Example sentences of "we [vb past] [det] [noun] " 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 that evening and she asked me straight out if I 'd be interested in an exclusive story : a scandal affecting a government minister . |
| 5 | He said that we should travel in pairs — never more than two at a time — so as not to arouse suspicion if we met any Germans or Fascists . |
| 6 | In the Boar 's Head we met some friends and started talking . |
| 7 | He went back into Iraq , in the marshes , at great personal danger to himself and translated for me when we met some Shias . |
| 8 | ‘ It is unnatural , ’ said the Sheikha when we met some months later . |
| 9 | A few years ago — before 1986 — I was at a party with a few friends and we met some people who used to be in athletics . |
| 10 | People came to us after the meeting , we met this lady and er she was really interested in our cause . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm glad we met this morning , because I was going to ring you anyway . |
| 12 | ‘ We met this morning , did n't we ? ’ |
| 13 | We met this distinction between controlled and uncontrolled X in Section 6.1 . |
| 14 | or more non-whites , so we divided all areas into those with less or more than 10 per cent . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | We 've got attendance I was going to suggest that we made that attendance stroke punctuality |
| 17 | And it was on that basis that we made that statement there . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | We made many friends there , and valued very much the help and inspiration of the beautiful services held every Sunday . |
| 20 | We made many friends in Lourdes . |
| 21 | We made many years ago . |
| 22 | We made many mistakes , but there was one piece of common ground for hon. Members on both sides of the House , which apparently no longer exists . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Now and again we made such mistakes . |
| 25 | People were left feeling disconnected from sexism until we made all oppressions centre-stage . |
| 26 | However , we made little progress , since none of us knew what techniques would be appropriate . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | So we made this room into a chapel again . |
| 29 | We called ourselves January — so inspiring — and we made this record which sold 3000 copies . |
| 30 | We made this offer on humanitarian grounds . |