Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] as we " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them asked as we got to the landing . |
| 2 | I asked as we stood outside the front door of Green 's Hotel . |
| 3 | I asked as we were driving away . |
| 4 | I asked as we picked up our overnight bags and moved towards the exit . |
| 5 | I asked as we turned our backs on the Pacific and began working our way back through the maze of walls and rubble . |
| 6 | ‘ Here go the English on holiday , ’ I mused as we drove from Geneva airport , ‘ four people and two skis . ’ |
| 7 | I woke as we were arriving in Paris . |
| 8 | The first thing I noticed as we arrived at the famous pot was a fixed caving rope leading down into the dark abyss , and I could n't resist scrambling across to peer in . |
| 9 | Taking my place on the touchline , I noticed as we kicked off the reassuring sight of Ken Mentle in the grandstand giving me the thumbs up before disappearing through his tip-up seat . |
| 10 | However , the warmth of the reception and the encouragement and I received as we travelled the length and breadth of this country , across to the ‘ Emerald Isle ’ and into Belgium was truly appreciated . |
| 11 | I protested as we walked back to the flat . |
| 12 | I watched as we went by . |
| 13 | I knew as we all knew that conscription was inevitable , but I did not want to fight . |
| 14 | How extraordinary , I thought as we talked together , that this man 's theological understanding of justification by faith — in which he believed passionately — had no echo whatsoever in his life . |
| 15 | So I thought as we 've still got the biggest guarantee I would go to it . |
| 16 | I thought as we 're going to look at it . |
| 17 | I enquired as we clambered out of the trench after draining the last of the French wine . |
| 18 | ‘ Glad you enjoyed it , Taff , ’ I answered as we both climbed out of the trench , picked up the Bren and the ammunition and made our way along the road in the direction of the orchard . |
| 19 | ‘ Pushing and shoving among that lot , no fear , ’ I said as we struck out for the woods . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's a part of my life , and I 'm never going to give it up , ’ I said as we hurried up through the copse . |
| 21 | ‘ For all I know he 'll have disappeared already , ’ I said as we went downstairs . |
| 22 | ‘ That was quite a telephone bill , ’ I said as we moved off . |
| 23 | He took me out last Sunday and I said as we were driving over to Lavenham , I said an early would be much appreciated , I said I cooked the Sunday Lunch for my lodgers , but I have n't , in fact , had any myself he said you 've got to have a high tea , he said you must have a proper meal and he ordered up salad and a a ham salad and have this and have that and have the other , where as some of them like this chap Gerald who was erm sent me by one of the other agencies the first time we went out he took me to a meal and he obviously felt that quite enough , after that he used to come out to see me after he 'd had his meal meanness , hanging onto money ! |
| 24 | I wondered as we strolled across the lawn whether he might not in fact turn out to be the last King of Tonga , the final member of a brief and moderately distinguished dynasty . |
| 25 | ‘ Where are you sleeping ? ’ she asked as we made the front door . |
| 26 | Erm I did n't write down the other things that you mentioned as we were going through that were n't on this list . |
| 27 | Bring a bottle , " she added as we mounted the stairs . |
| 28 | ‘ Did you say you 'd found Chatwin ? ’ she inquired as we caressed a rosewood cabinet . |
| 29 | ‘ You keep saying that , ’ she chided as we cleared the table , ‘ I hope we 're not going to have another Peasants ’ Revolt . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ That was the best ever , ’ she gasped as we lay side by side , our arms and hips touching lightly . |