Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] we [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | … it being very narrow where we met it , the Driver of the Chaise in backing his Horses to avoid being drove over overturned his Chaise , but very providentially , blessed be Almighty God for it ! we received very little Injury , Nancys Face was a little bruised . |
| 2 | Can I suggest as , as we , we start the document , that we have a copy of the procedure we 're discussing open , because I think most of us in debate and discussion proper if we made our own procedures , things that we hear about . |
| 3 | The best time to visit is in stormy conditions when the birds are on the wing , but the day we went was calm and we saw them only sitting on their nests . |
| 4 | At first it all seemed dreadfully wrong and we did what our family always do in such situations ; we were facetious . |
| 5 | ‘ His knee is slightly unstable and we thought it best he saw the surgeon who performed the operation on him . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ His knee is slightly unstable and we thought it best he saw the surgeon who performed the operation . ’ |
| 7 | Discipline was rigid and we respected it , but resented it too , because of a particular juvenile arrogance that must have been founded on the knowledge that the world was changing a lot more than they realised , and it was for us that it was changing . |
| 8 | But we are embarrassed because we got it wrong when usually we do not . |
| 9 | ‘ When we dragged Cpl Edwards out of his seat the back of his head had been blown off — but I still thought he would be OK when we got him to hospital . |
| 10 | She had stopped giving me murderous looks and seemed quite bright-eyed as we got ourselves ready to leave the ship . |
| 11 | Well , expectations were high as we wended our way up to Coventry in teh Porsche ( I just had to slip it in ! ! ! ) . |
| 12 | ‘ And Mrs McD was a bit staggered when we told her he was in Mull . |
| 13 | My relationship with Isobel started going wrong when we discovered she could n't have children and started having infertility treatment . |
| 14 | I was quite embarrassed when we did it two years ago . ’ |
| 15 | Ben was eight months old when we had him . |
| 16 | For transport she used the farmer 's pony and trap : the pony was so decrepit that we called it the dead pony . |
| 17 | ‘ We 're sorry that we teased you — and I promise to wear my blue headband tomorrow , ’ Sophie whispered in her ear . |
| 18 | I 'm absolutely delighted that we achieved what we set out to do at the beginning of the week , which was to ensure that the Ryder Cup stayed on this side of the Atlantic . |
| 19 | ‘ So you 're more or less convinced that we pulled it off ? ’ |
| 20 | The cave itself was surprisingly warm and we realised we were walking through a gallery which led us into a lofty underground cavern . |
| 21 | I wish I was back at home with Marie , and it was warm and we had summat nice to eat like fish and chips or summat nice like that . |
| 22 | Research would be impossible if we restricted ourselves to this species . |
| 23 | And they were tiny and we tied them in wee bunches and it was Miss who was the teacher then and she made a cross and put |
| 24 | His jacket was flame-proofed and we gave him protective padding at the back , just in case . ’ |
| 25 | It would be sad if we lost everything would n't it ? |
| 26 | I started taking smack at school , 'cos everyone in the — estate at that time was taking it and that was the only place you could buy pot and I sent one of me mates out from school one day to buy some speed and he come back with smack and said this is all I could get and I said I do n't want none of that , but in the end we ended up doing it because we was bored and we had nothing else to do . |
| 27 | She took the packet with some fussy excitement , and she was clearly a little relieved when we made it clear that we had no intention of staying or seeking entrance . |
| 28 | We were both a little nervous as we made our way to the lighthouse past the palms , the palapas and the tantalising lagoon . |
| 29 | They were having a great time looking at the animals and listening as we explained which countries they were all from . |
| 30 | Now if you do recall your first year notes , this is the relationship underlines a cobweb model , right that prices were based on erm or supply decisions were based on prices at planting right and we showed you that cobweb model erm farmers make systematic errors right cos they never appreciate the cycle there is a cycle to prices , right so they 're making systematic errors right cos prices are high this year as a result erm erm of plant a lot so that when the supply comes on the market next year right , prices are very low and you would thought farmers would er , would learn but prices fluctuated right . |