Example sentences of "we have [adv] [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 In term time he spent nearly every weekend with us in London , sleeping in a small room which overlooked the garden , a room which we 'd previously used as a dressing room .
2 Indeed , we 'd often hooted at a poster of a diminutive Den , aged six , which bore the words : ‘ He 's six , he sings , he syncopates . ’
3 We 've also worked with a number of N G Os to help the development of voluntary agencies in the region .
4 We 've just crossed over a road , ’ he said .
5 We 've just emerged from an exhibition at the Royal Academy , ‘ British Art of the Twentieth Century . ’
6 We 've just got through an absolute bastard of a week .
7 We 've just spoken to a bloke who 's into us and would be really interested in doing something . ’
8 Dave was off with his hernia Ross , Wayne Lindsay we 've not seen for a year , I mean I know things have been difficult for the last year
9 We 've both known for a long time how we feel about each other and all the reasons why nothing can ever come of it .
10 And those lead very clearly into another technology , client server architecture , which we 've already touched on a number times during our presentation so far this morning .
11 We 've already put in a few letters to start you off .
12 Well Sandy , we 've only looked at a few of the things in your shed and a very few of your photographs but it 's been fascinating .
13 So we 've now gone from a real slow one to a really definitely record-breaking
14 It was a brilliant response — the best we 've ever had for a competition .
15 Yes erm , we 've actually linked with a firm of independent mortgage brokers erm so rather than being tied to a particular building society as most estate agents are erm what they will do is they 'll shop around and tell you which lenders are offering the best terms and particularly good schemes at any one time erm , it 's literally free information they simply phone you up and say get some idea of what your salary is and what your requirements are and then they 'll send through some information for you .
16 In the immortal phrase that heralds so many climbs , we had just gone for a look .
17 We had just passed over a gaggle of eighteen-thousand-foot volcanoes , great slag heaps of ash with gaping vents pointed at the clear blue bowl of the heavens , when he finally shifted in his seat and leaned across me to look out of the window , blinking his eyes .
18 A police graduate I met at a seminar on ‘ Research into the Police ’ , which we had both attended in a private capacity and without force blessing or financial assistance , later wrote to me :
19 right , I mean I 'm not quite sure how Coslow will go about things , I mean the reason we wanted someone from Coslow is cos we wanted someone from the Federation of Scottish Theatre cos we had n't heard for a while
20 While we had n't asked for a film sample it 's worth knowing that all bureau should be able to offer this service — it can save time and money at the printing end .
21 ‘ If we had n't come to an agreement , you 'd be paying for my time as well . ’
22 Yet , although we had n't thought of a name , we 'd started to fancy doing a couple of gigs and , of course , you ca n't do gigs without a name .
23 Yes , we had clearly failed on a hard pitch , but that bulging wall above , rising blank and massive into the sky , surely could n't be climbed at the grade given in the guide ?
24 We had previously gone for a somewhat broader base to the business for perfectly good reasons .
25 We wanted very much to ask Eliot round before departure , especially as we had now moved to a bigger flat .
26 We had always lived in a healthy country , where the mountains were high and the water was cold and clear .
27 The only medal we had ever won at a major championship since 1978 was the bronze we had gained at Stuttgart in the European .
28 Ellen 's manner was almost British in its cool restraint , matching our welcome which we had deliberately pitched at a low key .
29 We have already moved from a whole season to a single day and the next four lines are narrowed down even further from the universal sun to a fire which exists in a particular person , namely , the speaker .
30 We have already noted in an earlier chapter that meditation , along with yoga , is recognised by modern occultists as one of the four main paths of magic .
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