Example sentences of "we [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We revealed yesterday that another of Courtney 's victims is still too terrified to tell police that he attacked her . |
| 2 | Quickly , we rode away into the night . |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , there 's the villages we rode through , ’ said Fenella , frowning . |
| 4 | Wallowing our way into a sheltered corner of the bay , we rode rather inelegantly in on the surf . |
| 5 | As we rode on and emerged into open country a mist was hanging some feet above the ground , as if suspended by a conjuror . |
| 6 | We rode on to the moors and found Linton lying in the same place as before . |
| 7 | We rode slowly down the beaten track . |
| 8 | ‘ I remember when we rode here , your father and I. Young and strong we were . |
| 9 | On the motor bike we rode all over the countryside , to Bathampton , Bradford-on-Avon to see the old tithe barn , to Bristol to visit the Llandoger Trow , and as far as Cheltenham Spa , Leamington and Gloucester . |
| 10 | We had learnt to ride by the time we were four , and we rode everywhere ; no one went for walks in those days . |
| 11 | At first , we rode together but the freshness of the horses , particularly Bowyer 's and Southgate 's , meant we had to break up . |
| 12 | We rode hard all night and it was about eight or nine o'clock in the morning when we reached Strelsau . |
| 13 | Then another man picked me up , swung me in front of him and we rode off . |
| 14 | We rode off to the field which was bursting with beautiful yellow melons , my favourite sort . |
| 15 | Ah , so we rode home and that was it delighted |
| 16 | We rode along like three troubadours from some romantic tale . |
| 17 | Together we rode back to Thornfield . |
| 18 | Nothing more was said as we rode down in the elevator . |
| 19 | We crept downstairs like naughty children and Zaria collected a leather handbag no bigger than a small keg of beer from the hallway table . |
| 20 | In the dark hours before dawn we crept up on our objectives and laid charges . |
| 21 | We crept close enough to see the features which set them apart from curlew : the smaller size , relatively shorter bill and pattern of light and dark head-stripes . |
| 22 | We crept down into the hall , through the kitchen and out by a small postern door . |
| 23 | We crept in under a low table and covered ourselves with a tarpaulin . |
| 24 | They 'd brought a poor young woman with a baby in a pushchair and we traipsed all around , in and out of houses , it was bitterly cold , and at the end of the exercise I felt we could have saved a hell of a lot of time . |
| 25 | We pricked up our ears . |
| 26 | That 's why we agreed not to train her . |
| 27 | All that business about Linda — I know we agreed not to talk about it — but I feel such a shit out here . |
| 28 | ‘ I know , in spite of the fact that we agreed not to discuss it , it was all because of what had happened in the past , was n't it ? ’ |
| 29 | All I require is the payment we agreed on . ’ |
| 30 | We agreed therefore to conduct the interview in our local hostelry . |