Example sentences of "we [adj] [vb past] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the King was only interested in enjoying himself tonight , so we all drank and talked , and drank again . |
| 2 | While we all coughed and looked at our shoes in embarrassment , the gleaming casket containing Dennis 's mortal remains was spirited away to the nether regions of the crematorium . |
| 3 | Anyway I suggested to Mrs Newton that this sort of thing did n't sound like the Froggy we all knew and loved because , with great respect , that sort of money would usually have gone only in one direction — to the publicans and bookies . |
| 4 | Someone said there were things about himself he would n't like his wife to know , we all laughed and went off happy . |
| 5 | On Kristallnacht when we all romped and played and helped the Jews , and the fizzy shards swirled like stars or souls , and when Herta bent to wipe her lips with a pink handkerchief-before spitting my tongue out of her mouth . |
| 6 | You would think we all agreed that acting to end third-world poverty was our number one priority , and that we would all , with barely a sigh of regret , give up our cars , our fridge-freezers and dishwashers , would cease commuting and return to live in the cities we abandoned for the good of our children , and would generally resume our lives as good citizens after 13 years in the desert . |
| 7 | The party continued long into the night , further cementing , as we all hoped and expected , East-West relations . |
| 8 | We all spurred and whipped as we reached the bottom of the hill to keep up pace for the snow underfoot made the going heavy , when both Bowyer 's horse and that of Southgate suddenly took on a life of their own . |
| 9 | Since it was our last night we all celebrated and partied . |
| 10 | Sometimes I wonder that she did n't collapse under the sheer weight of how much we needed her , of how unreasonably we all admired and needed her . |
| 11 | Then Mrs F gave a cup of tea to Vern , and somehow we all turned and looked at him . |
| 12 | She just sat there , staring out at us with her face all blank and closed up , as if she could n't see us any more , and as the bus lurched forward we all waved and ran off to our big school up the hill . |
| 13 | We all worked and lived at the same place and it seemed pretty cool to me at the time , but it started to become more and more negative until it got to the point where I wanted to leave … and I realised that they would n't let me ! |
| 14 | Unless you 'd rather we all bowed and scraped and addressed you by your noble title , Roman ! ’ |
| 15 | But we both agreed that Robed Frost , Allen Ginsberg , Kenneth Rexroth and the rising ride of repetitive Beat poets were not worthy of consideration . |
| 16 | We both thought that following 9 … f5 ? ! 10. f3 Black had somewhat weakened himself 9 … |
| 17 | We both knew that walking alone would not keep the pounds off forever . |
| 18 | We both laughed and carried on watching the fish . |
| 19 | We both cried and kissed each other , and she said , ‘ I love you , even I love you . |