Example sentences of "was [conj] we " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the conditions for ascribing to oneself experiences of a mind-independent reality , Kant argued , was that we should be capable of distinguishing between those sequences of perceptions ( if you like , ‘ representations delivered up by the input systems ’ ) which are determined by the movement of objects and those which are determined by our own movements . |
| 2 | ‘ Most tenants were very happy with their existing range , and their biggest fear was that we would stop supplying them with Bass beers . |
| 3 | ‘ One of the things I thought we did agree was that we should not do the Government 's dirty work for them . |
| 4 | Our idea was that we should call ourselves The All Stars . |
| 5 | What is perhaps unusual for a family business was that we had members of the family at very different levels in the company . |
| 6 | The thing I remember about him as an engineer was that we used to get these forms that told you each week who you were going to be working on , what the line-up was , and I saw this thing and it said David Bowie , Studio Two . |
| 7 | What happened was that we began to do all kinds of things that are normally done to support a tour that you farm out , but we used to do it in-house , so we had our own publicity department , our own travel department — we booked our own flights and our own hotels , we did n't use a travel agency . |
| 8 | My chief regret in my stay at Transport was that we were not able to do more in combining private and public investment in partnership projects . |
| 9 | My own feeling in 1981 was that we should try to achieve something better and that just muddling through was not enough . |
| 10 | The agreed position of the Government was that we would not move over to private health insurance but would seek to make the health service as effective as possible . |
| 11 | Unemployment was over three million and one strong view was that we should wait until the autumn when the economic recovery would be more apparent . |
| 12 | The result was that we were dangerously isolated with a strong coalition arrayed against us , but fortunately our opponents overplayed their hand . |
| 13 | The crucial message that came back was that we needed more hands-on management . |
| 14 | My view was that we should examine whether the money was reaching those that most needed it and whether the priorities of the system laid down in 1945 were still the same . |
| 15 | Their concern was that we should save money . |
| 16 | Our advantage , however , was that we allowed the public to have their say on possible changes before proposals were published . |
| 17 | My view was that we should bite the bullet , abolish SERPS and encourage substitute private pensions . |
| 18 | Kingsley Amis , who wrote an adventure for Bond as well as creating Jim Dixon , reflects aptly on the reasons for his : ‘ What happened was that we came in at the tail end of the literary tradition to the effect that no decent girl enjoys sex — only tarts were supposed to do that . |
| 19 | He said : ‘ The word from Manchester United fans was that we could do them a big favour , and we 've undoubtedly done them one , but I got the impression that our own fans would not have been too bothered if we 'd lost today . ’ |
| 20 | What happened to us in our seven years at the grammar school was that we felt safe and we felt encouraged . |
| 21 | Thus it was that we had some very palpable hits , but no real engagements . |
| 22 | Although the images of the film belied the opinions expressed within it ( ‘ unless the camera lied , Matthew appeared to be a loveable , reasonable , biddable child capable of enjoying life within its limits ’ ) , the mood of the programme was that we could well be better without mentally handicapped people , who have an unsatisfactory life and require an unfair devotion of care . |
| 23 | And now , you see , the thing was that we could see Boy walking into our bar , pausing in the doorway , and we could just say the line and laugh . |
| 24 | The important thing was that we were closer to the lead . |
| 25 | The overt thing was that we came in from outside , but I think the hidden thing was that we were women . |
| 26 | The overt thing was that we came in from outside , but I think the hidden thing was that we were women . |
| 27 | For three years now we had moved stealthily through the darkness , sometimes absurdly confident , sometimes terrified , but always wondering just what sort of man it was that we heard creeping along the wall towards us and what sort of weapon he had in his hand . |
| 28 | This final scene of the novel leaves the reader free to believe , if he so wishes , that Pip and Estella will eventually marry , but it seems clear that CD 's intention was that we should understand that Pip 's renewed hopes were not to be fulfilled . |
| 29 | Thus it was that we made use of every method in the book to fan into flame the natural resentment of the public against a big and unfair bully kicking a man when he was down . |
| 30 | Their basic proposition was that we tend to organise and simplify incoming information until it makes a satisfying pattern . |