Example sentences of "we [vb past] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a footnote from the editors : ‘ We now unreservedly withdraw any recommendation we made about this book . ’ |
| 2 | In our follow-up work we asked about other kinds of self-evaluation and other evaluation schemes . |
| 3 | Sectarianism and intimidation in the workplace have not been taken into account either , when we asked about this at the same meeting we were told you had to prove you were being intimidated . |
| 4 | We got about six sentences too deep in our conversation for her to institute personal questions about my background , without appearing offensive ( she had to treat me as a person now and not a peon ) , even for Asians who delight in asking pertinent questions as to age , income , etc. , unthinkable for more backward Europeans . |
| 5 | I mean , we have n't done so far but we , that 's what but , this is stuff we got about hundred |
| 6 | We got about two did n't we ? |
| 7 | We got about twenty panels at work and on the panel there 's a little plastic thing stuck on and it needs four keys and one . |
| 8 | We got about twenty minutes away from the house and the phone starts ringing |
| 9 | And then we got about another half an hour and we had another call . |
| 10 | So we got there and he said right okay you 're the press chappy he 's right I 've put your press people over there so while respect Lieutenant Commander that really wo n't do because everything including the Band of the Royal Marines is between them and the Princess Royal so we argued about this and the compromise eventually was that that everybody would have to stay there until the ceremony started and then we could bring the stills photographers round to the end and up to one side where it was all happening mainly to get a picture of his wife cutting the cake . |
| 11 | In the latter we learnt about gammy gear , in-fights , unprofessional ‘ promoters ’ and an obscure though mystical ceremony between band and tribal chiefs up in the hillside . |
| 12 | We learnt about those from our social science colleagues . |
| 13 | We camped about five kilometres north of Låddejåkkåstugan on the open moors by a stream that thundered towards the distant watershed from Virihaure . |
| 14 | We paid about five fifty , I was up , I was in the actual compartment going home . |
| 15 | well we paid about three pounds for those springs |
| 16 | We forgot about that . |
| 17 | ‘ When we heard about poor Alain Gebrec being dead , I had a sudden vision of Dora looking furiously angry … you know how she sometimes glares at Dieter … and I thought for a moment … supposing it had been Dieter who 'd been killed … it might have been Dora who had … oh , I know it 's dreadful of me to think these things , but she hates him so much . ’ |
| 18 | Well you took all this sort of things in your stride but the next day we heard about these houses being knocked down , you see , and I think that 's the nearest I 've been to be killed but one day , one Saturday and that was in a daylight raid , one Saturday afternoon because , you see , I was off every afternoon but I worked till ten every night , you see , and er so erm but of course Hugh worked during the day and he was off in the evening , that 's why he used to come down to see , to see us and er he used to come in er you see and leave his lodgings and , oh be about nine o'clock and he spent the last day up there perhaps with his friends , have a chat , and er , you see , and but er and I was walking along it was called and suddenly a plane came over and I thought oh I expect it 's one of ours . |
| 19 | We spent about two hours doing this before going swimming . |
| 20 | So , what is psychology erm we spent about one week on , whereas we we spent about three weeks on memory . |
| 21 | We talked about each department erm being able to invest in their own technology and make their own er decisions on what sort of database or interface they would use to deploy their applications . |
| 22 | We talked about other things , and I told for the first time the story of how I lost the job at Drummonds , which made us both laugh so much the nurses came running with shocked looks to shut us up . |
| 23 | However , I preferred to keep the reason secret , and we talked about other things for the rest of the journey . |
| 24 | So we talked about other things . |
| 25 | We talked about that moment when travel became a substitute for work ( … get up in the morning … find the train times … see the cathedral … ) ; for life itself . |
| 26 | We talked about that , did n't we ? |
| 27 | a make some general comments about the , I mean I like that we talked about that before , I like the ten levels |
| 28 | We talked about that for a while and that was when I got the idea of using the mud wagon-not just for him but for the McLaren girl too , and just like before I could see myself sitting in it with her . |
| 29 | Well we , we talked about that earlier on and we have n't . |
| 30 | Do you think it would be useful if we talked about that ? |