was there and the ducks was wallowing in it . |
| 24 | Well that fail sign was n't on the caravan when we was doing that axle underneath . |