Example sentences of "[conj] we [verb] in the past " in BNC.
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| 1 | I make the point because , in the report that we are debating , we make several recommendations and we wish the Government to take them more seriously than those that we made in the past . |
| 2 | Now , are we sticking with the allocation that we had in the past , peoples responsibility , or when we change them in this sort of way are we mucking them about ? 'Cos I like to know what I am responsible for and what I 'm not . |
| 3 | ‘ Does that mean we shall see a great deal more of each other than we have in the past ? ’ she asked . |
| 4 | So so so I say that first because we have in the past had people who felt worried by this attitude , they felt you know that they really they were people who perhaps had a background in the National Trust and who really felt that it was their job to say , oh no do n't touch that . |
| 5 | ‘ What we 've done , in reappraising policies in light of values , is to see our task not as we did in the past , as the relief of poverty or the advancement of equality , but as giving individuals the opportunity to realise their potential to the full , ’ he says . |