Example sentences of "we [vb past] [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PS I confirm our telephone conversation today when we agreed to make payment to you within 21 days of the last drop . |
| 2 | However , it is important for him and the Opposition Front-Bench team to understand that when we replaced the old supplementary benefit scheme we sought to target help on the people who needed it most . |
| 3 | We reached Chelalo on the Arussi mountains in the afternoon of 5 October ; it was here that we expected to find nyala . |
| 4 | We expected to have security problems with Mrs Thatcher , but in fact they were nothing compared with those posed by the other guest on that show — Barry Manilow . |
| 5 | We expected to gain insight into what these transitions mean to the individuals undergoing them so as to find ways of offering them understanding and support . |
| 6 | ‘ When we asked to see test results so we could recommend the products with some confidence we were told that the data was confidential , between Colin Isaacs and Loblaws . ’ |
| 7 | Okay , so , where we got to last week then was looking at the analysis and modification of er work behaviour . |
| 8 | My contract ran until two weeks before my son Adam s Barmitzvah and we planned to spend Christmas in Massachusetts then drive down to New Haven to begin re-rehearsing for our American opening at the Long Wharf Theatre . |
| 9 | We planned to cut ice bollards and ice threads to save our precious supply of abseil gear . |
| 10 | Of course we helped to reduce road casualties by removing toads from the road for marking . |
| 11 | But I have to be honest and say we tried to join flesh again all our lives . |
| 12 | ‘ We tried to save money by building economically , but it has cost us more in the long run . |
| 13 | Oh this is this is you here is it ? the other side of the , cos I know when we tried to take photo 's off John , tried to take photo 's of John on the television because he could n't do it with all the flash or . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's hilly and covered in forest , and the going wo n't be easy , but not nearly as difficult as if we tried to go south over the mountains . |
| 15 | We tried to keep track of the number of taps and translate them into words . |
| 16 | As partners at Middlesex we tried to steal Test matches off each other when England were only playing one spinner , and it made us into better bowlers . |
| 17 | We seemed to get press really easily … ‘ |
| 18 | The particular section within Easton station upon which we came to focus attention was decided by us not the police management . |
| 19 | We were out of our depth in the sea , and I suppose we forgot to tread water in the excitement of the moment and the next thing I knew , we were both submerged and choking and spluttering as we pushed our way back to the surface . |
| 20 | ‘ I was feeling that was a pity when some hours later I was coming out of a supermarket and just happened to bump into Sheena again , and we arranged to make contact again , ’ says Betty . |
| 21 | But I certainly think that with regard to Concept Catering , the merger did not come s , could almost , did n't come soon enough , because we needed to turn Concept Catering , from a school meals organisation into a catering organisation , and give it stronger management and a better lead and a better appreciation of what it means to be customer oriented . |
| 22 | Working on three floors at once we decided to we needed to continue work on the seventh floor before moving up to the eighth and so on to the ninth by the information given us in the er we calculated that the men that were to get onto the programme by the end of the week calculated the production rate for various gangs to see how fast so that 's how it was looking . |
| 23 | Since we wished to compare arrest rates between people living in the same small areas , we needed to obtain population numbers for these areas . |
| 24 | The conclusions we characteristically reach about this were learned in childhood when we needed to make sense of the many confusing and contradictory recordings in our three ego-states . |
| 25 | We needed to make ground ; the winds , though still stormy , had moved to the southwest . |
| 26 | Our multiethnic area has the highest rate of termination of pregnancy , and a literature search showed that we needed to commission research to identify AfroCaribbeans ' perceptions of family planning . |
| 27 | The outside air temperature gauge proved very accurate — immediately we entered the red we started to collect ice . |
| 28 | It was Joan who told me of her death , and it was probably then that I wrote to your father and we started to exchange Christmas cards . |
| 29 | I mean , if I were to sell my house now supposing somebody came galloping in along before Christmas ooh ooh I want the house on the first of Feb and they 'd come and they 'd see the house and they say yes I want it , want it , want it and it was plain that they were going to want it and we started to talk money , as soon as we 'd got the solid block of money I want one O two you er estate agent tells me I can get ninety seven between ninety five and ninety seven say they offer me ninety six |
| 30 | We started to receive telephone calls telling us we only had so many hours to live . |