Example sentences of "be [adj] that we had " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were convinced that we had located , by accident , the last resting place of HMS Impregnable . |
| 2 | With this drizzly weather we were stuck in Porto , and were glad that we had n't tried to cycle into town as the taxi sped through steep cobbled streets . |
| 3 | We were pleased that we had a representative from the south of Montgomeryshire but it was a pity that no one from the Dyfi Valley attended . |
| 4 | She recommended that a meeting with Social Services would be helpful to alert them to the ‘ dynamics ’ of this family and to advise them that ‘ as professionals we were anxious that we had not managed to engage and intervene within the family and explore deficits in the parenting role ’ . |
| 5 | Perhaps it 's telling that a similar process of self-siphoning is also afflicting Hollywood , for no other song-writer is as steeped in cinema as Springsteen ( it is surprising that we had to wait until Indian Runner for a film to be made of one of his songs ) . |
| 6 | It 's true that we had a issue erm nineteen eighty five but the reserves are now six hundred and fifty million . |
| 7 | Erm , you will remember that after the last meeting we were going to have a meeting with Mr which we , which we subsequently did have and we put forward several erm possible uses for the old hospital , including re-siting of the library , relocation of the council offices , police station , day centre for the elderly , day services for the physically disabled , for young mothers and children centre and for a mental health services centre and he was delighted that we had the meeting because he has to meet with his superiors late in December , early January , when he has been asked to put forward ideas . |
| 8 | I was dismayed that we had disturbed her and apologised for having made a noise . |
| 9 | I was glad that we had not troubled him personally , though we confessed that we should like to have set foot in the flat . |
| 10 | We had gotten to that section of the tune where it was obvious that we had played enough for the outro and I decided , off the top of my head , to start playing a song that I had started writing earlier in the week . |
| 11 | My friend , however , was adamant that we had both been abused in some way , though not sexually , which was my understanding of abuse . |
| 12 | I was not , however , prepared to give an undertaking to bring National Service to an end until I was certain that we had the necessary voluntary enlistment . |