Example sentences of "we [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or something perhaps … moving through space forwards but back at the same time , as if I consisted of anti-matter for ever cancelled out … as if in all our words and gestures , acts and attitudes we effected some sort of parallel penetration into whatever had originated them , their primeval atom , with built-in unstableness. ( 107–108/303–4 ) |
| 2 | We met each other at the same art gallery in Milford Haven and the vibe was just right . ’ |
| 3 | We met each other at the same art gallery in Milford Haven and the vibe was just right . ’ |
| 4 | We met one nomad driving 40 head of cattle in the baking sun , hours from the nearest village . |
| 5 | We met that evening and she asked me straight out if I 'd be interested in an exclusive story : a scandal affecting a government minister . |
| 6 | We met last night when you were walking your dog . ’ |
| 7 | Stan at the back , Mick , are the company and I think we met last year did n't we ? |
| 8 | AT the Annual General Meeting of the company held on 16 June in Dublin , chairman Donald P Brennan said : ‘ When we met last year I outlined the company 's plans for rationalisation in both the crystal and ceramics businesses and for the restoration of Waterford and Wedgwood brands to profitability . |
| 9 | We met last week . |
| 10 | Was that had we and I know we mentioned it when we met last time , but was that really we 're including in E O work with the unemployed . |
| 11 | We met next time with me in uniform , and she evacuated with some of her patients to Polegate . |
| 12 | People came to us after the meeting , we met this lady and er she was really interested in our cause . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm glad we met this morning , because I was going to ring you anyway . |
| 14 | ‘ We met this morning , did n't we ? ’ |
| 15 | We met this distinction between controlled and uncontrolled X in Section 6.1 . |
| 16 | ‘ We applied relentless pressure but Tony Norman only made two saves . ’ |
| 17 | We surfed that channel in half the time it normally takes and then towards the end of our Connemara trip , even after a couple of longer crossings where she admitted she was cursing the disappearing stern of my glassfibres boat , she wanted to buy the Seayak . |
| 18 | We made small talk to everyone we knew and I drank rather a lot of gin and ginger ale . |
| 19 | We 've got attendance I was going to suggest that we made that attendance stroke punctuality |
| 20 | And it was on that basis that we made that statement there . |
| 21 | Edinburgh district council estimated the cost of clearing the backlog at £25.5 million and we made that allocation to it over a two-year period . |
| 22 | Initially , partly sheltered by the great landmass of North Uist , we made good progress southwards . |
| 23 | We made good progress , but a combination of better health promotion , screening and treatment should deliver say , a twenty five per cent reduction by the end of the century . |
| 24 | The weather was not too promising , but we made good time and were soon at the first terrace . |
| 25 | For years we had no telephone , and the house was lit in our time by acetylene gas which we made each evening in the pigsty . |
| 26 | We made better progress in the canoe , which Ian lent us . |
| 27 | We made better use of NHS resources than ever before . |
| 28 | However , we made little progress , since none of us knew what techniques would be appropriate . |
| 29 | Our profits are disappointingly small in relation to , er er , the , er first half of last year er then , we had buoyant conditions and we made more money than we ever had before . |
| 30 | Postage , stationery , fourteen O six raffle tickets , eleven pound , making a total of two thirty twenty six as against on the other side the income , three ninety six so we made a hundred and sixty six pound on on the open show which is a great increase on last year because last year we only made twelve pounds something twelve pound and a penny we made last year , so this is a great increase . |