Example sentences of "[vb past] we [vb mod] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When the lease on the Old Bells came free I grabbed it , thinking whatever happened we 'd have a job and home . ’ |
| 2 | Towards the end I argued we should remove a section to recover what dating evidence was available below it . |
| 3 | In 1975 , my engineers and I realised we should enter a new area of application — robots for arc welding . |
| 4 | As a matter of fact , I was talking to him briefly this afternoon and we agreed we 'd have a chat some time . |
| 5 | After skiing the last section of the Vallee Blanche Nigel decided we could avoid a walk into Chamonix by skiing down a snow chute filled with avalanche debris . |
| 6 | No we had a reasonably good dinner and , and we did n't want no tea when we come home , this could have been some of it cos all I had then when we did about seven o'clock when we decided we 'd have a bowl of soup , erm , we stuffed ourselves , we had toast and breakfast erm , we had one or two sweets in the hospital , er while we were waiting and then er , we went to Asda and then we got er |
| 7 | They erm wa when we to we , we were staying at the Claremont and I do n't , oh , I think we just decided we 'd find a cup of coffee . |
| 8 | ‘ I meant we should take a trip to Hadrian 's wall . ’ |
| 9 | It meant we could have a sophisticated presentation platform literally in the middle of nowhere and people came from miles around for these outdoor meetings . |
| 10 | Using these criteria ( as well as that which stipulated that they should not be paid carers ) we felt we would achieve a more homogeneous sample than if we had included people less closely involved , and one which would be confined to those with a significant input into the care of the dementia sufferer . |
| 11 | However , with three of us we felt we could start a group ! |
| 12 | He always felt we could do a little better . |
| 13 | We knew we would get a big loss this year partly because of the cost of the changes we have made . |
| 14 | But in the back of our heads we knew we could make a career together . ’ |
| 15 | I did n't tell you because I knew we 'd have a scene like this and I do n't like it . |
| 16 | I knew we must have a store of old army-type blankets for use when patients ran temperatures yet their teeth chattered during bouts of fever — malarial or dengue . |
| 17 | . I laughed We used to have a laugh about that very often . |
| 18 | It played a very , very important part in David 's career , because it was for that film that he wrote ‘ Space Oddity'/ Most of the stuff on the film came from the Deram label but I thought we ought to have a very special piece of material — some new material — and something that would show how very fine and inventive a writer David was . |
| 19 | I went there one Sunday , I thought we 'll have a meal but when I looked I said no chance ! |
| 20 | ‘ Well , I thought we might take a holiday in Canada , ’ Mark said . |
| 21 | I thought we might take a tour round the surrounding hills and make sure there were no hidden surprises . |
| 22 | But I thought we might take a quick look at the muniments room first . |
| 23 | ‘ Thought we might have a bit of sport , ’ he announced generally . |
| 24 | I thought we might have a treat and drive into Siena . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I thought we might have a word about the Gray affair and try to move things on a little in that area , ’ said Wheeler . |
| 26 | We thought we might have a chance . |
| 27 | We could n't sport the name of Dark or Phillips or Brown or Davies or any other Worcester paddler who went out to give their all but we thought we would have a go . |
| 28 | I thought we would have a special party , just the two of us . ’ |
| 29 | India in their home country are very tough and I always thought we would have a difficult task here . |
| 30 | It is some time since we looked in any detail at the program and functions of the Singer 9000 machine , so I thought we would concentrate a little on some of the functions of programming , rather than on knitting . |