Example sentences of "we [vb past] [v-ing] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our target route — the splendid Tudor Rose , which takes a stunning line up of the best section of the cliff above Guillemot Ledge — remained unfulfilled , as we found handling a clutch of fine HVS and VS routes fully occupied our energies , leaving us totally sated . |
| 2 | I pay tribute to the Association of British Insurers , to which we began talking a couple of years ago . |
| 3 | I think it probably bothered me later when we started getting a bit bigger . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We thought we might have to spend the night down there and that 's when we started getting a bit worried , ’ he said . |
| 5 | We started singing a carol . |
| 6 | ‘ Every time we started doing a piece of research , ’ said an NCC officer , ‘ we 'd find the CEGB then commissioned another research team to investigate the same thing . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We started having a row . |
| 8 | We started making a profit . |
| 9 | For the first ten minutes of the second half , we started playing a bit ( but at this time we needed 4 goals to go thorough ) and Whelan scored after a good cross by Kelly . |
| 10 | We considered buying a coffee bar and being a presence in the market place , but we realised this would not be a suitable place for Sunday worship , and our attempts to buy a suitable shop were consistently blocked . |
| 11 | ‘ How have you found us ? ’ the headmaster asked me — masochistically — one warm summer 's afternoon as we sat watching a cricket match . |