Example sentences of "we [adv] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | We only looked at it yesterday ? , |
| 32 | But we only looked in B & Q for that did n't we ? |
| 33 | I missed several classes because they put me up in , for instance I , when I came up from the infants to the big school I missed the first standard and they put me into standard two and I went from two , three , four , five , six , seven and seven and I was only eleven , you see , so I did pretty well and then the Headmaster came to my parents and said , why do n't you let her go in for a scholarship to Stowmarket Secondary and so I went in for that and er there was one other girl went as well , there were two of us and erm , and of course we only heard during the summer break and er we passed . |
| 34 | That we only lay on the ground and kissed . |
| 35 | We only realised on Monday Sunderland were likely to bring 6,000 fans with them . |
| 36 | Pub landlord Nigel Moxham said : ‘ We only realised after the race that Gaby had been saved by the boat we paid for . ’ |
| 37 | We only knew for certain that there was something strange afoot when we heard the sounds of a train being marshalled and it started coming towards the hostel , what is more terrifying was that it was coming on a non-existent track ! |
| 38 | We only had about six folks watching us though . |
| 39 | but we did n't have many of them , we only had about two or three come up and they came from Australia |
| 40 | But I mean if we only had like the writing paper and the envelopes and re-use labels , small items of stationery |
| 41 | Why can I read you like a book , when we only met for the first time four days ago ? |
| 42 | We only broke for the night on the promise of a further meeting next day together with social security officials . |
| 43 | We only caught about half of what was coming across . |
| 44 | ‘ We only stayed on the beach for a couple of hours or so , and there was a breeze . ’ |
| 45 | Yes er I think that er notwithstanding the fact that we only spoke about the er incentive scheme on occasions , we reserved our er judgment as to when we would apply to the management to discuss certain matters . |
| 46 | ( Our sample was obviously biased because we only spoke to couples who felt secure in the knowledge that the adoption had just been completed . ) |
| 47 | We only spoke of happy things … ’ |
| 48 | It amazes me just how much was achieved , with such positive results , especially as we only dug from 2.15 to 6.00 P.m . |
| 49 | Our pilot was said to be the best on the river , but every now and then there was a shudder as we touched a sandbank ; and there was so little water coming down from Aswan that we only squeezed through the lock at Nag Hammadi by all the passengers crowding into the bows of the Nefertari , while her crew hauled on ropes , chanting a shanty that might have been sung on the sunboats of the pharaohs . |
| 50 | We only decided after talking it over with Angela . ’ |
| 51 | .. When , at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon we rounded the last promontory which separated us from what was once the magnificent panorama of St Pierre , we suddenly perceived at the opposite extremity of the roadstead the Riviere Blanche with its crest of vapour , rushing madly into the sea . |
| 52 | I think it 's quite , quite right we should be asked to do that , it 's just unfortunate that we perhaps got over optimistic when the land sales were boom , were booming . |
| 53 | ‘ We literally started with sheets of metal and welded them together , ’ said Ron , who works at Courtaulds Chemicals in Stretford , Manchester . |
| 54 | ‘ We just came for five years … ’ : writings about young life in Jamaica and adult life in England . |
| 55 | Securicor have joined the cowboys on the contract guarding and really I mean you must be getting sick of us getting up every time about security guards , but it 's an important problem and you must know that a lot of you must work at places where you 've got guards on the gate and we all should take a bit of interest in going to see these guards , find out that they 're working for two pound or two pound forty an hour , they 're working as many hours a week as they 'll actually work with no overtime rate , no night rate , no benefits worth having and I mean really I wish you 'd go to your companies and try and arrange site allowances , cos that 's the only way we 'll get any improvements , but when we talk about resolving grievances , we just took in Yorkshire region someone to a tribunal for constructive dismissal . |
| 56 | ‘ John 's method of working would be : ‘ Okay , this is in C , ’ and unless it had abnormal changes we just went for it . |
| 57 | ‘ In the race we just went for them . |
| 58 | ‘ The Italians were bigger , stronger and older than us but in the end we just went for their throats . |
| 59 | and er we just went for about ten minutes , but she 's alright in herself |
| 60 | We just went to it . |