Example sentences of "we [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the train as we rode past the spines of Manhattan to the flat rooftops of Brooklyn , he told me something of his travels in north America , indeed , he had been much further west than Jersey City , even beyond Chicago . |
| 2 | I wondered about these changes as we rode towards the house . |
| 3 | We rode into the Place St Michel and sat in a café drinking hot chocolate . |
| 4 | Once or twice , we rode to the beach . |
| 5 | I wanted to broach the matter with my master but he was lost in his own thoughts so I kept my fears hidden as we rode along the lee of the hill . |
| 6 | As we rode through the forest , Sapt told me everything that he could about my life , my family , my friends , and the things I liked or did not like . |
| 7 | We rode with the roof down , and if the days |
| 8 | We rode in the field for the first two weeks , and then I had to face the roads and the tractors . |
| 9 | It has been nigh on a full month since we first made a landfall on to the north shore : since we rode in the longboat on the crest of the shining surf and I set my foot withal on this fair land in the name of the King . |
| 10 | I remember how calm and serene my father looked as he lay in his coffin and how I seemed to feel something break within me when they lowered the plush-covered lid and we rode behind the hearse to Rosedale Cemetery for the interment . |
| 11 | We rode like the wind and by ten o'clock had come to the edge of the forest of Zenda . |
| 12 | We scudded over the Dorus Mhor which was conveniently quiescent , its frothing tidal step lurking in the depths . |
| 13 | We skimmed across the surface of that sodding lake whilst all around us gathered the dark hosts of hell . |
| 14 | She took a torch from the shelf and we crept into the night , children on a midnight dare . |
| 15 | I slipped out through the double gates of the burial ground to the Horse Fair , and we crept into the loft over the stable there . |
| 16 | Once we agreed on the idea of pulling back on the emotion and letting the situation she was in speak for itself , the part took off . |
| 17 | We agreed on the use of Gordon Ingles for another commercial film and Leon suggested I could make any necessary further contact on such matters directly with Hellen who was apparently designing film sets , writing scripts and sometimes directing Shelly productions . |
| 18 | Yeah , I think that we need to look into more depth the issue of the County Farms estate , we agreed from the start it was something that could not be rushed , and we had to , the principle question that needed to be answered was that was there a viability for County Farms or role for County Farms in the nineteen nineties . |
| 19 | It 's not acceptable , it 's not acceptable Chairman , we agreed in the P A G , it was n't acceptable . |
| 20 | It is quite possible clearly that that number could be reduced , during the consultation process on the on the local plan , I think that 's an important point because of the issue of windfall that was mentioned by Mr Davis , and was raised yesterday , reference to historic trends in the city of York do show that erm we have exceeded structure plan targets by substantial amounts , I think the figure is is forty percent or or more , er the County Council could confirm that , slightly difficult calculation to do because I 'm sure you 'll be aware that to our eternal shame , the City Council has not to date adopted a formal local plan , with reference erm to your question on day one er as to whether or not we might calculate contribution of windfalls in the past , we have looked at the nineteen eighty seven residential land availability er study , which was agreed with the house builders , adjacent districts , and of course the County , and in the five year period of that study , by comparison with the sites that we agreed in the study , an additional four hundred and thirty dwellings came forward and were completed on sites that had not been identified in the study , now I 'd I would say very clearly that that level of windfalls erm would not continue in the future and it could not be a reliable basis for erm looking at windfall contributions in the city in the future , clearly the supply of development land in the city is a is a finite resource , er given given the constraints that are current holding , and although some additional windfalls to the two hundred I 'd suggested in my H One may come forward , on the other hand I suspect some of the sites suggested in the draft local plan could fall out of the equation . |
| 21 | For a time we fought against the gathering shadows , but to little avail . |
| 22 | We gazed at the figure in the utmost fascination . |
| 23 | Afterwards , we clung to the rail , listening to the wind howling ; watching vast , angry waves crowding in on every side . |
| 24 | The people we met during the day became our table companions in the evening . |
| 25 | We met during the course of the Windsor affair in nineteen forty . ’ |
| 26 | After the play we met outside the theatre , and he asked immediately , |
| 27 | Me an , Me and Gemma and Jane went for walk yesterday some people we met along the road I di I did it all and erm |
| 28 | My committee were greatly encouraged , during the campaign , by the courtesy and enthusiasm we met on the doorsteps and by the many volunteers , of all age groups and areas of the town , eager to offer unstinting help . |
| 29 | Was she the woman we met on the road last night ? ’ |
| 30 | We met on the beach early next morning before it got too hot . |