Example sentences of "we [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In those on parenteral nutrition ( n=12 ) we gave the maximum amount of milk the patients were able to ingest without symptoms , and at the end of the test we emptied the gastric content via their gastrostomies . |
| 2 | I have just returned from a NATO meeting last week at which we agreed the military strategy that will accompany the strategic concept now agreed , of which Germany is a prominent supporter . |
| 3 | Heads down , strenuously and determinedly we fought the southerly swell for a couple of hours before arriving at An t-Aigeach , a wild though sheltered inlet , respite , complete with deer , a heron and a live floating urchin . |
| 4 | ‘ During the time we had the picture in our possession , in an attempt to keep it off the international art market we consulted the criminal police , and attempted to put the picture on the index of important works of art which can not leave Germany . |
| 5 | We consulted the acknowledged experts in the field , many of whom were not known to the general public ; and for the most part we did little more than synthesise their conclusions in a readily digestible fashion . |
| 6 | After 100 miraculous kilometres we met the other bus returning to Francistown . |
| 7 | ‘ Er , we met the other day . |
| 8 | We met the little boy who believes that all the inhabitants of an Arab village should be exterminated . |
| 9 | Whenever we cycled to work , or indeed from work , we met the full force of that malevolent wind . |
| 10 | " After we ran away from you we travelled as far as Quang Nam — that 's where we met the French recruiter who arrived here tonight with your truck , " said Dong hesitantly . |
| 11 | To obtain a relaxed template , we incubated the supercoiled plasmid with topoisomerase I under the same ionic strength conditions used in the transcription assays . |
| 12 | We already had the French and Germans with us , and we divided the remaining eighty-odd delegates between us so that on the day before the first meeting we could explain our intentions and our reasoning to as many delegates as we could find . |
| 13 | We got our first publishing contract through that , but we were just signing as songwriters and we made the odd grotesque , poppy single ! |
| 14 | We struck out for Cambridge and although we made the odd wrong turn they were quickly rectified and with luck on our side we found the hotel . |
| 15 | We made the following comments on such expectations . |
| 16 | We made the necessary arrangements with the owner and viewed it the next day . |
| 17 | It was then that we made the surprising discovery that the Sultan , " the Great Mountain " , is officially married to Loro Kidul . |
| 18 | ‘ We made the front page ! ’ he exulted , holding the rag up so that I could see the headline : ‘ WOMAN DIES AT THEATRE ROYAL . |
| 19 | ‘ Where are you sleeping ? ’ she asked as we made the front door . |
| 20 | ‘ I think we made the right decision , but it is a grey area . |
| 21 | If the right hon. Gentleman begins to listen to what many employers elsewhere in Europe are saying , he will learn that they recognise that we made the right decisions . |
| 22 | Ladies and gentlemen erm about three years ago we finally decided to restore this car that you see behind us and although it was er an impossible task at times we , we carried on regardless and I hope that you 'll agree that everything you see today , plus the fact that seeing everybody out here , I think we , you 'll agree we made the right decision and er we feel that as long as this car is in this position that nobody 'll erm have any doubts who the Three- Ninetieth Group were and er , I think er , I think we 're all proud of this day particularly . |
| 23 | We made the non-slip surfaces by stippling the tops with a bass broom — a fairly new one works best . |
| 24 | I did n't really wake up until we made the short boat trip to Ellis Island . |
| 25 | We 'd have got away with it if we had noticed that the polystyrene tiles had slipped out of alignment — but having shifted dozens of tanks around we made the fatal error of complacency and did n't check the underlay . |
| 26 | Because this , erm , I think it 's quite far-reaching to erm get all hot on this , and I do n't think we realised the full implications . |
| 27 | Now if we sold the whole lot we 're gon na struggle a bit . |
| 28 | And at the end of the first week he asked me how I would feel if we sold the domestic appliances businesses ( the most profitable part of the group at the time ) , and I said I did n't know how he had got to that so fast , but that it was fine with me . |
| 29 | We sold the residual sixteen years , approx , to a client represented by Harvey Gough & partners , who soon afterwards resold it by private treaty to a small company whose name I have not yet discovered , with the rumoured intention that it would be turned into a private nursing home . |
| 30 | Being tight-fisted individuals we by-passed the fee-paying nature trail through the woods and crossed the beck to join a Green Lane that led pleasantly back to Clapham and the end of a fine day 's trek through Yorkshire 's classic karst and pavement country . |