Example sentences of "[subord] we did " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those messages like ‘ Little boys do n't cry ’ , ‘ Keep a stiff upper lip ’ and ‘ Maintain a brave face ’ make it very difficult to describe experiences where we did not feel in control and did not appear invulnerable . |
| 2 | Where we did use to run among |
| 3 | where we did n't live any more . |
| 4 | And we had the pit ponies and where we did n't have the pit ponies drawing the hutches , which we termed the small wagons carrying the coal from the coal face to the pit bottom , then er we had to do it by hand . |
| 5 | The following day , most of us visited Bakewell , where we did a river walk , before returning to the college . |
| 6 | Having said that , you can look at the Auxerre tie , where we did n't score an away goal and we rallied at Anfield . |
| 7 | Having said that , you can look at the Auxerre tie , where we did n't score an away goal and we rallied at Anfield . |
| 8 | ‘ He 'd schooled very well and although I had hoped for a lead for a bit longer , we had to go on where we did . |
| 9 | I suppose if we look at British history there was a period in the last century and earlier where we did a pretty good job of conquering people , but we do n't feel too badly about that , but we feel pretty indignant about Germany trying to take a bit more territory at various points . |
| 10 | This undermined any pre-ordained police logic we might have employed to define them , so that pressures to produce a unidimensional model of ‘ polis — prig ’ were simply unable to be maintained , although we did home in on such facets as their long hair and frequently unwashed state to polarize them as binary ‘ animals ’ , in contrast to our human status . |
| 11 | Although we did n't try them , a selection of brushes is also available . |
| 12 | Although we did receive some sheet music , we mainly got tapes . |
| 13 | In fact , all the shows that played there were amazing although we did two or three shows in America where there were n't a lot of people . |
| 14 | Evening distractions were few , although we did hear Sinead O'Connor blasting out in the early hours in one village , and we spent one evening joining in with some traditional dancing — the original Twist ! |
| 15 | Although we did n't arrive until nearly midnight , it was still an early call next morning for breakfast , after which came the tricky task of packing our saddle-bags . |
| 16 | ‘ Although we did not measure this in our study , I can say from other work the average German sees his doctor 13 times a year , the average Swiss sees his doctor 7.5 times a year and the average Briton 3.5 times . ’ |
| 17 | Although we did not know it at the time , the next census figures were to show an over-all drop of more than 11% . |
| 18 | ‘ We wanted to make the Cabaret Voltaire a focal point of the ‘ newest art ’ , although we did not neglect , from time to time , to tell the fat and utterly uncomprehending Zurich philistines that we regarded them as pigs and the German Kaiser as the initiator of the war … |
| 19 | On this occasion , in fact , a reply of sorts did occur to me as I stood up there on the ladder ; a reply to the effect that those of our profession , although we did not see a great deal of the country in the sense of touring the countryside and visiting picturesque sites , did actually see more of England than most , placed as we were in houses where the greatest ladies and gentlemen of the land gathered . |
| 20 | We had known each other for five years and were lovers for three , although we did n't live together . |
| 21 | A small group of professionals , myself included , selected those books which we believed should be saved at all costs but , although we did this as conscientiously as possible , our combined subject knowledge was at best partial and it is inevitable that some books worthy of preservation were overlooked … |
| 22 | Although we did very sincerely attempt to treat all four children alike , we soon realised that in fairness we would have to modify that intention . |
| 23 | The concrete silos that form the view from the airport are not too attractive , but La Rochelle itself and its restaurants in the little streets near the harbour are lovely , although we did get wet during a torrential downpour after dinner . |
| 24 | We were involved in choosing furniture and carpeting for the centre at a cost of thousands of pounds , although we did n't pay for it . |
| 25 | We may not have been able to stop the legislation ( although we did succeed in reducing its scope ) , but we let the world know that we remained strong and proud and shameless . |
| 26 | ‘ On 16 April we left Greenock on the old aircraft carrier ‘ Argus ’ with twenty-four Hurricanes , twenty-five pilots and an appropriate number of fitters and riggers for Gibraltar ( although we did not know our precise destination at the time , of course . |
| 27 | ‘ He claimed to be a expert on child abuse and once even offered his services to the Metropolitan Police — although we did not use him . |
| 28 | ‘ The second alleged that I took the players off to Henlow Grange for four days before the Cup-tie with Charlton last season without his say-so … although we did exactly the same thing for the previous round . |
| 29 | Although we did not foresee any difficulties , we were astonished to hear that the Secretary of the Cabinet , Sir Robert Armstrong , had asked for the programme on the Suez operation of 1956 , in which Mountbatten had been First Sea Lord , to be deferred ‘ possibly for some months ’ . |
| 30 | Although we did n't quite make the top , it was a good day 's climbing . |