Example sentences of "we were [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How did you know we were on that train ? ’ |
| 2 | One time we were on some stunt on the airfield and the people were encroaching on the ground and we were told to push them back . |
| 3 | Later on , we were on another job , looking after a defence minister from somewhere or other . |
| 4 | ‘ We always thought we were on another planet . ’ |
| 5 | No-one knew we were on this flight , and we only had eyes for one another , frankly . |
| 6 | ‘ See , we were on this train . |
| 7 | We were At that time of day the minima the minimum wage was fourteen shillings a day . |
| 8 | erm strike out , interim payment , order fourteen er itself , there 's always still available to them , erm that the other side of the coin is if they get their money and of course they 're going to be threatening bankruptcy for some four thousand odd Names , I mean that 's , that 's equally devastating to individuals , erm my Lord , one would be into a type of argument on balance of convenience if we were at this stage , one would be considering the bankruptcy of the names , whether they have the funds to pay , even if judgment is given against them because vast majority do n't and what would be the point of giving judgment , this order fourteen cases saying one should n't do it in those circumstances , what if the names are right , will they get the money back , will they get a cross undertaking damages and pre er , er and to what extent do now have the funds , to what extent will it actually effect their business in the light of of |
| 9 | Whatever we were to each other , that we still are … |
| 10 | Er I 'd just like to come back on three fairly brief points that er one of which was mentioned by Michael Courcier , two of which er relate to that , and were helpfully stimulated in discussion during the tea break , erm Michael Courcier , I think if I got him right , said , he did say we ca n't produce demographic forecasts for post two thousand and six but I think he was fairly guarded in saying it it would n't be wise or or whatever , erm I would suggest in this context , and in the context of , and I use the word emerging and I look for advice as to when emerging regional planning guidance , and when will be the end date of that regional planning guidance , I say we should be looking beyond two thousand and six , I say we can look beyond two thousand and six , and I would suggest we do it in the way of arrange , which would be highly appropriate way of doing it , not too dissimilar to road traffic forecasts , low medium and high growth , and if , to put the point simplistically , if we have arrived at a requirement figure of nine seven for Greater York for a specific period , if we were to either project that forward by five or ten years , obviously we could n't just simply go rata , but if you took a low figure and you halved it on the basis of the make up , the demographic make up , of how the nine seven had been arrived at it would be possible to produce a range , that then relates to the question of a new settlement , and the alternatives during the period to two thousand and six , and beyond , of that new settlement , and I go back again to the greenbelt , it is vitally important to do that in the terms of a long term defined greenbelt , therefore again in that context , I would say it is highly desirable , if not necessary , to revisit the periphery of York , it has not been examined in a local plan , it has not been examined in terms of environmental impact , with all due respect to the Greater York working party their , the level of analysis of those peripheral blocks of land was fairly cursory , on a limited number of planning criteria , if a new settlement is to be assessed alongside expansion of Greater York we have to revisit it in much much greater detail . |
| 11 | I liked that idea : it seemed aristocratic to me , just walking out empty-handed as if we were above all objects . |
| 12 | We were like each other ; she knew what she wanted and she did n't mess around . |
| 13 | But as we said earlier that some of us who have been in the truth for a long time we were like that years ago , but somewhere along the line we 've become drowsy and a little sort of halfhearted and maybe dozing a little bit as we go down that sort of motorway er of spirituality and that , that the longer you go it can become more difficult because other things come along do n't they ? |
| 14 | We were like those skeletons still embracing in the dust of their vanished flesh and dead desires . |
| 15 | We were in that hotel with schooners of sherry in our hands . |
| 16 | I think we were in that situation six months ago , I do n't think we owe owe those three candidates anything now |
| 17 | We were in this theatre watching The Crucible ( no great significance about that , the Sixth Form had tried out their exam text on us ) only they were n't on a stage , they were up on tight-ropes , and it was our job as audience to keep them up there , and we did that by holding our breaths . |
| 18 | At the end of the Saturday debate we were in more disarray than at any stage since either coming to power or Margaret Thatcher taking over the leadership . |
| 19 | ‘ But we were in some trees , and so — ’ He made a motion with one finger across his throat . |
| 20 | We erm , we had n't got a lot of room for expansion down there , we were in , when I joined the department it was known as the Ipswich T Electric Supply and Transport Department and er we were in some buildings which were rented from the Electric Supply Department which housed the generators for the electricity , so we had n't got a lot of room for expansion there , I think we were all confined into about three offices . |
| 21 | I was the goodie and he was n't exactly the baddie , but we were against each other all the time . |
| 22 | Key defender Paul McGrath , set to win his 61st cap , said : ‘ I did n't even know that we were near these records . |