Example sentences of "we [vb past] [adv prt] [coord] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 We passed by and opted instead for an easy final passage .
2 Our breath made huge clouds of steam which hid our faces as we talked , and we hopped about and shrugged elaborately to ward off the penetrating fingers of cold that probed at our necks and hands .
3 Describing the arrest , she said : ‘ We got up and looked out of the window , and saw police were gathering by the minute — loads of them with rifles and guns — and we got quite frightened .
4 Even if I can get rid of the the tour operators erm or put somebody like onto because we got up and running now and I have n't got anyone to deal with it
5 So we got out and walked again .
6 As we got in and set off he said to me , ‘ Have you ever seen Bulawayo ? ’
7 We walked out and staggered back to our beds , pushing out the dummies we had left there as decoys , using rolled up overcoats and our pyjamas .
8 And we tidied those areas up and we went round and said right , the people with the problem areas , take 'em round and show them .
9 Well we went off and got off at Peel which was the other with the all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time because I 've been to the police and reported it .
10 After four attempts to set our 45lb CQR in the thin sand-over-rock bottom , we gave up and put out a couple of 40lb Danforths , both of which bit hard on the first attempt .
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