Example sentences of "[conj] we [was/were] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although we were not able to collect complete data from more than one seizure in any of the 6 patients , the incomplete data from repeated seizures suggest that a similar rise in extracellular fluid glutamate before seizures is a consistent finding . |
| 2 | Daphne was a curlyheaded blonde known as ‘ Snooty ’ , and although we were not natural friends , our predilection for cream buns brought us together — especially when she discovered that I had a never-ending source of supply . |
| 3 | Now he was saying that although we were too young to talk of real love he hoped we would see each other alone and not always surrounded by friends . |
| 4 | We had to go to Thetford for the judging , and although we were quite good for a school of Debenham 's size . |
| 5 | ‘ In the course of converting our two shops into one , although we were still profitable we ran out of cash . |
| 6 | Although we were suitably impressed by the mere twelve-footer caught in Likangloe , the hunters promised that before we left they would take us into what was known locally as the " Death Cave " to find the really big pythons . |
| 7 | Although we were very happy with much of this document , there were a few sections about which we had reservations , and on which we submitted detailed comments . |
| 8 | We , we actually lived in th the corner shop is right on the corner if you 've come up High street on the bus and your Co-op would be on that corner , your church and your Co-op 's on the corner , and just turns there and I only lived just down that street , so we never had to have it delivered because we just popped up er and my brother and I , I can so remember us going with our two big bags you know and we , you know how you do when families meet you know and he 'll say that 's the time , because dad , we never knew dad hit us and yet you 'd of thought he was , we , we were so scared it must have been his voice you know , that he erm that we was so scared that everything was all correct from the Co- op . |
| 9 | Employers making these connections between the ‘ ignorance ’ of ‘ our brightest children ’ , WE , the entry of these youngsters into manufacturing industry and the rejuvenation of British capitalism were clearly not interested in the notion that WE was essentially concerned with ROSLA or the ‘ average and below average ability ranges ’ ( ibid. , p. 16 , my emphasis ) . |
| 10 | Squinting through my salt encrusted eyelids I had to agree her estimation was probably accurate ; affirming that we were well clear and would soon be safely around the point did n't seem adequate reassurance . |
| 11 | Danny Baker 's new breakfast show Morning Edition ( R5 ) , provoked comments that we were downright insulting : ‘ He is no more that just a loutish version of Jonathan Ross . ’ |
| 12 | It is true that it was a dreadful blow , and that we were bitterly disappointed , but we offer no excuses . |
| 13 | Finally , it has to be admitted that we were strengthened in our resolve not only by the robust advice of our own legal team but by the knowledge that the merger of Dearden Farrow and the loss of the practising name meant that we were not susceptible to concerns in regard to our reputation . |
| 14 | ‘ But I have gone over it many times in my mind about why we lost so heavily in India and one of the main reasons for me was that we were not used to playing on turning pitches . |
| 15 | But even here there were signs that we were not far from the sea or from strange phenomena . |
| 16 | They eventually got the message after about 30 minutes that we were not prepared to bribe them with anything and let us through to the Romanian side . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Rev Kenneth was determined , now that we were not able to leave the hospital grounds after darkness fell , to see that our minds were not imprisoned . |
| 19 | In the heavenly quiet which followed we became aware that we were not alone . |
| 20 | Alone , and exhilarated by the noise , the spray and the view — — and also by the fact that we were not ankle-deep in wrinkled cans and other crap , or being persuaded to buy Gullfossburgers by bright neon signs . |
| 21 | By now they knew that we were slightly mad and waved us through . |
| 22 | It became known that we were perilously short of hay because the haytiming on our pastures had been very poor that summer and it was impossible to bring enough in on the horse-drawn sledge on the few occasions we were able to get out . |
| 23 | But I understand that we were n't black enough for that crowd , despite the fact that of the three people on stage [ Lester , DJ and Lindy — Norman was n't on stage ] only one was white . ’ |
| 24 | The excess starters , generators , regulators and anything else that we were n't supposed to have was put on this trailer , was tied neatly to the canvas , we put a man on the tractor and all day long he drove around the perimeter strip with it . |
| 25 | They could n't answer and became huffy that we were n't satisfied with the good treatment we were receiving . |
| 26 | I have friends who are actively involved still , and occasionally I wonder if we stopped because there was something lacking in our marriage that we were n't aware of . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm sorry that we were n't able to do more … ’ |
| 28 | Er in fact it was put to me as as an option by Superintendent that this could be , if this could be done er at the time er if I recall one of the reasons erm that we were n't able to do it in such a way was that there are numerous exits to the block of flats and each exit would have had to be covered by at least two armed officers we only only had in the region of twenty five officers available to us at that time in the police who were authorised to be armed and to maintain such a surveillance , erm not only would be very costly in the terms of the number of officers . |
| 29 | ‘ But we kept our shape well and it was unfortunate that we were n't able to nick a second goal . |
| 30 | So we told him that we were n't interested in tonight 's gig and that we 'd take the money and go now . |