Example sentences of "we [vb past] with a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I do n't often associate the word passion with us , ’ said Luton 's manager , David Pleat , afterwards , ‘ but I thought we played with a lot of passion in the first half . ’
2 Our defence has been solid and we played with a lot of spirit against Kilmarnock and Dunfermline .
3 Instead , we prepared with a series of games at the local level here in B.C. ’ .
4 My annual rendezvous with Ben Holt , a climbing friend based in Geneva , came on the 125th anniversary of the first ascent of the Matterhorn , which we celebrated with an ascent of the Dent Blanche .
5 I also remember an enjoyable afternoon when we walked with a bit of grass stem arranged round our front teeth because apparently we envied our friends who had to wear braces on their teeth .
6 Does my right hon. Friend accept that we returned with an impression of economic chaos — and the impression that , although aid from this country and others is welcomed , it is feared that too much is being siphoned off on to the black market ?
7 We began with a selection of starters , including delicious soft shell crabs , tiny spring rolls and some more anodyne prawns deep fried in rice paper , whose combined oiliness made us hanker after a wedge of westernised lemon .
8 Many right hon. and hon. Members should remember that we started with a tax of only £175 a head .
9 ‘ The way we dealt with a lot of pressure shows we are hard to beat . ’
10 For many years I was convinced we stayed with a lady by the name of Marie Bonaparte .
11 We ended with a group of our own poems .
12 ‘ The railway operating people put a massive number of problems in our way , and Railfreight 's sales telex to us started with a mass of negatives .
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