Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] we have [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the fact that our genus has been around for some four million years , it is only in the past century or so that we have discovered the knack of using radio signals . |
| 2 | I do n't think it could have worked out better if we had written the ending ourselves . |
| 3 | But otherwise everything 's written down and we have bought the e of the computer but Wendy is familiarizing herself with it and it 's quite hard work . |
| 4 | It 's because the erm , we ca n't really let , let the balance go to low especially if we 've got the A G M coming up or probably be erm something . |
| 5 | It 's only because we 've had the bad luck to find ourselves in competition with Robert and Ian , otherwise we could have had all their present clients . ’ |
| 6 | Er , have we really drawn our programme , we 've got a very complex programme for the , the , tank farm which we did , have we shown ourselves putting the reinforcements in after we 've poured the concrete ? |
| 7 | The new book was to be handed to me by the minister , the Revd Dr Adam Burnet , only after we had signed the register — no self-respecting hotel would have accepted us with different names . |
| 8 | But in that case the expression " I was alone " would have been banal : it is only after we have felt the isolation of the speaker in all its particularity , and have seen the last vestige of human life disappear over the horizon , that we can understand the force of the simple statement . |
| 9 | Only after we have helped the schools are we child-centred . |
| 10 | We shall discuss this issue further below after we have examined the nature of the ECJ 's reasoning . |
| 11 | Not long after we had reached the Old parsonage and climbed the stairs to Michael 's rooms , Father D'Arcy arrived . |
| 12 | Not so long as we 've got the stuff . |
| 13 | Only when we have established the facts will we be in a position to make moves to change the situation , and we need your assistance to establish the present position . |
| 14 | Only as we 've lost the last one , I 'm hanging on to , it 's hanging in my wardrobe , I 'm not making a third one |
| 15 | He does n't take a sample but examines the water gushing through a drain from under the road , just where we 've entered the river culvert . |
| 16 | Wanda stole a half-bottle of Latvian double kümmel from her father 's extensive cellar and we took it to a little bridge on the outskirts of the village where we sat and talked , being careful to hide the bottle when anyone passed by but sipping away until we had finished the lot . |
| 17 | We can not be one hundred per cent sure that , just because we have observed the sun to set each day on many occasions , the sun will set every day . |
| 18 | Not since we 've had the new system . ’ |
| 19 | Nobody can leave the planet — not before we 've caught the dangerous thief . |
| 20 | ‘ How strange , ’ the majordomo was saying , ‘ another honourable Inquisitor presenting his credentials so soon after we have seen the last one off ! ’ |
| 21 | The village was quiet with only a couple of old men sitting on a bench outside the church as we drove through the gates of the big house and along the road through the village , passing the Chateau where the Commando dead had been placed on the front lawn shortly after we had entered the village , and during the bitter fighting of the first ten days . |
| 22 | In the report which played mainly on the results of the trade union studies information unit survey the survey was only taken shortly after we had commenced the new education system therefore the figures are not necessarily reflected today . |
| 23 | Just as we 'd closed the window and were breathing a sigh of relief there was a loud knock on the door . |
| 24 | In that erm just as we 've discussed the allocation of work on the airframe between the four nations on m most pieces of equipment there is a an allocation between the four nations and er in in many cases a consortium with the same members has actually won the competitions on five or six different pieces of equipment . |
| 25 | What a pity if he who 's never given out about anything is about to start just when we 've persuaded the rest of the House of Windsor to shut up . |
| 26 | I mean , if I were to sell my house now supposing somebody came galloping in along before Christmas ooh ooh I want the house on the first of Feb and they 'd come and they 'd see the house and they say yes I want it , want it , want it and it was plain that they were going to want it and we started to talk money , as soon as we 'd got the solid block of money I want one O two you er estate agent tells me I can get ninety seven between ninety five and ninety seven say they offer me ninety six |
| 27 | But it was always our intention , because of the urgency of the situation , to present the petition to the council as soon as we had passed the 50 per cent mark . |
| 28 | As soon as we 've got the layouts he 'd like to meet us and go out to site . |
| 29 | ‘ We could not move back home and we had reached the end of Palestine . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ However , I 'm afraid we 're not going to be given much time off until we 've sent the Huns back to Germany where they belong , with their tails between their legs . ’ |