Example sentences of "we [vb base] [vb pp] a " in BNC.

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1 We were this time last year , and we ve got a better squad this time around ( and indeed than that which won the league ) .
2 Manager Paul Malone surveyed another packed treatment room after yesterday 's game with Linfield and said : ‘ We 've suffered a bad run of injuries over the last month .
3 You know on certain passages it 's like we 've completed a questionnaire and then discussed it
4 erm and then the , the , the second import erm major action was about erm local government , and I think that 's really where the point which we , we 've reached a take-home message that we want to erm bring to this council .
5 We 've reached a watershed in Beattie-tudes .
6 We 've reached a break in the programme : she seems to be overreacting to an advert for the hot dogs and popcorn on sale in the foyer .
7 So situations are reviewed and we do look at monitored traffic flows for example , we do look at our justifications and if there are reasons for a change we can go back , so it 's not irreversible by any means , that is the current committed preferred route however and I did n't want to give an indication that by changing the diagram we were saying everything 's opened up again , cos clearly we 've reached a stage that the County Council 's declared it 's a preferred route and that 's
8 So , for instance at this point we 've reached a stage where we 've got very important solidarity action in our favour including the fact that there are four main education unions , for instance , that are boycotting all Maxwell products which is a tremendous thing for an educational publisher to have .
9 We 've mounted a whole series of experiments related to finding out what happens to pyre goods in the fire when they 're placed with the body .
10 We 've mounted a whole series of experiments related to finding out what happens to pyre goods in the fire when they 're placed with the body .
11 We 've fitted a compact disc player and protected it with a new security system .
12 To mark this special occasion , we 've compiled a unique feature ( page 56 ) which I 'm sure you 'll enjoy .
13 Were getting into an area which I think is a whole different programme and before this programme started I might tell you we were having a little er discussion amongst ourselves whether or not er zoo 's were good for animals and I suppose there is a discussion about whether prisons are inevitably going to be degrading because of , because of what er , what , what a prison represents which is a curtailment of freedom , but we do n't have time in this programme , so that 's another one for next year , can I ask you , we 've , we 've touched a lot of basis and it must be frustrating that we ca n't pursue er to the end some of the things we 've er , we 've picked on , but can I ask you a couple of final questions , as far as you know have you committed a crime ? , button one for yes and button two for no , as far as you know , I mean we have n't got time to go into what they might be so your perfectly free to be very honest and honestly reveals that three people are n't quite sur , oh yes there they are
14 We 've received a slap in the face from Big Brother , ’ said one deputy from Bashkirtostan .
15 We 've received a credit note for Simon 's management fees for 1989 , which amount to DM 40.000 .
16 We 've received a number of apologies for absence .
17 ‘ The thing is , sir , we 've received a film of General Steiner 's death .
18 We 've worked hard to develop inter-directory and inter-agency working , we 've trained a high proportion of the staff and we are recognising that re- organising the directorate to provide specialist children 's service .
19 Yes we did , we were talking about our General Election strategy and er we 've been planning some campaigning and training workshops and so on , and I can tell you that we 've selected a Green Party candidate for Oxford west for the General Election ; his name is Mike Woodin , and the process is going on to select someone for Oxford east , so there 's certainly going to be a strong Green presence in Oxford during the General Election .
20 We 've developed a new design to make your selection of CompuAdd PC systems , peripherals and accessories all the easier .
21 We 've developed a fertile strain .
22 But over the last year or so we 've developed a solid state equivalent , which has no moving parts at all .
23 Oh yes , there ha , I mean there are economies of scale in agriculture , it 's just that they 're , the scope of them er , is less than er the scope in manufacturing so I mean , farms used to be a lot smaller and throughout this century , this last century we 've witnessed an increase in farm size alright , but the I think the optimal , the optimal farm size is erm , I think it 's about three hundred hectares okay , er erm , with three hundred hectares you 'll produce a , a pretty squit proportion of erm total output but farms used to be sort of one , two , three , ten hectares in size as we 've gone through the farms have amalgamated and increased in size and that 's primarily due to economies of scale , but there are a great deal of economies to be reached , once you 've got a combine harvester , once you 've got big machinery alright .
24 So what we 've done is we 've applied a simple learning rule which just says remember the sub-patterns .
25 We 've chartered a plane for the team and press , but there 's not much time for our fans to make their arrangements . ’
26 We have an expertise in axles , and we 've overcome a lot of manufacturing problems . ’
27 We 've answered a few of the queries you may have regarding the new Great Lengths Hair Extensions :
28 We 've organized a fashion show , and Spice are playing for us . ’
29 It 's not that we 've planned a compromise , it 's what has come naturally within the group .
30 We 've noticed a fall in the demand for allotments . ’
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