Example sentences of "we [verb] [vb pp] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you can see we 've had our share of tricky moments . |
| 2 | But someone wrote to say we 'd lost their vote because they were so appalled by Laura 's late hours ! ’ |
| 3 | But the amazing thing was that , just after we 'd recorded our bit for the Gardeners ' World programmed , I spotted a couple of butterflies fluttering around the garden . |
| 4 | Now by way of introduction to this , we had some deep thinking last night after we 'd concluded our discussion , and I have to preface what I 'm going to say , certainly for Mr 's benefit that it 's the if question , the if question . |
| 5 | Believe me , I would sooner go hat in hand to all the bankers in Europe than try and explain to Anna why we 'd ignored her imperial command . ’ |
| 6 | We 'd made our first four of the week there and that was that . |
| 7 | Better call the banns cause we 'd made our |
| 8 | We 'd given our lives for their advancement . |
| 9 | Each visit guaranteed he would leave behind some of his property and after a few weeks we 'd accumulated his record player , eight boxes of books and his Rupert Bear hot-water bottle . |
| 10 | And it was at the trekkers ' hut eight days before that we 'd met our porters with their dzos , Dzos — pronounced ‘ Joes ’ — are great hairy pack animals , a cross between yaks and cows . |
| 11 | We 'd created our own power , fed ourselves and our many guests from our own soil , and the cottages were letting well . |
| 12 | When we realised that we 'd missed our flight to London from Antigua , my friend said , ‘ Let's find where Jean Rhys lived . |
| 13 | ‘ Gone spare , we had , as we 'd missed our bus . |
| 14 | If we 'd raised our hand to them , or even spoken sharply , they 'd all have had instant heart attacks . |
| 15 | That 's why the peasant was dancing in the road — we 'd killed his bad shadow . |
| 16 | Anyway , David used to travel in Ralph 's Mark 10 Jag to any gigs and never used to put any of the gear away when we 'd done our work , whereas before he used to . |
| 17 | we do ours , we 'd done our Science and Maths and that was it |
| 18 | Each night when we 'd finished our various tasks he would look at our hands by the light of a candle and probe with a needle for splinters . |
| 19 | Once we 'd finished our ground handling practice we climbed the hill to check the wind . |
| 20 | Well when it was started up , the first unit that I was with was from the shop floor at Bloxwich Lock and Stamping and erm it took the nucleus of people off the shop floor and then after we 'd finished our ten hour shift during the summer or when we could , we started foot drill training in the yard of the factory . |
| 21 | we 'd thought out , we 'd go out together when er we 'd finished our tea and we I had my tea . |
| 22 | Well , we 'd changed our solid-fuel central heating boiler for an oil-fuelled one … |
| 23 | With that she marched off , and after we 'd got our breath , I made the usual cup of tea while Frankie went to fetch nails and hammer from Dad 's tool box so he could fix the door before Mum returned and explanations were necessary . |
| 24 | We 'd got our guy . ’ |
| 25 | We 'd had our rest days , just three days work left . |
| 26 | about ten past one , well I had indigestion all night and I could feel it , and we 'd had our tea and I thought oh I do n't know , but I went to bed feeling alright and suddenly I woke up I thought oh my god I 'm gon na be sick , I come running down stairs , but you know I was , I was sick but I know I had n't finished and I 'd sat down and I was sick three times . |
| 27 | we 'd gone to bed early and we 'd had our deepest sleep and of course we were |
| 28 | I do n't exactly feel as if we 'd had our monies worth there . |
| 29 | It looked as though we 'd had our little flurry and that was going to be it . |
| 30 | But I remember only too well the time when we had nothing in the bank and we lived in rented property because we 'd sold our home to keep me racing . |