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 . ’
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