Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] we [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 We decided to move the chairs out to make more room , but the acceptances kept coming in so we thought we 'd open the French windows and pray for a sunny day . ’
2 We left there , we left about half five , six in the morning did n't we and we were getting lost in and we knew it was in the village in that town but we could n't find it and we kept getting lost so we all pulled her up and he went back and he said to this man can you tell me where the
3 My whole aim was to get a bass like Jet Harris , a pink Fender , but we could n't afford it , so I did a couple of paper rounds and a milk round , my Dad chipped in and we got one on HP .
4 A few minutes later our train came in and we established ourselves in a first class carriage .
5 In the morning erm we got some bread and put it on the window and came down and we caught it and put it out again .
6 Then our small boat began to go down and we found ourselves in the water .
7 It was in a terrible state when we moved in but we cleaned it up and made it quite homely .
8 YOUR donations have been flooding in since we launched our Mirror Woman Rescue Chiswick Appeal in July .
9 Mr wanted to come in before we agreed I think .
10 I caught a glimpse of her , eyes red with fury , and I wondered if my last hour had come , but Bill , the man who was on guard , managed to push her back with the aid of a large plank , and she soon quietened down when we passed her babies back . ’
11 ‘ This place was very run down when we bought it , ’ she said , looking round lovingly .
12 We 'd just moved in when we discovered we had a mouse in the kitchen .
13 ‘ But Kenny pulled over and let us through and we made it . ’
14 After about three hours , we got through and we asked her what had happened and she said ‘ everything is fine … the tanks are just across the road ’ , and my mum did n't know what to say because we were all so upset .
15 And I can remember tenneyex telex coming through and we did our own er er signs in those days , you know , er advertising placards , it was red hot on the press .
16 I took over and we lost our way where a blackened adobe town sprawled over a hill above a steelworks .
17 ‘ It was over before we knew it , ’ said Taliesin later , ‘ and even if it had not been , I do not think we could have got near to the Lad . ’
18 So then we had something to work on and we got him stroking Beth 's rear end .
19 Put some cheese on and we set it I said to Paul I said anyway your dinner 's ready when you are .
20 Sometimes I think we 'd be better off if we did what the animals do .
21 Fortune smiled on us for , although we only had a fleeting glimpse of the sun , the rain kept off until we boarded our coach for home at 6.15pm .
22 We wave him off like we knew him , then we lurch arm in arm to the hotel .
23 I do n't we got about three , three thirty in the morning , both of them went out to er canal somewhere up Dulgate , past Dulgate we set up and we 'd we 'd been fishing for about two and half hours it 's aba about six thirty in the morning this old farmer comes up says er aye , aye lads , he said er I would n't bother it , they drained this area of the canal a few months ago !
24 We locked the house up but we thought we were going back .
25 It was alright at Euston Station on the way up because we had plenty of time for loading — but — on the return journey we could see the train approaching while still careering through the country lanes on our coach .
26 We also read up before we bought anything .
27 nothing went round and unplugged every phone out , wedged every one out cos we thought it might of been a station that 's going down , cos er I 'm saying about the mark one , the old
28 My mum and I voted my dad out and we said we 'll have a record player .
29 So off we went out and we played our football , and I came back , and we were sneaking in through the back door and bumped right into him .
30 I have n't , you know I have n't dared shown John 's mum , but with Michael 's birthday we got a video camera out and we videoed her talking , but I 'm not
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