Example sentences of "we had [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had reached level ground so winching was relatively easy . |
| 2 | By the time we had reached Skala Maries and turned inland , I had mastered the gear changes sufficiently for Beth to relax the vice-like grip she had on my waist and enjoy the scenery . |
| 3 | At last we had reached a road that led to a place called Ritjemjokk where we telephoned home and did all the civilized things in life ; like sitting on a loo seat , for a long time . |
| 4 | We had reached a position of stalemate — but a position which for the sake of the Government had to be settled . |
| 5 | ‘ We had reached a point , ’ says Taiwo , ‘ where clients were always asking us , ‘ And where is your shop ? ’ ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We could not move back home and we had reached the end of Palestine . ’ |
| 7 | We had reached the Palestinian front line . |
| 8 | We had reached the corner of Guilder Lane and Winchester Street when a man hailed us with , |
| 9 | I simply wish to point out that if it is supposed that Karen Parsons and I embarked that afternoon with the intention of drowning her husband , why did we wait till we had reached a point where our criminal acts were overlooked by at least fifteen witnesses ? |
| 10 | ‘ I think we had reached about 11,000 feet when the barrage opened up over Valetta and , against the white puffs , I saw seven biplanes heading directly towards us in a shallow vic formation . |
| 11 | We had reached an idyllic Norwegian scene . |
| 12 | Twice he attempted to overtake , but we had reached the top of the hill before a gap in the stream of cars streaking up on our right allowed him to slip in between the lorry and myself . |
| 13 | We had reached the hut and I did n't know what to do . |
| 14 | All that mattered was that we had reached the summit , and more importantly had a good day out . |
| 15 | The La lies on the watershed of the main Karakoram and although we were still politically in India , geographically we had reached the valleys of Central Asia . |
| 16 | By nine o'clock we had reached Port land 's furthest point . |
| 17 | By now we had reached a delectable small pool hidden away in willow trees : Willow Pool . |
| 18 | We had reached the famous gannetry . |
| 19 | By mid-morning we had reached Esna , where there is a barrage . |
| 20 | We had failed to locate a single prahu master , or " nakoda " , who had been anywhere near them , or had the slightest interest in doing so , and it was now so late in the west monsoon that there only remained another six weeks before we would no longer be able to depart without risking the winds dying and starting to reverse themselves before we had reached our destination . |
| 21 | We had reached the restaurant , and the gallery owner held the door open for us as we went in . |
| 22 | We were in one piece , we still had the phetam , we had reached our destination , no other ships had emerged from lightspeed behind us , and the second half of that huge fee was almost in our hands . |
| 23 | He left us after we had reached Luxembourg as this was as far as he went . |
| 24 | My master , preoccupied with Hopkins 's riddle drew me into discussion about its meaning , only to reach the conclusion it would tell us nothing until we had reached Glastonbury or Templecombe . |
| 25 | Not long after we had reached the Old parsonage and climbed the stairs to Michael 's rooms , Father D'Arcy arrived . |
| 26 | However , having overcome that obstacle we headed down the major road for Arad and despite the large pot holes which had to be avoided and the need to keep your eyes skinned for mobile hayricks ( horses and extremely overladen carts with no lights ) doing approximately 2 miles per hour , we arrived at our friends ' home in Arad at around 8.30 very relieved that we had reached our first destination . |
| 27 | We had reached the city gate now . |
| 28 | I also noticed how Corin and Alleyn , once we had reached Royston , switched their allegiance to him . |
| 29 | We had reached the last door . |
| 30 | On our first trip together we had visited a café of a very old-fashioned kind , called Cafeteria Varela Reposteria in Preciados , and I had noted an inscription saying En este lugar escribiõ sus mejores versos el gran poeta Emilio Carrere 1881–1947 . |