Example sentences of "and we [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I once travelled on a train from Leeds to London with Shaun and we got on fine . |
2 | And we got to New York . |
3 | It was a it was a little Italian restaurant with about forty six and we went at regional conference and it was astounding ! |
4 | But I remember only too well the time when we had nothing in the bank and we lived in rented property because we 'd sold our home to keep me racing . |
5 | The war was an anxious time , for the daily newspapers were filled with the lists of men killed in the battles in France , and we lived in daily dread of the routine telegram from the War Office . |
6 | He listened politely , and if he showed no concern at least he took no offence and we parted on good terms . |
7 | However , I preferred to keep the reason secret , and we talked about other things for the rest of the journey . |
8 | We talked earlier about amateur British people and we talked about amateur British magistrates and I 'm a , an amateur British magistrate , but the question that I 'm going to put next was put by a colleague of mine , who has preferred to remain anonymous , and that is , it 's proposed to fine motorists on the spot for minor offencmes in this country in the near future , and the question is , ‘ Does this system apply in other European countries , and is it a good system ? ’ |
9 | This caused more hilarity and we ended in hysterical fits . |
10 | Mary brought out a rough-and-ready picnic on a doth and we sat under old apple trees on which the apples were already beginning to glow with ripeness . |
11 | The kit was delivered in June — ‘ and we moved in carpeted , curtained and decorated on December 17 . ’ |