Example sentences of "[coord] it [vb past] we " in BNC.

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1 As partners at Middlesex we tried to steal Test matches off each other when England were only playing one spinner , and it made us into better bowlers .
2 And it made us run all the way here just so 's we can hurry up and wait . ’
3 and it meant we had a regular rehearsal space — which we used nearly every day .
4 ‘ After we defeated defending champions Castlerock in the semi-finals , he thumped a table with his two All-Ireland Senior Cup medals before the final saying … ‘ this is what it is all about ’ … and it got us going again against Warrenpoint . ’
5 The next day the letter came and it said we 'd have to find another doctor for my dad
6 It 's very friendly And it followed us into the lane several times and then we 'd chase it back
7 I never could decide who was right , socialists — even revolutionaries — or the arch-capitalists , and it seemed we 'd never find out in Britain because whatever way the popular vote went it never really brought any real change of direction .
8 There was a special unit set up here , Animal Rights National Index , but these idiots had tight security , a good cut-off cell system , and it took us a hell of a long time to open the can .
9 We was there till six o'clock in the afternoon and it took us from the er ten o'clock in the morning , say about ten when we got there , it took us from ten till six to fire five rounds of ammunition because there was that many there and you had to wait your turn .
10 While they went into the firing blackboards to fire your rounds and you , all you was allowed to fire was five five and then you had to wait , take your turn course everybody had got to go in , they 'd got to check them as everybody got had fired their five there were n't one left up the spout like there was before , course it took time see , and it took us a day , I would say a day , to fire five rounds of ammunition .
11 Designing experiments to check these possibilities is n't easy , and it took us several years , through the early 1970s , to try to eliminate one after the other .
12 ‘ We got severely lost and it took us all day to get back .
13 And it took us a long long time to try and get back where we were .
14 for an insulation company and we were on a Government funding and money ran out and it took us up to Christmas really and after Christmas we were out of work for four months
15 spirits on , spirit something , well I said where we went I said you 're doing something similar to what we did , we had brandy and it took us all through the cellars
16 We all do things together and it lifted us for the game on Saturday .
17 For Constanza it created a sort of void — no real responsibility ; and it tied us all together in new ways .
18 He did no more than chip that one in as well , and it gave us the lead .
19 My feeble little quip was self-diminishing , it might raise a smile , it paid a homage to her own earlier remark , and it gave us a shared history .
20 I was told early on that it was possible that your Royal Highness would be able to be there and indeed you were and it gave us all one of the most unforgettable nights .
21 ‘ It was interesting to take on these different values and it gave us a new perspective . ’
22 ‘ They appreciated the peace it gave them from the ones who wound them up and it gave us peace .
23 And it earned us a lull , that was all . ’
24 Our first car was an ex-WD Austin 8 and it cost us £25 in 1957 .
25 And it cost us a bomb !
26 We were a besieged party in a hostile camp , and it drew us together .
27 What 's happened it 's the world again to use J B Phillips translation this time the Romans twelve two , that , that the world the precious around us has pushed us here and is as dented at there and it squeezed us out of the mould , the purpose the pattern that God had for us , into its own mould , a warped mould , a distorted picture , that has what has happened .
28 Two conferences of the Football Supporters ' Association have called for a re-think , but it seemed we were banging our heads against a brick wall .
29 But it took us weeks and weeks to find it . "
30 These have now been cleaned up , but it took us some time to cope with this disgraceful state of affairs … the condition of these children , and the behaviour of many of the mothers , has completely dissipated the goodwill and welcome accorded to them by the Welsh people , whose hospitality is proverbial .
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