Example sentences of "[subord] we were [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we had was basically method things where we were given lots of experimental things we would do in the laboratory , but no real philosophy behind it , no sod of follow through . |
| 2 | There are two main methods of budding — that which may be regarded as the traditional way , and another ‘ new ’ method that is more often used for other shrubs and trees — although we were using it 40 years ago on both bush and standard roses . |
| 3 | It 's about eighty million pounds higher than we were expecting it . |
| 4 | They were coming over in bloody gangs , right , there was the little ducks , you know the ones with green heads , so we were giving them bread and then all of a sudden the other side |
| 5 | The caravan , we 'd like , made sure that nothing happened cos we were renting it , and then as we went through a petrol station , on the way home |
| 6 | It was obviously a very clever song but it was n't until we were recording it and filming it down at Greenwich Studios , that we realised its potential because . |
| 7 | Maybe if we were teaching them properly they would know how to protest without just resorting to violence or vandalism of some type , without the first step being breaking the rules ; but we do n't . |
| 8 | He said ‘ if we were teaching them properly they would know how to protest … ’ |
| 9 | It is as if we were to carry our own sonic searchlight with us . |
| 10 | I understand the various accou er professional bodies in the accountancy industry are in fact doing that but I think the government should also do that because it is not just the probity of financial institutions we are concerned about , it is also er the auditing of other commercial concerns and it seems to be that in this case the public interest has taken second place to the government 's wish to do as little as possible , yet again the minister said in the debate that if we were to do anything further in response to a question put by my honourable friend the member for Grimsby , it would need legislation , primary legislation . |
| 11 | I 'd be looking for sixty five for ours , if we were to put it on the market , I mean we 're not |
| 12 | If we were to put you on a slimming diet providing you with 1,500 calories a day , you would be 500 calories short of your requirement and these would have to be taken from your body fat . |
| 13 | Indeed , if we were to use it , we would destroy our planet . |
| 14 | T frankly , yes it did , but I mean you were reading it pretty well correctly the way they read I mean most of us read things I know I do myself , one reads things quicker than perhaps some would if we were reading them on a radio or something . |
| 15 | We have discussed this at length and although we have a number of ideas we feel that if we were to air them now we would perhaps stifle your creativity and spoil the opportunity for a fresh approach . |
| 16 | Well that 's , that 's what I meant if we were make them |
| 17 | I personally doubt whether any clear evolutionary picture would emerge if we were to base ourselves simply on Formen . |
| 18 | Because this is so , I do not believe that their position is as different from that of nineteenth-century anthropologists and Marx and Engels as they would like us to believe , if we were to take their rejection of ‘ evolutionism ’ at its face value . |
| 19 | On the other hand , if we were to take our sample from those families with above-average measured incomes , we would expect to find that many of them had only temporarily high incomes so that average transitory income would be positive and Y p < Y. Similarly , for a sample of families with below-average measured incomes , we should expect to find that Y T < 0 and Y p > Y. |
| 20 | Buyers are currently looking at packaging of inner soles which would need to be changed if we were to stock them . |
| 21 | Those of us who live in south-east London not three miles from King 's Cross know that if we were taking our children to meet a continental train , or if we were taking elderly parents or grandparents to meet the train , we would not take them to King 's Cross , because we could not park there or get them near the platforms . |
| 22 | But it was felt that if we were to incorporate everything you wanted , why not go the whole hog and re-launch the mag ? |
| 23 | Yet he had photographs of her in every jacket pocket , and they fell out of books at the wrong time and upset Eva ; and when he asked me about Mum , Dad and I had to go into another room , away from Eva , as if we were discussing something disgraceful . |
| 24 | No , not really , not if we were creating our own heat and light from natural renewable sources . |
| 25 | Sympathy involves ‘ feeling sorry ’ for the other person — or perhaps , it involves our imagining how we would feel if we were experiencing what is happening to him . |
| 26 | We 've got Gerry Addams who er wanted earlier in the week if we were to believe what seemed now like to be sitting at a table discussing peace , there he is carrying a bomber 's coffin . |
| 27 | If we were paying them a salary then of course it 's up to us whether we have them at sitting at home doing nothing , they would n't they 'd soon get bored with it . |
| 28 | I think the important point I 'd like to make at the outset is that when the review of the requirement was carried out it was carried out both nationally and on a four nation basis , the ministers , once that was complete , the ministers decided that and stated publicly in December ninety two , that we will continue with the existing airframe and engine combination and that each nation er based on a family of aircraft concept could decide from a menu which equipments it would fit according to their individual requirements and their budget and we looked individually at each of the items to see what impact it would have on the operational capability if we were to remove them and what erm was decided in the end and the requirement reflects this , was signed last month by the Chief Surveyor 's staff , is that some nations have decided to remove certain items of equipment but for the U K we felt that it was necessary to keep all the major items and therefore as far as the U K is erm impact on the operational requirement is concerned , there is no significant alteration in its operational capability and therefore in overall percentage terms there is no decrease in the capability at all . |
| 29 | Okay , if plough the fields , if we were to supply you with erm , fruit and veg , erm , obviously that would , some of for you to plough the fields , in which case you would have more to offer us . |
| 30 | If we were to solve our problem by disposing of our enemy , we would set a very disgusting precedent in terms of separatist problem-solving . |