Example sentences of "we [vb past] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The single parameter that we manipulated was whether the landmarks and feeders occupied fixed locations across trials ( group fixed ) or were moved randomly from trial to trial ( group varied ) . |
| 2 | There 's not a young trout in the place , no perch for our palate , no beautiful freshwater salmon which we agreed was best of all — except for char , of course , the speciality of the neighbourhood , but , as we knew , unlikely to be so lucky . |
| 3 | The wording to which we agreed was as follows : ‘ That this House welcomes the Government 's decision to leave the ERM ; and urges a fresh start to economic policy , in particular the abandonment of fixed exchange rates and a commitment to sound finance , stable money and the right climate for steady growth . ’ |
| 4 | But I you know hopeful I know that th th th quite a large and high numbers but what we agreed was if we were working on the basis of something like on one person every six weeks |
| 5 | But some of the film-makers we met are not so sure . |
| 6 | Last time we met was at the Training Centre at Achnacarry . |
| 7 | The tercentenary of the church in Cambridge where we met was to be held in June that year , and we looked forward eagerly to that reunion , and to another reunion in May with friends in the Lake District . |
| 8 | Benjamin acted with all the authority he could muster : displaying Wolsey 's warrants and issuing orders in such harsh tones that everyone we met was soon running about as if the great Cardinal himself had arrived . |
| 9 | Our first ride lasted for just 45 minutes ; most of the drivers we met were considerate and took notice of the ‘ Slow please , young horse message emblazoned on my tabard . |
| 10 | The lads we met were a group who choose to meet with Father Patrick weekly . |
| 11 | The stations and stock were in immaculate condition , and all the staff we met were welcoming and more than polite . |
| 12 | The artists we met were on the whole very unmotivated and their lack of enthusiasm ( not to mention talent ) rubbed off on us . |
| 13 | But the principles we applied were not so very novel . |
| 14 | Karen never let me forget that everything we owned was originally hers and hers alone , and that I had not only contributed nothing to our joint capital but was n't bringing in any income either . |
| 15 | President , I 'd like to er , offer thanks on behalf of my membership in the Process and Construction Section , on the false agreement , it was a very successful week and just to echo Keith 's words , those links that we made are working and we are in correspondence with the , our colleagues in and we 're picking that up in terms of recruitment . |
| 16 | The decision we made was careful , it involved us in much work , and it was , in the event , I think , a seriously mistaken decision . |
| 17 | ‘ The only mistake we made was to wait for four years before trying to sort out our lives , ’ Julius replied in an unruffled tone . |
| 18 | One of the points we made was that even a few years in multimedia development is a very long time . |
| 19 | Ironically , some of the breakthroughs we made were with others from the UK market . |
| 20 | Women out if anything , we se the first book we read was back in seventeen hundred |
| 21 | On the other side , ‘ some years ago we observed that quite a large proportion of the concentrated acids we sold was diluted by our customers on site and sometimes in rather unsatisfactory conditions ; small companies did n't have facilities to dilute acid safety — it generates a lot of heat . |
| 22 | What retrenchment we experienced was from below , which illustrates that working daily with the field-worker was a source of greater sensitivity to ordinary policemen and women than was the idea of research to senior officers . |
| 23 | Outside the window it looked as if the few farm houses we passed were floating in a sea of snow . |
| 24 | The few windows we passed were blocked up , so as to prevent light escaping . |
| 25 | The end points of coronary heart disease we evaluated were mortality ( underlying cause of death on the death certificate coded as 410–414 according to ICD ninth revision ) and admission to hospital ( first admission with discharge diagnoses coded 410–414 ) . |
| 26 | All we lacked was Eddie Fenech-Adami . |
| 27 | We asked for their advice ( not all of them , there are nearly half a million users ! ) and the question that we asked was … |
| 28 | The first question we asked was , how many of the words spoken by the subject were posted at the correct place in the word lattice ? |
| 29 | All we asked was if it was possible for them to come through Halam and go down School Lane to pick to get an extra bus service at Halam . |
| 30 | Most of the people we asked were surprised to discover the water 's origins . |