Example sentences of "[adv] we [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the way down we listened with feigned interest to our man 's proud record of clock-beating on other hills . |
| 2 | So we tended to subordinate any feelings of anger for the wellbeing of the whole community.We took each other with all our faults . |
| 3 | So we motored past delightful mountains while I occasionally whined from the back seat , ‘ Why are n't we doing that one ? ’ or ‘ ’ That one looks nice ’ , or ‘ Can we stop for a minute please ? ’ |
| 4 | So we arrived on good time , Mala and I , was pleased that in a new hairpiece and fresh clothes — a long sleeved short-robe over loose trousers and soft boots , in shades of chartreuse and cinnamon — my injuries did n't show at all . |
| 5 | So we talked about other things . |
| 6 | By train to Bologna ( where I bought my hiking boots ) , by truck to Rovereto ; thenceforward we moved in daily spurts of twenty or twenty-five miles , always accompanied or monitored , from village to village , farm to farm , on foot , by cart , in preposterous automobiles . |
| 7 | The further we got into basic training the more obsessive I got about it . |
| 8 | Throughout the 1970S , this delightful village was the priority holiday venue of my wife and myself , a kind friend providing her cottage for our annual visits : always we arrived in eager anticipation and departed with reluctance . |
| 9 | If ever we came under competitive pressure , Andrew was always able to think up something new , that left us still on top . |
| 10 | But then we developed it a bit further like we did with negative numbers . |
| 11 | Things seem to be a bit more relaxed here compared with Sian , where we were shepherded around with great ceremony , had to make formal speeches etc. , and attracted crowds of astonished bystanders whenever we appeared in public . |
| 12 | Summer gales were rarely of long duration in our experience , and if it blew really hard we used to snug down in the lee of one of the many anchorages and take to the hills for a change . |
| 13 | Sometimes we crunched across crystalline ice , or slid tiny steps at a time over glass ice , so we created shiny black footprints in the dusting of snow . |
| 14 | We did use black paper , but it looked terrible and attracted graffiti , so then we thought of fine art . |
| 15 | and we , then we went to Universal Studios did n't we ? |
| 16 | And erm and then we went and got my fruit and veg and then we went in Top Marks and got them so we never got we went through for a video really , never got round to looking for a video did we ? |
| 17 | It all happened in Salisbury ; and then we travelled with overseas people for meetings in other centres like Bulawayo , Gwelo , Wankie — with a day at the Victoria Falls . |
| 18 | We called out from where we hid in different rooms and listened to our voices echo , we strummed on the few keys left on a rotting piano , and plucked at a broken lute … . |
| 19 | Concentration levels were immense ; continually we had to stern rudder/low brace to stay upright . |
| 20 | Shortly afterwards we returned to English prep schools , where I quickly had my French beaten out of me in French grammar classes , and where Lorne responded by continuing to be unable to talk or , rather , to speak in any known language , for he would hold forth volubly in a tongue uniquely his own . |