Example sentences of "we [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nastiest little attack we endured at this time came from , of all papers , the Lancet . |
| 2 | We rode for five hours in the rain . |
| 3 | We rode under another arch , guarded by serjeants-at-arms wearing the royal arms of England ; great iron gates were flung open and we passed through these into the inner bailey , stopping before the great four-towered keep which soared up to the skies . |
| 4 | The first hour proved fairly turbulent , as we skimmed under some cumulus build-ups . |
| 5 | We agreed at that stage that while we would no longer take any active part in the management of the venture , we would continue to provide financial support via our guarantees . |
| 6 | I thought we 'd done that , because that that was the remit that we agreed at this table round this table . |
| 7 | We agreed on two voyages from the Thames to Nantes and then we would review the situation . |
| 8 | I du n no you , yeah , you just sort of got ta say ob obviously you want to think about it , obviously it 's , you know it 's a lot of money , you know , but are you happy with the window , is it , you know , is it the sort of style of the win , you know , is it the sort of style of the window , we , we , I du n no , we agreed on this sort of style , is it the , you know , the sort of style that goes , goes with it , go through sort of one or two what and find out what , what it is they really want to think about |
| 9 | ‘ We agreed on three hours in the morning and three in the afternoon . |
| 10 | I think the best thing we can do is leave any talk of work until tomorrow and concentrate on the real reason why we agreed to this evening and get to know one another better . ’ |
| 11 | We agreed to these conditions , and tried to think of salacious things for Ted to tell Jean . |
| 12 | We fought as one nation during the war and of course those Englishmen here today old enough to remember the period will recall , I 'm sure , the young American G Is who were part of our community . |
| 13 | Together with Germany , we fought for tough criteria . |
| 14 | We fought for seven days and |
| 15 | We fought at close range , not more than twenty steps apart , and drove the soldiers back upon their main lines , leaving their dead in our hands . |
| 16 | ‘ Come here while I teach you how we fought in those days . ’ |
| 17 | We gazed at each other in stunned silence . |
| 18 | There was something like an appeal in his eyes as we gazed at each other . |
| 19 | We clung to each other , the only time I ever remember this happening . |
| 20 | ‘ Now , sir , last market-day we met on this road at the same time , and I said ‘ Good night ’ and you answered ‘ Good night , Sir John ’ , as you did just now . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We met on this show , got married , and now we 're getting divorced because I earn more money than him . |
| 22 | One community leader told Sunday Life last week : ‘ We met with senior NIO officials and expressed the opinion that unless something was done for Protestant areas there would be a backlash from paramilitaries . |
| 23 | Everybody whom we met at that time remembered you all with great affection . |
| 24 | We met at 12 noon , prior to the emergency debate on the economy . |
| 25 | On average , we met for three hours every ten days , constantly revising , exchanging and criticising so that in the end we had both had a hand in everything . |
| 26 | We met in each other 's houses , and later in the pre-school play group . |
| 27 | We divided into small groups . |
| 28 | With small token charges of explosives in our pockets we made for distant roads , railways and bridges , sinking up to our knees in bogs and wading through the icy waters of fast-running burns . |
| 29 | ‘ This is in reply to a request we made of Greek Intelligence for as exhaustive a list as they could supply of all places where Andropulos is known either to do business or have contacts . |
| 30 | There is a footnote from the editors : ‘ We now unreservedly withdraw any recommendation we made about this book . ’ |