Example sentences of "we said [pers pn] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leading Comrade Wong wanted to know the weaknesses of the Chinese English students , and we said they were really very good ( which they are ) , and he asked whether we had any dissatisfactions or criticisms , and we said we did n't , which seemed almost to crestfall him , as it seems part of the Chinese way of life that criticisms should be exchanged . |
| 2 | ‘ Who would believe us if we said we are changing our policy to win votes ? |
| 3 | When have we said we 're likely to have |
| 4 | If the requirements are modest er modest requirements with modest standards , it 's still a quality job if we achieve what we said we 're going to do . |
| 5 | yes , it was in a bloody scrap yard and this Jack come to me we had he had mentioned it before but he said we said we 're not bothered , you know , he wo n't er that was in there . |
| 6 | But we talk about this and we said we 're cutting the shopping down , I 'm not going shopping . |
| 7 | We said we 're going |
| 8 | We said we were a design consultant and a travel agent . |
| 9 | If we said we were in favour of the teaching of grammar , some teachers would think we were advocating a return to old-fashioned exercises in parsing and clause analysis . |
| 10 | We said we were . |
| 11 | We have another in erm on Thompson 's Directory , we said we were asked if we would like a mention there , and that has been put in hand , with at the moment the Chairman 's name and address and telephone number , but when we get our office I 've no doubt we can change that because we 'll have a rota for the office and probably just morning hours and that can go in another copy . |
| 12 | We said we were a research company thinking of vetting a future employee . |
| 13 | I mean , we were exactly where we said we were gon na be , but suddenly I did n't realise that he was boss . |
| 14 | This is something we said we were going to discuss at a time in the future and I thought I 'd stick it on and see how much time we 'd got left . |
| 15 | Well we said we was going up to Wisbech . |
| 16 | I had to sleep in the same room as loads of them on account of we said I was his secretary . ’ |
| 17 | We said he was stronger than he looked , but the vet turned us away and told us to bring him back when he was bigger . |
| 18 | I mean I went , I 'm i if it 's the place where we said it is then , I mean it I know we went through Thicket , yes I do ! |
| 19 | No it 's the flour and things like that we said it 's |
| 20 | We , we , we said it 's about time they grew potatoes in that field |
| 21 | we said it 's easier for us than to keep borrowing Eileen 's every year |
| 22 | Escort Revisited Can it really be as duff as we said it was ? 64 |
| 23 | The Japanese must have thought we were mad when we said it was dangerous ! ’ |
| 24 | If nothing else you feel for a man blighted by an absurdly exalted image — and one who can make a joke out of it in the wonderful tongue-in-cheek prophecy of The End of the World that closes the album ( ‘ Nostradamus and Jesus and Buddha and me/ We said it was coming/ Now just wait and see ’ ) . |
| 25 | We said it was wrong . |
| 26 | At one time we said it was you know rewarded on the edge of technology when they like most things you know . |
| 27 | We said it was , we said it was reasonably short , and fairly concise in the format we were given . |
| 28 | We said it was , we said it was reasonably short , and fairly concise in the format we were given . |
| 29 | They were going to France , and someone beside us said they were volunteers . |