Example sentences of "we [adv] [verb] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Bible we rarely possess two or more parallel documents where we can see how one writer used another as his source . |
| 2 | It 's combining forces really ; with Cozy 's thing it would have been mostly instrumental , including Cozy 's ‘ Greatest Hits ’ , but with Tony involved we can legitimately do some Sabbath songs which he co-wrote , as we effectively have three quarters of the line-up . |
| 3 | We eventually left seven hours later with our ears ringing . |
| 4 | Because of the shortage of money , we only sent two backstrokers to Antwerp in 1920 , and I came third in the trials , which were held in the open air pool at Southport , now a children 's playground . |
| 5 | We only got one corner in the entire first half . |
| 6 | We only got one bag . |
| 7 | We only got one bag . |
| 8 | Well then somebody 's gon na be short here cos we only got five |
| 9 | But the government was overridden by the Treasury , we only got 270 acres . |
| 10 | We only get four hours ’ daylight in winter … |
| 11 | I think you have six weeks in the summer , we only get four all year ! |
| 12 | Postage , stationery , fourteen O six raffle tickets , eleven pound , making a total of two thirty twenty six as against on the other side the income , three ninety six so we made a hundred and sixty six pound on on the open show which is a great increase on last year because last year we only made twelve pounds something twelve pound and a penny we made last year , so this is a great increase . |
| 13 | We saw herds of stags and although we never actually walked for a day when we did n't see anyone else , there was a week of walking when we only saw one other person for every day . |
| 14 | It is often stated that we only use 10 per cent of our brain . |
| 15 | We only put fifty P on . |
| 16 | We only charge three pence . ’ |
| 17 | We read in the papers about the German war in Russia but we only knew one boy who was fighting there : Ada 's brother . |
| 18 | When a chance came up to do them early we took it , although it meant we only had nine working days to fit in with Magnox Shutdown . |
| 19 | We only had six here this morning , and I was n't expecting so many as thirteen . |
| 20 | We only had two days on Fregate and I could easily have spent at least a week . |
| 21 | erm I was reading about carrots , so I did n't get to finish it cos we only had two weeks . |
| 22 | The schoolchildren were split into seven standards or classes but we only had one room and one blackboard . |
| 23 | That 's right , yes I mean , the goalkeeper was fantastic first half , and really we only had one chance second half , and he made a great save from Fossey. erm First half , it was a case of just throwing himself into the right area and the ball was hitting his body and you know , he was just a good example of how to be a good goalkeeper . |
| 24 | ‘ Actually , I 'm just happy to be where I am because after that early problem we only had 14 minutes of running , so it was a short session . ’ |
| 25 | We only had three Sisters , about eight staff nurses , a few ward orderlies and fortunately eight doctors were within call . |
| 26 | of this discussion was the fact that we had , and it was , certainly was the last time we talked about it because that 's why we only sent one person on it . |
| 27 | So for eighteen months we only met three times , when he visited during his leaves . |
| 28 | Through the years though more erm through the years we actually only receive thirty percent of our input I suppose one of the examples are and then we only remember twenty percent of that thirteen percent again the danger of you know every remembers this |
| 29 | ‘ We reckon that there were about 14,500 Derry supporters at the semi-final and of course a lot more people want to see the final , ’ points out Patsy , ‘ However , we only receive 2,000 stand and 7,000 terrace tickets so you can see the extent of the problem we face . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We only need two , ’ he says . |