Example sentences of "we had not be " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had not been prepared to give way to health unions with much public support . |
| 2 | But if we had not been advancing properly — being there just ahead of the main party to iron out any difficulties — the result could have been a very serious error in terms of local coverage , with potentially unhappy consequences . |
| 3 | We had not been going for more than half an hour when the driver of the sick man 's bullock cart came to me and said that all was now well , we need go no further . |
| 4 | As white lesbians , because of our racism , we had not been able to work out a joint analysis of heterosexism with Black lesbian workers , because we had no knowledge of the implications and ramifications of heterosexism in their lives . |
| 5 | Yeah I was gon na move erm on a suggestion that we had not been convinced of the need for this consortium by er , so far and and that certainly we as an authority er , have remained opposed to it on the grounds that we 've stated the terms of accountability in terms of the er , sensitivity to local needs in terms of transport issues and in terms of the clear intention to restrict patient choice erm which I think is a key think which should be emphasised |
| 6 | If we had not been brought here we would be dead |
| 7 | I was indeed rather dubious about the whole idea , but we had n't been getting very far and there seemed to be no harm in just finding out some more about it . |
| 8 | We had to buy one ; it certainly was n't given and do n't forget we had n't been paid a salary while travelling . |
| 9 | We had n't been out for ages and there was a good film on . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Arthur Andersen felt that we had n't been as strong on the commercial management as we should have been . |
| 11 | Well , we had n't been wondering at all , we 'd come straight along the corridor , but of course he was speaking in a wider sense . |
| 12 | Ours was a one-off Section in that we had n't been sent to Castelnaudary where things were reputed to be much easier , and where there was a spirit of prevailing moderation which had pervaded the Legion since Mitterrand had brought it into line with the rest of the French army . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , Khan , I think if we had n't been so near the city , he would have burned the cart . |
| 14 | She had again unwittingly revealed her misgivings , for on the face of it we had n't been speaking of marriage . |
| 15 | The way I put it was intentional and I think if we had n't been sitting in full view of some dozen of the hotel 's guests he would have hit me . |
| 16 | They 've started recently , they d they did n't do it for years , we had n't been training anybody and that was unusual because when it was the big factory you were always bringing in the school leavers |
| 17 | We were we had n't been home a couple of two or three weeks then the big war started , nineteen fourteen . |
| 18 | We had n't been getting on too well , you see . |
| 19 | We had n't been disturbed too much by Trippy . |
| 20 | You bozos do n't seem to realise it but if we had n't been there at that Florence Conference , would not be in the leading position it currently holds with the commission to guarantee further funds and to create a positive role for Britain in Europe with the commission to wuk look at the issues that are gon na come up in 1993 . |
| 21 | Jennifer had been restless and we had n't been getting on very well . |
| 22 | They were testing our responses and they 'd have been disappointed if we had n't been there . |
| 23 | And er er sort of phone call one afternoon at half past four from the deputy , oh by the way , in fact if we had n't been talking to any Brummies on a we would 've been interviewing people and telling them that they 'd got a three year and these are all points that are gon na be brought up next week , but I do n't see there is any possibility of them doing an about turn because they 've gone public on it . |
| 24 | It could have been turned away if we had n't been told . |
| 25 | I swear to God that was so like , if we , if we had n't been there he would n't have really bothered |