Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] we [vb past] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 I began to wonder what was happening when we stood for a long time at Birmingham New Street .
2 Jean-Claude hurried me along , his expression sweetening when we crossed into the Arab streets .
3 Although she was trained , she was still a beginner — like me — and it was n't easy to settle her down in front of all those kids , who , naturally , were all pointing and whispering when we came into the classroom .
4 We were speechless , but we morbidly crept towards him when a sudden snap from the forest warned that someone was approaching and we ran along the beach then through the trees , hearts pounding , and gasping for breath .
5 My nerves were really jangling when we got to the 17th , the Road Hole .
6 In a letter to Hopkins on the Southampton situation dated 10 August 1911 , he wrote " all the reforms the Southampton people are asking for we discussed at the Executive Meeting before the strike took place and we were all agreed that certain alterations had to take place , but when women and children are starving in one port and there is money locked up in Southampton I think it is one of the most cruel tragedies imaginable " .
7 ‘ Just try it , ’ he kept saying as we went outside the rehearsal room to argue .
8 I immediately gestured to the Hurricanes to carry on to Malta by themselves as we were ditching and we turned for the coast ourselves , losing height all the way .
9 I remember thinking as we stood in the baggage hall , this is a bit like the rest of life .
10 We heard you screaming when we came down the road .
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