Example sentences of "we [vb past] to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We agreed to be honest with the children , I seem to recall . ’ |
| 2 | He was very considerate like that — and he taught us girls a thing or two we lived to be grateful for later on , I can tell you . ’ |
| 3 | We needed to be clear about the nature and purpose of English as a school subject . |
| 4 | This time there were initially only five of us , but we began to visit women we knew to be active in their local Christian communities . |
| 5 | ‘ We had to be specific about the exercise question because people have different ideas about what exercise is . |
| 6 | ‘ We had to be upfront about our technical back-up . |
| 7 | The net result of having so many favoured people around was that tickets for the Kirov and Bolshoi ballets were obviously rationed , and we had to be content with second league fixtures of circus and puppet shows to fill any gaps in the programme . |
| 8 | To be horrified — surely the purpose of the horror movie — we had to be content with films about psychopathic killers who lurked in bushes or deserted mansions . |
| 9 | We had to be satisfied with results . ’ |
| 10 | We had to be able to invoice in a local currency and yet be able to account for it in sterling . ’ |
| 11 | We wished to be able to : |
| 12 | Kids like us had to be tough in those days . |