Example sentences of "[vb past] we [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Sister Constance , who was the then the principal sister there she let us have the field so we got entertainment laid on we invited a celebrity , I think our first celebrity was erm I think it was Lord and Lady and then each time we had a different one , we had entertainment the whole time we started , about half past two and then we had entertainment until six then we had an interval then we had entertainment till twelve o'clock I even took my piano down onto the field so that we could have music . |
| 2 | Tactics for outwitting the ticket office phone system and managing to get hold of tickets ( the consensus was use the Fax Method — if it helped us get a replay against Stuttgart , just think what it can do when you want a ticket for West Ham away on a Tuesday night in December ) |
| 3 | So you 've got nine plus four Did we do a sample all day ? |
| 4 | Oh did we do a copy for him ? |
| 5 | When did we do the gypsy camp ? |
| 6 | Yeah we did did we organize a sweeper for today . |
| 7 | What happened , did we knock the fork off ? |
| 8 | ‘ Did we pass a row of dustbins on the way here ? ’ |
| 9 | that funnel right now how did we control the speed at which the acid went in . |
| 10 | In no way did we want a union type association , it was all to be kept low key and friendly , which suited both ourselves and our administration , for we already had an official union which catered for the needs of the Customs and Excise in general . |
| 11 | Did we make a coach for , for Toby , Henrie can you buy Henrietta ? |
| 12 | Well we know we 've changed the resistance so did we make the resistance more or less ? |
| 13 | ‘ Then why did we change the name if we were so proud of him ? ’ |
| 14 | Nigel : Did we change the cover to green ? |
| 15 | ‘ At no time did we throw the towel in . |
| 16 | Did we get a date ? |
| 17 | Did we get the tape recorder back alright ? |
| 18 | Oh did we have a look at that ? |
| 19 | Or did we have a reader ? |
| 20 | Did we have a lot to drink ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Girls , did we have a difference of opinion ? ’ |
| 22 | Nor did we have a talk beforehand because he was on the stage doing a turn with somebody else — I think they call it a warm-up . |
| 23 | Davidson emphasises above his own role in Provincial 's response a team effort , not only in the sense that he had to delegate a great deal in such a multi-faceted role — although ‘ logically planning goes together with finance and not only did we have the capacity to take on overseas but control of subsidiaries fits too ’ — to his deputies , and , but that the whole company was involved . |
| 24 | At that time , of course , unemployment was not the major issue it is today , neither did we have the burden of AIDS , but I still maintain that the most important changes we can make are the ones inside our own heads . |
| 25 | Did we envisage the development of partnership as an additional responsibility for the staff involved ? |
| 26 | Yet never did we instigate a fracas ; provocation always came from the other fellows , for various reasons ; maybe they did n't like Jews , or as often happened , they simply threw a challenge in order to test our ability to rule the roost . |
| 27 | ‘ What did we need a television set for ? ’ demands Howard wonderingly . |
| 28 | This became tiring , so I called a halt and suggested that Eddy , who was taller than I , should be the next horse — or did we use the word ‘ donkey ’ ? |
| 29 | Did we see the corpse of James IV of Scotland ? ’ |
| 30 | Sorry , just one other point on W O P there , I may have got it wrong , did you say earlier on that er , that if you get H I V , so the W O P benefit is n't payable , what about the al , did we say the allocation of W O P will still continue ? |