Example sentences of "[pron] we [vb past] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody we spoke to was prepared to comment . |
| 2 | This must follow since we move away from direct taxes which we saw to be progressive , towards indirect taxes , which at best are proportional ( VAT ) , and more usually are regressive ( the community charge — now the new Council Tax , uniform business rate , excise duties , import duties , etc . ) . |
| 3 | After snarling a few choice remarks at them from the corners of our mouths , such as , ‘ Get lost ! ’ or ‘ Beat it ! ’ , which we understood to be good American for , ‘ Please go away , we do not wish for company , ’ we managed to rid ourselves of a few of them , but two of the most persistent followed us until we were clear of the town , and then we realised that the only way to be left alone was for us to be really rude . |
| 4 | In that time , we were tied to the gold standard , which we found to be inadequate and inflexible , especially as it depended in part on the mining activities in the gold mines of South Africa and the Soviet Union . |
| 5 | Young people whom we knew to be honest , stung as we were by the sufferings of our Fatherland , lived convinced that Cuba 's independence was a Yankee gift and that our denunciations of national oppression were simply ways of serving an idea that they considered to be ‘ anti-Cuban ’ ( ‘ Reflexiones ante un aniversario ’ , Hoy , 29 July 1959 , p. 1 , cited in Farber : 1983 , p. 61 ) . |
| 6 | COSI is thought to be part of a much broader technology effort now coming together that will likely involve IBM too in some way , though no-one we spoke to was prepared to elaborate further for fear of upsetting delicate negotiations . |
| 7 | ‘ When we moved the telescope off the galaxy to what we expected to be blank sky , ’ Terzian explained , ‘ we got a signal instead . |
| 8 | The bombs from the mortar are now exploding in what we believed to be German positions in the wooded area to our front . |
| 9 | Not one that bleeding hearts would approve of , no doubt , but we , as the committee , were absolutely within our rights to sell off what we considered to be unnecessary stocks of wine in order to allocate the money to members ’ more urgent needs . ’ |