Example sentences of "[pron] we [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody we spoke to was prepared to comment . |
| 2 | She was allowed to continue with her mending — she did not know that we had spread a thick layer of gum upon the chair and was surprised at the alacrity with which we saw to all her needs so that she should never move . |
| 3 | 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 . ) . |
| 4 | In the 1960s we started an art theft/loss notification system by which we sent to dealers , auction houses , museums , and police authorities notices of missing works of art . |
| 5 | One of the consequences of the questionnaire which we sent to you a year ago was that we are making particular links with alumni who are teachers . |
| 6 | And er also down at Long Eaton Labour Exchange , which we walked to , or went on the train for tuppence , we had to er fetch our money on Friday night . |
| 7 | But first there was the other thing , which we seemed to be glossing over and which could n't be glossed over . |
| 8 | There is one final point that ought to he made before we operationalise these theories , and it is one which we alluded to in our earlier discussions . |
| 9 | After which we returned to Aberdour where a royal barge later brought the King 's body across the Firth of Forth . ’ |
| 10 | In which we had to be very responsible like wearing a life jacket and plimsolls so we did n't slip on the floor . |
| 11 | ‘ We only had a matchbox size kitchen from which we had to fees the likes of Spike Milligan , Harold Wilson and Ken Dodd . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | No longer hiding behind the screen memories , the stories told to us by others , we began to unpick our social and psychic formations , within the support and containment , permission-giving and encouragement to take risks which we offered to each other . |
| 14 | I rang the owner Gary Harris , and arranged with him to go out to the USA and view the aircraft , after which we came to an agreement and I purchased the Corsair . |
| 15 | While we were in Christchurch there was a ‘ Festival of Romance ’ , in which we went to several concerts , exhibitions and lectures , and on the final night the orchestra played a fireworks concert beside the lake in Hagley Park . |
| 16 | She was fastened to a nylon tape , which we stuck to the vehicle ; we filmed her close up and , wherever possible , I would hang on to her leg . |
| 17 | Looking to our right we recognised the Cottages with the road in front of them close to the ditch ; also our Professor 's stable , coach-house and dog kennels , with the back entrance from the road to his garden … we were soon in King 's Road [ Pancras Way ] which we found to be well studded with trees on each side … to our left the Country residence of Counsellor Agar [ builder of Agar 's Town ] … we turned to the right and first took notice of the front of our Professor 's house with its large garden protected from the pathway and road by a brick wall . |
| 18 | To regard these as distinct interests , each of which sustains a set of values , allows us to reformulate the question of the relative scope of holist and individualist theories which we found to be such a pressing one . |
| 19 | The disqualification stage in this bears some resemblance to denunciation , which we found to be of limited value as a justification of punishment . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Having said that , the £1.6 billion reduces to £0.7 billion once the time-value of money is taken into consideration , and this will be reduced yet again once the Government accepts proposals for Deferred Safestore which we submitted to them more than a year ago . |
| 22 | One was a Nelson 's story for girls , called ‘ A coronet for Cathie ’ , which we presented to Miss Cathie Donaldson , Queen of the Paperbacks ! |
| 23 | Coming now from , down to more specific ways of winning new work , due diligence was an initiative which we wanted to er tackle but not only in this office across the country and across the northern region . |
| 24 | For example , on the comment form which we gave to all respondents at the end of the field-work , one policewoman wrote , ‘ The idea of research being carried out within the RUC , or indeed any police force , is a good one . |
| 25 | Uncle had a bitch called Jill at the time and they had puppies which we gave to the neighbours . |
| 26 | ‘ The metal we used is from an old caravan roof which we bonded to the wood with Evostick , ’ explained Tony . |
| 27 | The fact that certain regions in the UK have come to depend on declining industries explains in part the regional disparities of unemployment which we referred to in Chapter 3 . |
| 28 | and all of this leads natural to the final fifth proposition not only does the bible teach that all may be saved , not only does it teach that however that not all will be saved , not only is it true and clear that some will be saved and we do not , do not , do not expect to be saved , not only is it quite clear that others will not be saved , who we expected to be saved , but finally it is quite clear that no one will be saved except by God 's way , and God 's way of salvation is very simply by repentance and faced . |
| 29 | Whether this was Winston 's idea , or His Majesty 's I do not know , but I so strongly suspect His Majesty who we knew to be one of the best Kings we have ever had . |
| 30 | But we knew that nothing we said to each other in private would be laughed at in public . |