Example sentences of "and we have [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And we had best get our fences in order , you and I. ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd finally won custody of my daughter Eva and we had just moved down from Scotland to Leeds with my boyfriend Glynn . |
| 3 | It seemed reckless to press on , and we had just passed a safe , if inconvenient , landing site . |
| 4 | In fact it was only a minute or so from the M27 and we had just passed over the Queen Elizabeth Bridge at Dartford . |
| 5 | From the letter Brian had received from the newspaper last November , we knew that his sisters and friends were working for him and we had also heard that Jill , Nick Toksvig and other friends were active on my behalf . |
| 6 | But like many people we had sustained injuries and we had finally become disillusioned about ever becoming fit . |
| 7 | The issue of equality had to be looked at very closely and we had already had detailed discussions with I.C.T.U. on equality . |
| 8 | It was right at the end of the main hunting season , and we had already watched as a group of males had twice unsuccessfully hunted the same group of colobus monkeys that day . |
| 9 | There was a lot of teasing and we had soon thought up nicknames for each other . |
| 10 | My poor brother had been a kind and happy boy , and we had all loved him . |
| 11 | Such is fame : our exploit brought us international mention with a few lines by the Canadian Press but our feat was not mentioned in Robert Ripley 's ‘ Believe It or Not ’ column , and we had never heard of the Guinness Book of Records in those early days . |
| 12 | and he certainly had not much patience and we had never seen this afore . |
| 13 | But by doing this we have changed the experiment and we had better check whether the result has also altered . |
| 14 | And we had better do it quickly , because the trees and clumps are rapidly disappearing through the ravages of storms and neglect . |
| 15 | Not surprisingly , when the Report was published , the Federation 's leaders were far from satisfied : ‘ For all practical purposes , the Beveridge Report is useless … and we had better ignore it entirely , concentrating on action which will secure our just rights — AND NOW — not at some vague future time . ’ |
| 16 | Because they believed — and we had better believe it also — that if they could make individuals conscious only of the need for personal gratification , they would have neither desire nor energy to combine and work for the downfall of the enemy . |
| 17 | We have to understand that it is going to cost many millions of pounds throughout industry in Scotland and we had better get it right . ’ |
| 18 | We 'd decorated the outside and we 'd nearly finished . |
| 19 | I told him my Vanessa story and he told me his and we 'd both heard them before ! |
| 20 | The most impressive part of Dr Solomon 's Anti-Virus Toolkit for Windows ( what a mouthful ! ) is the Encyclopaedia , the browse bar was less than 50% down the list of virus information , and we 'd already counted 500 separate items ! |
| 21 | stayed and Andy 's and we 'd just gone over to the shops and . |
| 22 | Next thing they were down with the measuring up and we 'd just got a four thousand pound rate bill ! |
| 23 | Cos the back end you know is is slightly higher than the front end and we 'd just got it in and the front was about that so it was n't gon na Oh well can you imagine the perspiration there would be , |
| 24 | ‘ And we 'd just bought a new car . ’ |
| 25 | Squiffy everywhere and erm that night the evening activity was tobogganing and we 'd just finished all this wine . |
| 26 | Not only had we increased our self-awareness , but we felt content , happy with ourselves and we 'd also received the encouragement to go for the things we want — to seize the day . |
| 27 | But Mount Kenya is over 17,000ft ( 5100m ) and we 'd also learnt that many walkers and climbers fail to reach the top simply because of altitude sickness . |
| 28 | TIME FOR A BIT OF FUN , and we 'd better involve the whole band in this one . |
| 29 | And we 'd better clear all Maternity calls through here as well . |
| 30 | ‘ And we 'd better make sure that it does n't , ’ said Caspar , moving back to prop the door open with a stone . |