Example sentences of "we [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was late afternoon as we drove across north eastern France through the Pas de Calais , past the fields and along the poplar-lined avenues where twice in one century the German Army had invaded . |
| 2 | I shall say only that when we returned for worship next day the whole building was pristine . |
| 3 | So yes , we took on board robotic technology if you like , to reduce costs . |
| 4 | Ekeus told a press conference in New York on July 27 , however , that " in picking the team , we took into account certain sensibilities , without compromising the quality of the inspection " . |
| 5 | We saw in Chapter 2 part of the process of " negotiating Creole " in a conversation between two British-born girls , one of whom used Creole extensively , the other only rarely and tokenistically . |
| 6 | We went to church last Sunday did n't we ? |
| 7 | Whether IBM , DEC , Hewlett-Packard Co and Apple Computer Inc will be sending envoys in a show of solidarity remained to be seen as we went to press last week . |
| 8 | As we went to bed that night , my wife said : ‘ I was very proud of you today . ’ |
| 9 | I said no , it was just that before we went to bed last night , Aunt Kit had decided to look for her money . |
| 10 | I mean see last night , we went to bed last night , he came in at noon did n't he ? |
| 11 | He 's getting worse , I mean , see last night , we went to bed last night , have done it , I 'm losing it , I 'm losing it , I 'll get i |
| 12 | so why come when we went to town that time you could hardly hit the board |
| 13 | Yet last night I could taste erm er the food we had for tea last night and it 's lovely when you can taste . |
| 14 | Mr Mahoney added : ‘ We had to voice-over some passages of dialogue . |
| 15 | Just after we closed for press last week , news came through that NCR Corp 's chairman and chief executive Gilbert Williamson would retire from the company in May and would be succeeded by Jerre Stead , currently president of AT&T Co 's Global Business Communications Systems , which he is credited with having turned around ; Stead , 50 , will have the title group executive-NCR , and will be succeeded by Patricia Russo , currently vice president-national sales and service for the Global Business Unit ; although the switch is being presented as amicable , there are mutters that AT&T is concerned that NCR has not had a higher profile since acquisition . |
| 16 | We sat in fibre-glass easy chairs . |