Example sentences of "[adv] we [vb past] to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Suddenly we screeched to a halt at a checkpoint . |
| 2 | So we went to a restaurant in the King 's Road . ’ |
| 3 | Tonight we went to a film all about a peasant leader who had to fight against some bad elements in his village , it was good and funny in parts . |
| 4 | Eventually we came to an occasion when Eileen was about four years old , the only one of the children not yet at school . |
| 5 | A little further on we came to a cairn , a perfect match for the cairn on Rise Hill above Garsdale , and another carefully crafted stone man staring out over Dentdale towards Lonsdale and the Howgills . |
| 6 | As we proceeded we kept our eyes skinned and whenever we came to a thicket or undergrowth we beat it with our sticks to stir up the prey . |
| 7 | Well we went to a solicitor 's office , what was it Friday morning ? |
| 8 | Some years ago we lent to a colleague a memory-training book with a very attractive title , which implied that after studying the book the reader would have a superb memory for all occasions . |
| 9 | About three years ago we moved to a farm . |
| 10 | Here we came to a cave cut into the cliff as a gunport to deter pirate raiders . |
| 11 | Then we went to a lake with wooded and marshy shores where we saw several ‘ new ’ birds : a crane flew past , looking like a grey heron except that it carried its neck outstretched in flight instead of ‘ folded back ’ . |
| 12 | And he bou he bought me this top and he bought me a , a polo neck and bought me a C D and then we went out to supper and then we went to a pub and everything and erm , you know , had a really decent conversation with him and just talking to him makes me think , you know , and it dawns on me that he 's just a big he 's just a big child and he 's not , he 's never grown , he 's not , you 're not gon na grow up . |
| 13 | Then we moved to a bungalow , marginally out of sight of the rugged coastline . |
| 14 | Then we clad and ran off home then we went back mishchifing again we came to a boy and shoved he down in the grass and piched is sweet and then we ran off then I made a apple bom then I chudet it then we went home . |
| 15 | Afterwards we went to a bar and had some cognac . |