Example sentences of "she [vb past] [adv] we " in BNC.

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1 er , that farm down the road from us er , she came round we bought the
2 My mother 's been up there and she did n't come back for two hours and she came back we kept well he 'd sold a lot of meat in the meantime .
3 If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar .
4 She watched how we worked and communicated and how messages and information were received , stored , and sent out .
5 So she knew where we lived , and I expected her to turn up and claim you . ’
6 she did n't we had to manhandle the caravan Orford otherwise , you know
7 I said no , she said you wo n't leave the union will you , I said no , she said alright we 'll buy one at Haydock , still in the Lancashire region and the reason why the union is my second love , obviously my first love is me family , is what it 's done for me , but I also think what I 've done for those people who represent me and yourselves in Parliament .
8 It 'll be harder to get to the villa in some respects because Val and John , Val , Val 's husband 's retiring in July , he suffers with his dreadful headache , and they 're going to spend ninety per cent of their time in Spain , but she did say whenever I want to go , as long as I let them know they 'll come home cos they 're gon na buy a house in Chesterfield and er she said whenever we wan na go , they 'll come back over to their house in Chesterfield , so , we
9 For a start when she was talking about fish and chips she said well we 'll pop along in the car and get them from Moor Road cos they have nice er chips there but then , being as Tony had had a drink he would n't drive so
10 and she said well we 've got , for instance , one of my favourite patience is the girl of er , I think she 's nineteen , and er , she 's in their because her father had raped her since she was about eight , when she was sixteen she killed him , well I said well I think she should have been given a medal .
11 So now Marie 's got to go into hospital and have this done , do n't know if she 'll be out on time and er anyway and so they , you know , she said we 've only got to face it mum , so she said well we ca n't come cos Marie ca n't face it I said they all went and got
12 She said to the woman umm I do n't know , like is there any panic or , so she said well we 've had quite a , only got five left .
13 She said well we all help on the weekends , even my dad helps , I said , but who actually makes the decisions about what you do , what you eat , what you buy
14 she said Mum she said beggars ca n't be choosers she said wherever we got to take it .
15 When she sat down we rose in a body , convinced and as one .
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