Example sentences of "we [was/were] [vb pp] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The fair is the highlight of our week long festival and we were determined that it should go ahead , ’ he said . |
| 2 | ‘ The flats were flooded two and a half years ago and we were promised that it would never happen again . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We were told that it was going to be arranged for Barry to sing ‘ The White Cliffs of Dover ’ with Mrs Thatcher at the end of the show . |
| 4 | Although that is not this case , I have done so both because we were told that it would be helpful to all those concerned with the treatment of minors and also perhaps the minors themselves and because it seems to be a logical base from which to proceed to consider the powers of the court and how they should be exercised . |
| 5 | When we asked Russian officials whether the beef was having any impact on meat prices in Russia , we were told that it was not . |
| 6 | When that matter was put to the Home Office and the Department of the Environment , we were told that it was for the local authority to sort out the matter with the local police force . |
| 7 | Well we did take some er legal advice on it and we were told that it was not illegal , erm I mean we think it 's highly immoral erm , but we were told it was not illegal , because they did not actually use the er the redundancy money did not come out of the fund , only this enhanced pension etcetera which was using up the , the surplus and we were told |
| 8 | At least , most of the Board were and the rest of us were persuaded that it would be no bad thing , without , I confess , being precisely clear what we meant by that blessed word . |