Example sentences of "i [vb past] we [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1975 , my engineers and I realised we should enter a new area of application — robots for arc welding . |
| 2 | Towards the end I argued we should remove a section to recover what dating evidence was available below it . |
| 3 | And I found we 'd run out of milk for Anthony . |
| 4 | I found we used to have them mixed with sweet almond oil and soya oil , which I find this one brings out their aroma much more the grapeseed oil . |
| 5 | When I got rid of fear I found we could make friends . |
| 6 | Nick said , ‘ I promised we 'd come again , did n't I ? ’ |
| 7 | I believed we should do just that . |
| 8 | The road was now backing west towards the sea , and towards the place where I fancied we might see evidence of major geophysics at work . |
| 9 | Frank confirmed that as a boy visiting relatives in the region there had been many of the old ships still about , so Brian and I decided we 'd go there , then sail down the US coast to the Caribbean , through the Panama Canal and head west to the Revillagigedo Islands which Brian had decided were his . |
| 10 | Malc and I decided we 'd have to face the music and tell his parents and my Pop . |
| 11 | I never thought it would work , but I felt we ought to give it a try . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Sorry to just snatch you off the pavement like that , Chief Inspector , but I felt we ought to meet . ’ |
| 13 | I have n't toured for a few years now , apart from the World Cup and I made that an exception because I felt we could go all the way and win it . ’ |
| 14 | They 'd brought a poor young woman with a baby in a pushchair and we traipsed all around , in and out of houses , it was bitterly cold , and at the end of the exercise I felt we could have saved a hell of a lot of time . |
| 15 | ‘ You thought I meant we should pass the time in bed , did n't you ? |
| 16 | ‘ I meant we should take a trip to Hadrian 's wall . ’ |
| 17 | I knew we would meet again . |
| 18 | At one point in the turbulence I felt certain I was going to be air-sick and the very thought was unsettling , because I knew we would have to write and file our first flight story from Calgary within an hour or two , and that story had to be sent , come what may , including sickness . |
| 19 | Thank you er er Mr Mayor , erm I knew we would get to that part of the agenda where . |
| 20 | I did n't tell you because I knew we 'd have a scene like this and I do n't like it . |
| 21 | ‘ I knew we 'd get into trouble , ’ said Camille . |
| 22 | I knew we 'd get all this crap — Im amazed there 's not been more . |
| 23 | ‘ I knew we 'd see you here . ’ |
| 24 | That 's why , with three strokes to go , I knew we 'd win . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Yeah , but I knew we 'd win . |
| 26 | ‘ I knew we could rely on you . ’ |
| 27 | I knew we could salvage something out of today . |
| 28 | ‘ I knew we could count on you . |
| 29 | I knew we must have a store of old army-type blankets for use when patients ran temperatures yet their teeth chattered during bouts of fever — malarial or dengue . |
| 30 | I knew we should 'ave met in the pub , ’ he said lightly . |