Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] we [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wherry pulled in and we disembarked at the great garden gate . |
| 2 | I motioned to her to sit down and we started on the mail . |
| 3 | Eventually we all agreed we wanted this fierce bark that was both harsh and metallic , after which it was just a case of refining it down until we settled on the precise tone we ended up using . |
| 4 | Every one had to be taken out and held down while we picked off the ants that were sinking their jaws between the scales . |
| 5 | The sun was going down when we sailed into the port , and the doctor and Mr Trelawney took me on shore . |
| 6 | In When We Went to the Zoo by Jan Ormerod ( Walker Books , £7.99 ) , a dad decides to take his small son and daughter to the zoo , where they see all sorts of wonderful animals . |
| 7 | It was only as the day wore on that we wearied of the journey and began to be afraid . |
| 8 | ‘ Have you thought further on that we spoke of the other evening , Angelina ? ’ |
| 9 | The captain of the guard outside St Bartholomew 's let us through and we went under the darkened archway and up some steps into the chamber which led out on to the balcony . |
| 10 | Benjamin waved me over and we looked through the open gate . |
| 11 | Venner wandered off and we went through the pathetic pile of possessions : a counter-pane , three dirty bolsters , hose , jerkins , battered boots , more cheap jewellery , a collection of quills and a bar of Castilian soap . |
| 12 | Do n't forgot to switch that off when we go in the garage . |
| 13 | More steam , more dust stirred up until we ran for the door gasping . |
| 14 | I was surprised it to , we well going to this place yesterday er , on the directions we were with Tammy , she was reading them out and we come off the M twenty |
| 15 | You get as close to it as you can and get your brother out while we deal with the hijackers . ’ |
| 16 | Someone whistled them out when we came to the narrowest place , bows strung and shafts fitted , shouting to us to halt . |
| 17 | Ten years ago I remember I used to think that it was our mental hospitals which later generations would regard as the most staggering and incomprehensible blind spot of our time , on which they would look back as we do upon the generations which burnt witches or tried by ordeal . |
| 18 | And when you look far into space , you 're also looking back in time and we 're looking back when we look at the very most distant objects . |
| 19 | Not despair , not that last wild flailing about before we disappear into the pit , but desperation . |
| 20 | Happiness only comes about when we live within the disciplines of life , given to us by God . |
| 21 | My dad came round when we went to the theatre the other day , he had n't seen it , since we put that picture up . |
| 22 | But a lot of these things come quite naturally er I hope we 'll see on when we look at the video that really I do n't think anybody had a major problem with the voice er and the words as well when you 're talking about two million pounds so in terms of the voice I do n't believe anybody has any major problems . |