Example sentences of "and we [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Members of this house will recall that this matter was raised er in relation to an amendment er at committee stage and we argued during the committee stage of the bill that it was not feasible for an entirely new electoral system to be set up for the European elections in June nineteen ninety four and that it was er silly to apply a different system for the additional six seats to that applying to the other eighty one .
2 The time flew past and we got onto the ferry at 4.00pm and sailed at 5.00pm .
3 we finished the story and we got onto the rhymes I presume and a little body sidled in through the win through the door and he sort of sat there looking pathetic you know , I said would you like to come and sit on my knee ?
4 We were given a carrier bag containing a block of chocolate , crackers , corned beef , condensed milk , and we got on the train at Lime Street station .
5 Then the people moved aside and we passed through the smiling , cheering crowd , some of whom I noticed had tears in their eyes .
6 I slipped out through the double gates of the burial ground to the Horse Fair , and we crept into the loft over the stable there .
7 She took a torch from the shelf and we crept into the night , children on a midnight dare .
8 We mourn the loss of the person who died and we respond to the change that this effects in our lives with panic or elation or anxiety or a whole gamut of emotions that may take us by surprise .
9 We are constantly approached by people who want our help , and we respond in the best way we can .
10 When the complexities of circumstance defeat analysis , and we grope for the best prediction or choice attainable , we do not doubt that there is a better founded prediction or better informed choice which no one perhaps will be lucky enough to hit on .
11 Er but there was an implication by implication and the , the particular point was the extent to which surplus water draining off fields er was to the problem and we learnt from the Southern Water representative that there is a an area of uncertainty erm and divided responsibility perhaps erm about the ditches , about the highways in that vicinity .
12 And we walk in the lounge and they 've got two foot round copper covered tables , they 'd covered the original with sheet and the the there was only us two and he was polishing them , you know , getting them ready
13 and we had like the ta trestle tables in all these alcoves and people came and actually booked a meal
14 He had a Corporal with him and we doubled to the front of Brigade H.Q and clambered aboard a jeep that had a trailer attached .
15 So the suit so the suit the briefcase rather , does have an effective purpose So let's say we have n't gone into there and we go into the study he sits there , where would you put yourself there ?
16 And if we win this game we 're into , promoted , and we go into the league then that is a very good standard .
17 'Cause sometimes I meet 'em afterwards and we go to the coffee-bar . ’
18 And we go to the Mediterranean and North Africa .
19 I , I shall be seeing the you know in a few weeks time the daughter she 's a , she 's er Rene that was erm Eddie , who were very big pals of mine and we go to the anniversary lunch together so we 're all over eighty but erm you could n't the bread shop , was another confectioner 's shop , and then turning round the corner you come to another shop , up two steps , which was and that was another type of confectionery and shop , then you get as far as the corn and seed people er they used to have a shop in Street as well , and then before the First World War there was the butchers and they sold foreign meat .
20 So in fact , we could have caused chaos on Oxpens Road by parking the bus on double yellow lines and making a big thing of getting handicapped children out , in and out of a specialised vehicle , but we , we actually prefer not to do that , and we go on the car park each week , and we pay the same fee as anybody else fee , pays because er we feel that that 's the right and proper place for us to be and the children to be , as they 're just ordinary members of the community with some special needs .
21 They would fill the tanker from there and we go round the quarry filling the front machines , but erm they say at five or six thousand gallons has been emptied out of that er dump .
22 Well British Gas are our main sponsors and we go round the country and we do erm courses , free courses for two hundred youngsters in various parts of mainland Britain , and erm we 're coming to Oxford .
23 I pushed open the door and we looked at the hole in the floor .
24 We went out there and we looked at the bone , we compared the bone and we returned that bone . ’
25 Harvey produced a couple of cigars and we looked at the glow above the dark city and smoked , and Harvey said , ‘ It 's a millionaire 's toy , ’ and I said , ‘ Yes , with eight million working parts . ’
26 of Friday and we looked at the individual steps but we know , everybody says yes we ask the business , we came across and to put Gareth , can you take it through and explain what it is , and explain each stage so let's hear from Gareth then .
27 And we only found it by chance , you know how you go off to think oh I 'll , I 'll go and find a coffee or something , and we found this restaurant at lunch time and had a coffee there and we looked at the menu and , you know , we , we could n't believe it !
28 Sam pulled the door open and we looked into the scene that was all too familiar to my eyes ; an expanse of muddy water , the hole in the ceiling overhead and the curtain of iron mesh across the exit to the river ; a dock big enough for a moderate-sized cabin cruiser or three or four smaller boats .
29 Benjamin waved me over and we looked through the open gate .
30 And we looked through the side windows and there 's not a thing on the ruddy counters , it 's cleared out .
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