Example sentences of "[vb past] we [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It also involved us in playing ‘ When the Saints ’ ( which we 'd resisted up to then ) for the two policemen who caught us parked on a double yellow line . |
| 2 | We trained hard as well but the snow stopped us from doing too much off-road riding . |
| 3 | But the Dutch stopped us from doing that at later funerals . |
| 4 | They amazed us by leaping high out of the water and somersaulting two or three times before nosing beneath it again without missing a beat . |
| 5 | And he , he used to tell us about his travels around America , you know and he , he told us about working in Baltimore in the forty sixth street or something , in a forge , they called them forges out there . |
| 6 | The Devil was an invention , he claimed , that prevented us from taking responsibility for our own destiny . |
| 7 | The engines were just up there and their noise prevented us from thinking about how miserable it all might be . |
| 8 | From my point of view , we had originally hoped to progress this proposal just over a year ago when spare money became available , but unfortunately , the bureaucratic process and conservatism of the people involved prevented us from doing this in time . |
| 9 | High winds now prevented us from visiting the Monach Isles , reputedly site of the world 's second largest seal colony . |
| 10 | Considerations of security prevented us from filming the machine which puts the layers into Vienetta … or the twirls into a tangle twister . |
| 11 | One thing we did know for sure was that it was not keep-fit exercises that we needed but homes that were ‘ fit ’ to live in and incomes or benefits that prevented us from having to choose between dying from hypothermia or malnutrition ! |
| 12 | ‘ Marseille lead the group and remain the favourites to go through , but we gave them two goals of a start at Ibrox and still drew with the French on a night when injury prevented us from having Ally McCoist . ’ |
| 13 | Yeah , this , this is interesting , it gets confusing perhaps because erm , I rang British Section , British Section today erm , enquiring about er , ah , there it is , were , were are we , erm enquiring about er groups having two prisoners you brought this up last time and as the result of me talking to somebody there erm , it became clear that British Section still showed us as having Sabri Lushe as a prisoner , erm and they were n't aware that we were no longer dealing with him , he 'd been released , and what they say is they usually get conformation from International Secretarium |
| 14 | A variety of witches faced us across the TV studio and encouraged us by supporting our warning to the public to avoid playing around with the ouija board . |
| 15 | We were doubtful as to whether Owen would lie still long enough for a back massage , but he surprised us by putting up with it for about ten minutes . |
| 16 | Er , I I 'll skip through it cos ' most people have n't got the copies with them , er we looked , you 'll remember that the A C C ops meeting thanked us for providing Beeston with a U V lamp for M O T examination . |
| 17 | Erm and also from er Alan MP from he er thanked us for inviting er him here today but he says , unfortunately I already have a previous engagement in London , and so will be unable to join you on this occasion . |
| 18 | They thanked us for coming . |
| 19 | Before he died , he cursed us for killing his son . |
| 20 | ‘ They 'll nag us now about winning the peace , just like they nagged us about winning the war . |
| 21 | Robin commented : ‘ The operation of the monthly audit has drawn the regional operations closer and assisted us in meeting even higher customer service standards . |
| 22 | The waitress came round and blackmailed us into buying another cup of coffee . |
| 23 | The stored up sunshine and seasalt in our pores saved us from having another attack of the dreaded ‘ flu that winter , although we had also used very much potassium permanganate in our sinks and drains , as the health authorities asked . |
| 24 | Before my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State made his announcement , Opposition Members accused us of creating a situation where there would be no taper , but a cut-off and said how cruel that would be . |
| 25 | I know some people accused us of whingeing , but it was ridiculous that they were able to benefit from something that was entirely their fault . |
| 26 | The third element of European policy that the Leader of the Opposition accused us of ignoring was regional policy . |
| 27 | If that money in that it does come into the policy and the guideline here and I erm he accused us of putting out er press releases talk about council tax and this may be popular with . |
| 28 | Stocks of petrol were low , and late one afternoon cars passing the orderly room were stopped by an irate major-general , who berated us for using valuable petrol at such a time of crisis . |
| 29 | He then astonished us by lending us a jeep , with its driver , Abu , for as long as we needed it . |
| 30 | She greeted us with a cheerful smile , and whereas we had been anxious to avoid her for fear she should forbid us to bring our tree into the house , she astonished us by saying : " Hullo , dearies . |