Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [conj] we [vb past] the " in BNC.
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1 | We also knew that we constituted the stock middle-class ‘ Ladybird ’ family : Father who goes out to work , mother who works at home , one daughter and one son ; as such we are entirely unrepresentative of the average family . |
2 | It was a relief when we felt ourselves fairly started and we enjoyed the beautiful sail down Loch Tarbert … |
3 | Pornography , prostitution and homosexuality continue to be seen as variations on a theme to this day , something we implicitly acknowledged when we adopted the word ‘ gay ’ as our own . |
4 | Here , though , even the higher ground was wet , so that the difficulty of making progress barely relented until we reached the snow . |
5 | I did n't know what he was talking about but I dutifully obeyed and we trailed the shambling figure as he made his way drunkenly out through a postern gate and down the steep , narrow alleyways of Nottingham . |