Example sentences of "[vb past] we [vb infin] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Countess saw that Emily was going to be good for nothing , she let us have this house , as I say — she was Scottish , and had property here that was mostly sold after she died . |
| 2 | Nor did we make much fuss over presents . |
| 3 | Nor did we make much effort to match the potent appeal of Tory policies on privatisation and council house sales . |
| 4 | Only once , after eight years of life in the jungle , did we observe this sequence of teaching behaviour . |
| 5 | And that 's why at that time , near the end of the war , and when the talk of nationalization become greater , the hope of nationalization because as I said before , never in our wildest dream did we think that Labour would get in with such an overwhelming majority . |
| 6 | Where did we get that idea ? |
| 7 | Or when did we get that vase ? |
| 8 | How did we get this piece . |
| 9 | Did we have any rights ? |
| 10 | Did we have any difficulty with the old language ? |
| 11 | Only then did we introduce some terminology . |
| 12 | And never in my wildest dream did we imagine that Labour would get in with the resounding majority that they did get in . |
| 13 | Not one animal did we see all week — or hear , for that matter — although the small-windowed barns on the mountain paths , the frequent smell of liquid manure and the amount of cheese melting on menus indicted that there must , somewhere , be some . |
| 14 | I I I think certainly erm you 're you 're just at the age , er did we discuss this magic forty plus |
| 15 | ‘ It 's a good job you made us bring those clubs , Floyd . |
| 16 | Colour made us take more care with our choice of clothes . |