Example sentences of "we [verb] [vb pp] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 'd hired a camper van to get around ’ , Nigel explains . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'd hired a camper van to get around , ’ Nigel explains . |
| 3 | We really thought we 'd found a quicker way to get copies to our distant subscribers . |
| 4 | We were this time last year , and we ve got a better squad this time around ( and indeed than that which won the league ) . |
| 5 | On food control , the level of food hygiene inspections at seven hundred and thirty we 've achieved by buying in consultants to do some work for us in our priority area , and we 're were able to do that with Derek Welk 's retirement , leaving us with some unspent staff , and so we 've achieved a higher figure there than we expected we would do . |
| 6 | We 've got a wider lunatic fringe than other nations . |
| 7 | We 've got a better side now and Torquay are struggling a bit . |
| 8 | You should ask them both questions on the card , that way we 've got a better chance of getting them bloody card for yourself in n it ? |
| 9 | It 's a chilly wind you know , I hope we 've got a better bus tonight |
| 10 | Possibly , you might be right , I think we 've got a bit more character in the side erm I think we 've got a better all round side than this time last year , to be honest . |
| 11 | And we 've got a further problem if Iraq is effectively destroyed as a functioning state . |
| 12 | Chairman , can I say briefly that the merger and I 'm quite pleased that we 've finally er there is a death knell to this this awful word , it 's been bandied on for far too long , it 's been perhaps the single most controversial issue that has been debated by this authority along with some other mediocre issues and no one here would not admit er to the fact that it has been opposed on such massive scale and even today we 've had a further petition of three hundred and ninety five people opposing er this this this dreadful merger decision that was hanging over the er the the two centres and I 'm pleased that er this this er amendment , this er er erm this petition was brought forward today because it does indicate the continuing support and opposition to er the the kind of things that we should be doing and and those that we should n't . |
| 13 | In the meantime , we have transferred a further share of the burden of financing local services to central government . |
| 14 | We have witnessed a further attempt on the part of the Fascist element in Spain to supersede the democratically elected Government of the People of Spain by force of arms . |
| 15 | Following the increase for the eldest eligible child last April , we have made a further increase for all children in October , with corresponding increases in income-related benefit rates to make sure that the less well-off families also gained to the same extent . |
| 16 | We have achieved a better than expected pro-forma combined profit and Stoddard Sekers is now putting in place the strategic plans to enable it to grow strongly both organically and by acquisition ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ You say we have no liberties , ’ Hope replied to a rather over-eloquent statement of George 's , ‘ but I can think of no time when we have had a greater chance to take what freedom we want . |