Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] we had " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next thing is er on the agenda we 've got the or I thought we had . |
| 2 | Back in Britain writing my last newsletter to the Group in Scotland I had loved and brought together , I said that I thought we had to be much bolder , taking an a priori stance on the fact that there could be no discrimination against women . |
| 3 | She looked so much better than the fat , spreading South London mothers around us , that I thought we had to be middle class . |
| 4 | I say that I thought we had already been through all this . |
| 5 | ‘ There was everything between you … everything that I thought we had … in Seville … and here . |
| 6 | I made it clear on a number of occasions over recent years that there was , in retrospect , one change that I wish we had not made at the time , but it was one that was urged on us by right hon. Gentlemen opposite . |
| 7 | They have made no impression on the Yugoslavian tragedy — so much so that I wish we had developed our own foreign policy towards the future of Yugoslavia in general and to the states of Slovenia and Croatia in particular . |
| 8 | And I remember we had two men once , one used to keep his hand very very tight , squeeze it hard and the other used to make a very big , loose , untidy , whiskery sort of a rope . |
| 9 | Now I know as I was saying a few moments ago , I travelled to the continent just recently , and I know we had to pay a surcharge on the flight . |
| 10 | And I wish we had news of Mr. Stevenson . |
| 11 | Well he said yesterday had we , we 'd got enough and I thought we had . |
| 12 | And , and I thought we had this conversation two weeks ago |
| 13 | place , er whe when Margaret and I went we had |
| 14 | I have never met anyone who heard that broadcast , but the Indian superintendent and I felt we had seen the job through to the end . |
| 15 | But , with the Cabinet decision and the Chancellor party to it , it was harder for them , and I think we had more success than most other governments in doing this just because I knew the background . |
| 16 | I travelled up from Kings Cross with Sidney , Daryl Bligh of the Graphic , K. B. D. Clarke of the Times , ‘ Tibby ’ Tisdale of the News , Stanford Roberts , of course , and I think we had Norton Malley with us , who would at that time I suppose have been on the Morning Post , though he later went back to the Irish Times . |
| 17 | Cos I mean we had two crap years had n't we , well . |
| 18 | ‘ Ah , but I knew we had a first-class lifeguard on board . ’ |
| 19 | perhaps he 's been forewarned and just swapped over sides with , but I mean we had a full wind and light through then , well sort of |
| 20 | ‘ But I wish we had played it more for comedy — it was too depressing . |
| 21 | ‘ But I thought we had until Fridays , ’ Jinny said , puzzled . |
| 22 | I slipped my reins to the end of the buckle but I thought we had gone . |
| 23 | ‘ But I thought we had all day to get to the school , ’ remarked Endill . |
| 24 | Sir Alfred was in love with the Cosworth idea of making engines for other people , but I felt we had to restore our position in F1 first . |
| 25 | Shreeves said : ‘ Gary could be as bright as a button on Monday , but I felt we had to let Graham Taylor know . ’ |
| 26 | she 'd never seen anything like it , but I think we had quite a lot of new furniture did n't we ? |
| 27 | Now he might remember I think the court come just before the after Nicola , and the car was going to because I know we had to go on the train to Liverpool and er , I 'd got ta give evidence as well , they made such a palaver ! |
| 28 | In some ways I was more reckless and exposed myself to danger because I felt we had to come out and prove that the Government was responsible for the deaths of all the students . |
| 29 | ‘ I was n't worried as soon as I knew we had a home draw . |
| 30 | And er as I say we had a concert after this but th th I ca n't remember whether they were professionals or whether any good amateur people . |