Example sentences of "we [vb past] it [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we believed it would have an adverse effect on claims , we would discourage people from buying timber-frame . |
| 2 | We should scarcely find the style of Henry James worth studying unless we assumed it could tell us something about James as a literary artist . |
| 3 | We reckoned it must have been the ‘ reason for our visit ’ on our visa — to visit the Crown Prince Abdullah Abdul Aziz . |
| 4 | I told Mike Teague beforehand that if we lost it would mean the end of the road for a few of us . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We thought it would make a nice Christmas present and show our borrowers that we are passing on the benefits of the recent rate reductions as soon as possible , ’ says Stratton . |
| 6 | and it , we thought it would stop , but obviously , the water 's |
| 7 | It was June 10 , 1990 and that 's where we thought it might end . |
| 8 | It did n't seem to need any food , though we tried everything we thought it might like . |
| 9 | Then we thought it might have been something criminal — but Joe is clever enough to steer clear of anything illegal , the last think he needs is investigation by the police . |
| 10 | Finally , we thought it might have been a lovers ' quarrel , but now I 'm not sure … " |
| 11 | I mean , we thought it 'd rain this year so it 's more |
| 12 | Erm , we thought it 'd appeal to young people and we thought it 'd be great fun , which it was , and we raised er one thousand seven hundred pounds . |
| 13 | Er looking at the rest of the P and L , you will see that we have split out a profit on sale of fixed assets which is our Lakeside erm Capelat and the Capco shares er which is why the corporate expenses for this other income has turned a way round , it 's gon na be negative nowadays , so we thought it 'd look a little silly saying other income less expenses . |
| 14 | ‘ The council has been capped this year and we felt it would have been incredibly insensitive to spend money on road races when some council workers are facing the prospect of losing their jobs . ’ |
| 15 | " It was so tight we felt it could have gone either way . |
| 16 | We knew it would happen one day . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ We knew it could work but we needed a better location and a lot of word of mouth . ’ |
| 18 | For all we knew it could have been 12 feet , since the weather was so bad at the top we could see no further than someone wearing a ski anorak and wellingtons sitting beside us . |
| 19 | We hoped it might form the basis of a small ‘ colony ’ providing a change for all concerned . |
| 20 | We said it must have been the worst ever experience . |