Example sentences of "we think [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In our own ignorance all we thought we had to do was to educate these people so ERA also established a ‘ health task force ’ . |
| 2 | We thought we had killed the idea off . |
| 3 | I was absolutely devastated because we thought we had done nothing wrong . |
| 4 | Bennett expresses the fears of many : ‘ We thought we had saved child benefit and now it 's under threat again . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ At one point we thought we had got an agreement but then they said they did not want any conditions at all attached to the application . ’ |
| 6 | Karen to find out more about this — we thought we had booked stall . |
| 7 | Edward Teller then worked through the implications with Alvarez and , unaware of Frank and Sakharov 's works , they reported ‘ a short but exhilarating experience when we thought we had solved all of the fuel problems of mankind for the rest of time . |
| 8 | ‘ We thought we 'd denied the wolves a good meal . |
| 9 | We thought we 'd made it clear that it was only the MPC ( Multimedia PC ) versions of either card ( that is the SoundBlaster Pro and the Adlib Gold ) gave access to both MID and WAV file playing . |
| 10 | We thought … we thought we 'd lost you . |
| 11 | ‘ We thought we 'd solved the problem when we introduced the Corporate Wardrobe in 1988 , ’ said Bob , ‘ but unfortunately , it did n't work . |
| 12 | In the 1980s , we thought we 'd found salvation to our problems in artificial intelligence and expert systems . |
| 13 | We thought we 'd had the last laugh when we got to the play-off finals against Charlton but he was an even bigger pain in the arse after that . |
| 14 | Upon being introduced by the special needs coordinator as the new tutor to a group of students with severe learning difficulties , I heard several groans of ‘ Oh no , we thought we 'd got rid of you … ’ . |
| 15 | Yeah , erm , we , we thought we 'd got him calmed down at one point and he started up again and he was like that right the way up till I went to fetch Emily |
| 16 | We thought yo , we thought we 'd got |
| 17 | and I looked at people , we were all saying why we waiting here , why we waiting and we saw people rushing off so we thought we 've got to rush off after them and we were all put on the train and sent to Charing Cross which was n't where most of us wanted to go or anything like we wanted to go |
| 18 | Well I was allowing you time with your leg but we thought you 've got the telly on loud . |
| 19 | We thought you 'd got bored with our company . ’ |
| 20 | We thought she 'd gone to bed . |
| 21 | ‘ We thought she 'd thought we 'd run him down , ’ Fernando laughed , throwing his head back and holding his forehead . |
| 22 | ‘ We thought someone had stolen the horse and cart . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We thought someone had abandoned it there , did n't we , darling ? |
| 24 | Well , we thought he 'd gone out , but apparently he must have got to the door just as the bomb landed , and the blast blew the door backwards , er the door inwards , knocked me dad backwards and at the back of him we had a cellar , but it went through this , the cellar door and although it turned round before it went down the cellar , he finished up down there because we did n't know this til after a while that me brother wou did n't offer to go out , so I went out think , to find where me dad was you see . |
| 25 | Surrey had made 92 for three when Stuart suddenly declared — we thought he had gone mad . |
| 26 | Just that we think we 've traced him . |
| 27 | Manager David Waring said : ‘ We are still assessing the damage and what was taken but we think we 've lost about 30 garments worth about £2,500 . ’ |
| 28 | A lot of employment there , and important to the local economy and we 've managed to take some important initiatives in terms of helping the pensioners in the city , crime prevention , and other issues , so we think we 've done a reasonable job . |
| 29 | ‘ And we think we 've found a Roman villa . ’ |
| 30 | Sometime later they came back and said , " We think we 've found somebody . " |