Example sentences of "we [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nastiest little attack we endured at this time came from , of all papers , the Lancet . |
| 2 | The extensive practice of slash- and-burn agriculture means we lose at least half of this annually . |
| 3 | What if we lose at Birmingham Paul . |
| 4 | We agreed at that stage that while we would no longer take any active part in the management of the venture , we would continue to provide financial support via our guarantees . |
| 5 | I thought we 'd done that , because that that was the remit that we agreed at this table round this table . |
| 6 | And I say to them ‘ Look , do n't start planning this whole thing on your own from the beginning , go round and talk to the various people you know that are interested and say to them ‘ Look , I 'm planning to try and do this work , or we agreed at such and such a meeting that I would do this work , but I do n't just want to do this on my own , I want to take into account other people 's views . |
| 7 | We fought at close range , not more than twenty steps apart , and drove the soldiers back upon their main lines , leaving their dead in our hands . |
| 8 | We fought at Kiev together . |
| 9 | We gazed at glaciers and icefalls , at clouds spiralling from far-off valleys , at soft blue shadows and crests of ice and dark , barren faces of rock . |
| 10 | We gazed at the figure in the utmost fascination . |
| 11 | Sipping lager , we gazed at the front-page face of a dour middle-aged nurse who had been sacked for making porno movies on hospital premises . |
| 12 | We gazed at each other in stunned silence . |
| 13 | We gazed at her blankly for a moment before recovering and saying we would , please . |
| 14 | There was something like an appeal in his eyes as we gazed at each other . |
| 15 | When we met at the Bacon show and I smiled at him he smiled back at once , then remembered and tried to scowl , but could n't and we both burst out laughing . |
| 16 | On one occasion , to kill time before a suitably uplifting film , we met at Waterloo station and decided to go to the cinema within the station precinct which showed a continuous programme of cartoons for the convenience of passengers with time on their hands . |
| 17 | The following Monday we met at Downing Street in an attempt to sort it all out . |
| 18 | His words when we met at the start of the Championship kept coming back : ‘ Willie , I 'm going to win the Open for you this week . |
| 19 | We lost touch for a couple of years and then we met at the Coventry Specimen Group Stag Night and found that each of us had conceded to an extent and were now using almost identical rods . |
| 20 | We met at a luncheon party at the University Club in Montreal and came away together , since we seemed to have something in common and got along well . |
| 21 | As the somewhat recalcitrant and irascible member of the famous ‘ What 's My Line ’ panel broadcast on BBC television for years , Gilbert could be and was difficult , but when we met at the Coq d'Or Restaurant on Stratton Street , just off Piccadilly , he was the soul of charm . |
| 22 | Everybody whom we met at that time remembered you all with great affection . |
| 23 | We met at the Hilton . |
| 24 | ‘ We met at a swimming gala 'cos we used to be competitive swimmers , ’ recalls Sam . |
| 25 | We met at the soundcheck . |
| 26 | ‘ We met at the end of the war , ’ Sharpe said as though that explained everything . |
| 27 | ‘ We met at school — I was totally in awe of her ’ |
| 28 | As Dr Reading told BBC WILDLIFE : ‘ We met at the first World Congress of Herpetology at Canterbury in 1989 , and subsequently arranged to co-ordinate the two projects . ’ |
| 29 | We met at the north fork of the Sacramento River , the longest river in California . |
| 30 | We met at Pradier 's . |