Example sentences of "we had [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had been used to seeing bigger names travel here but somehow or other they never showed top form . |
| 2 | We had been involved in an historical adventure as gripping as any detective tale or spy thriller . |
| 3 | ‘ IN APRIL 1992 , a researcher from the BBC 's dramatised documentary programme ‘ 999 ’ contacted our Community Education Department asking if we had been involved in any unusual incident where rescues had been carried out . |
| 4 | I can tell him that , if we had been involved in the process during the years in which this Government were involved , proper priority would have been given to the very stipulations that we laid down some time ago about convergence , the accountability of institutions and the need for a change in regional and structural funding — as well as several other considerations , some of which are now contained in article 2 of the treaty . |
| 5 | After some search , we had been fortunate in finding accommodation , admittedly very cramped , in a mews flat in Kensington Court . |
| 6 | I wish that we had been able during the last few months to persuade our European colleagues that we are not arguing just for a narrow British position . |
| 7 | It is possible that a greater difference would have emerged if we had been able to age-match the Crohn 's disease and control groups , as age has been shown to be inversely correlated with intestinal blood volume . |
| 8 | If we had been aware of the remarks , I suppose it might have been better not to have made the appointment . ’ |
| 9 | We had been privy to a re-enactment of the movements of a former working on the old harbour branch , and although not frightened we were all very puzzled by the strange sequence of events . |
| 10 | As skipper Ian Butterworth said : ‘ If we had been top after six games you could have called it lucky — but not after 17 matches . |
| 11 | We had been careful until then not to think that way . |
| 12 | With pensions we had been open about holding an inquiry . |
| 13 | ‘ I was brought up with Tchaikovsky music and the records we had were sacred to me , ’ said Coun Jones . |