Example sentences of "[adv] we [was/were] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In our youth , the ‘ sixties and early ‘ seventies , we had the same thing , only we were the generation who were going to change the world . |
| 2 | And er so we were the kind of erm the team who were there the , at the time so |
| 3 | Yeah , and then from that they 've now got these fucking things that show the direction , the sign , the speed and oh its incredible sonar 's been going longer than radar , but only just we were the world leader 's now , I mean we cos we , cos we preserve fuel , we knew exactly , they left it for the last minute to get up there and intercept them . |
| 4 | He were n't very brisk in the morning , and often we were a bit late getting off the mark ourselves ; but he did n't mind us working beyond six in the evening — we did n't get paid for that ! |
| 5 | Oh I had about a shilling pocket money I think , although they used , they 'd fine you , they 'd stop money off you if you were late if you were a quarter of an hour late you could n't go in and erm until , and then you 'd got to explain to your mums , well that you were some money short you see , why is this , and we had to say well we were a bit late getting in when you started out soon enough you see . |
| 6 | Vinny grinned : ‘ The boss subjected our earholes to a bit of GBH and we came back so strongly we were a bit sick at having to settle for a point after going 3-2 up . ’ |
| 7 | To say the least it 's horrible , and yet there we were a school and a tannery side by side . |
| 8 | Yet we were the ones with all the flash gear . |
| 9 | But erm certainly we were a lot worse off , cos we we were just earning a day rate , instead of any bonus you know we had no bonus at all . |