Example sentences of "say we were [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You say we were on our way out any way . |
| 2 | Saying we were in Berkshire is like saying we 're in Surrey now . |
| 3 | ’ They said we were to ahead of or time , ’ say a Saunderson . |
| 4 | I could hardly credit it when Carole said we were on a cushy number ; she 'd spent whole days hacking down rhododendrons and that was really back-breaking work . |
| 5 | ‘ When we were all kids the man who used to teach Joe the violin said we were like a nest of singing birds . |
| 6 | If we said we were in favour of the teaching of grammar , some teachers would think we were advocating a return to old-fashioned exercises in parsing and clause analysis . |
| 7 | ‘ Because she said we were in her house . ’ |
| 8 | We could say we were on our honeymoon . ’ |
| 9 | book , she wrote a list out what she wanted , she used to hand it , I remember , I 'd forgotten all about this , let's just say we were at the Co-Op , she 'd hand it in at the counter so the , the groceries counter all , and she 'd written it all out , and when it came back it was , was five minutes , it was all together for you , there it was , it was built up on the counter , and each time the amount was written at the side so |
| 10 | ‘ You could say we were into real estate now . ’ |