Example sentences of "but we [vb past] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it , then I had erm , I brought up my husband 's sister 's daughter from when she was fourteen , I brought her oh , yes fourteen , I brought her up for nine years and br brought her up as my own daughter like because she got , got to be put away in a home and I did n't want her to have to go into a home so I , I brought her up you know we brought her up and sort of as , I lost my little girl she was with me like , see and she still comes to me like , she still calls but she calls me mum , mother like now , ha , you know all those years I had her , she 's married and her family 's grown up now and er she 's got one daughter left , left at home who 's just got engaged that 's Mrs from er she lives , yes so , so that was my hubby 's er sister 's daughter she only had the one daughter and two brothers , but she , the brothers she do n't hear nothing of them they just , you know they were gon na put her in a home , but we took her so she did n't have to go in a home , I did n't want her to have to go in a home |
| 2 | ‘ Not a thing , love , but we made her drink the orange juice . |
| 3 | ‘ She fell in love with her brother 's friend and wanted to leave college but we made her stay on . |
| 4 | ‘ But we told her we were n't interested . ’ |
| 5 | and erm she 's had it for a couple of days but we thought she was getting over it this morning . |
| 6 | ‘ She 's sleeping now , but we thought she was going to die in that last attack . ’ |
| 7 | The bride was going to get married in a tutu but we persuaded her against it . |
| 8 | She was covered with woven skins , but we stripped her ; |