Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] we had " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was the enemy 's country , an enemy whom we had fought so far as one might fight an armed man in a dark room . |
| 2 | The car which we had ordered to take us to the station never appeared , and we travelled instead in a dilapidated tonga . |
| 3 | We were offered Arabian tea which we HAD to drink ( unfortunately ) but thereafter were offered tea — black with sugar but not too strong . |
| 4 | We may find that a particular reply which we had expected to be only given very occasionally looks as if it might well be much more prevalent than we had expected . |
| 5 | The enhanced results which can be obtained using a combined therapeutic regime are well illustrated by a study which we had the opportunity of carrying out about three years ago at a residential health establishment in Crieff . |
| 6 | On the questionnaire , we exhaustively listed the kinds of changes that had occurred in the case study schools and in the schools which we had earlier visited , and asked teachers whether any of these had occurred in their school . |
| 7 | Everyone is going to be given er or lent er one of these er eating knives which we had specially made . |
| 8 | It was unthinkable to begin walking before knowing the repair was complete , so I sat glumly on the wheelbarrow which we had lifted off the trailer . |
| 9 | to say that in fairness to them , so what we would respectfully submit is that your Lordship having assessed the damages and erm , together with interest other than court of protection costs that the figure which we had mentioned and , and adjourn the matter for consideration of a structured settlement erm and that 's the first figure erm , that , the , the second thing , is that there is money in court er we would ask for a direction of the balance of the money , the balance over and above the money in court which is an extra three hundred and six thousand , three hundred and forty pounds at the present stage be brought into court within a reasonable time which we would note is fourteen days , maybe the defendant would ask longer , we have n't discussed it . |
| 10 | The harbour was crammed with the great prahus which we had come so far for , but our attempts to communicate with the captains and crewmen were discouraging . |
| 11 | Although I joined the company only two and half years ago , the contracts which we had then had a two day , three day price on them . |
| 12 | The kinds of activities which we had in mind were problem-solving and investigations , collaborative writing , reading and discussion about books and poems in pairs and groups , group picture or collage making , group construction tasks , group activities on the computer : the sorts of activities whose value is widely accepted and which might be included in the repertoire of any teacher , regardless of differences in overall teaching style . |
| 13 | We speak of ‘ stars ’ and ‘ trees ’ as though they were entities which we had mastered in our post-Newtonian , materialist fashion . |
| 14 | Mr Rusk replied that the inference that the United States had decided to abandon the Republic of Korea to its enemies was scarcely warranted in the light of the substantial material aid and political support which we had furnished and were furnishing to that Republic . |
| 15 | We were interested to examine the adhesive properties of E coli which we had isolated in studies of the flora closely associated with the rectal mucosa , a flora in which the expression of adhesins and other adhesion associated characteristics might be expected to be favoured or prerequisite , and to compare our results with those reported for faecal isolates . |
| 16 | Ellen 's manner was almost British in its cool restraint , matching our welcome which we had deliberately pitched at a low key . |
| 17 | Now I 've looked at that this morning , we are getting spillage because the chute is that blocked up , there 's that much polythene round the flail which we had a fire on before , down there and the stuff is piled right up , you ca n't even see the bottom tail drum . |
| 18 | After a homoeopathic meeting which we had attended in London , we went to visit a psionic practitioner in the southern counties to learn a little more about this subject . |
| 19 | And there , instead of the omelette and the glass of wine which we had expected to swallow in a nervous hurry , we found the Restaurant La Camarguaise serving a well-chosen and properly cooked and comforting meal in a clean and high-ceilinged dining-room . |
| 20 | And she had a custom she we had to have a book called observation book . |
| 21 | Outside in the gallery Benjamin told the rest of the group what we had found . |
| 22 | Although smaller and lighter than the 7.62 Self Loading Rifles which we had used in the Territorial Army , its strength lay in its high velocity rounds and accuracy . |
| 23 | A baby surely finds pleasure in being tickled without having first desired it , and we may similarly enjoy a sudden glow of warm sunshine on our back which we had not sought . |
| 24 | We 're going to talk to you about er Farm project and its basic problems which we had to put a programme together and er make the job |
| 25 | Each of us in our judgments complained that the case was unsuitable for a two-judge court and expressed the difficulties which we had experienced in arriving at our conclusions : see per Oliver L.J. , at p. 1202E , and myself , at p. 1211G . |
| 26 | On the day itself we had briefings er at the ground up here so everybody clearly understands what 's expected of them . |
| 27 | Unfortunately , difficulties with the environmental conditions of the area which we had intended to use mean that we will now have to modify our plans . |
| 28 | With the good weather our thoughts turned seaward and at Whitsun we launched our nine foot dinghy which we had brought from England . |
| 29 | The impressive Charter which we had for long presented as our original 1727 ‘ birth certificate ’ is not . |
| 30 | Christmas eve arrived and at 5.00 pm we changed into our walking out uniforms which we had spent most of the morning ironing . |