Example sentences of "[noun sg] we [vb past] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On one side we looked into a vast ravine . |
| 2 | Above : Home again , and it 's time to assemble all the equipment we bought into a living picture . |
| 3 | A few years ago I and my two sons made an amazing discovery — a discovery we shared with a few of our colleagues here . |
| 4 | On the rocky point near the settlement we came across a small flock of birds which had a very familiar look about them : they were whimbrel , that Arctic version of the curlew which breeds on most of the northern islands , including Shetland . |
| 5 | Of course we went to a little market and naturally we bought a couple of plaited strings of garlic which will go mouldy before we 've finished them . |
| 6 | On gaining the ridge we walked behind a large group of sprightly , if somewhat sturdy , women well into their 50s , an unusual and inspiring sight to someone like myself who feels like a wizened wheezing old hag at 32 . |
| 7 | My photographic equipment was a bit limited by the fact that as a leader I was required to carry a heavy hunting rifle all the time we were ashore , just in case we met with a polar bear in a nasty mood . |
| 8 | Next day we lunched with a young politician known as the most outspoken critic of Smith and the government . |
| 9 | Walking along the canal bank one day we came across a wee lady siting on the banking drawing . |
| 10 | On the fourteenth day we moved to a different section of the training building . |
| 11 | But our rate was fixed , the girls 's rate We worked for a fixed rate . |
| 12 | Is he further aware that last week we heard of a thousand signalling faults on British Rail followed by this further terrible accident in the Severn tunnel , involving signal faults and negligence yet again ? |
| 13 | One day last week we stopped in a deserted village and the guerrillas led me to where lunch was being prepared . |
| 14 | I 'm sure you already have too many papers to read , but since I have spare copies I have enclosed a background paper we received on a European coastal conservation strategy , and a commentary on the EC and the Ramsar Convention in preparation for the 5th conference of the contracting parties of the Convention . |
| 15 | ‘ Part-way along the gorge we came to a smooth cavity that had been ground into the rock by swift flowing water . |
| 16 | Stepping through the door we entered into a musty Mary Celeste type atmosphere . |
| 17 | After battling winds and rain across the lake we stopped for a nutritious lunch and continued to battle our way to our second night 's camp . |
| 18 | When we reached the jetty we paused for a few moments to look across at the islet . |
| 19 | On arrival at a solitary farm we stopped at a simple stone monument which marked the nearby crash-sites for F/L Mackid 's Lancaster , : 7572 ‘ L ’ and F/L Poole 's Halifax , W1020 ‘ K ’ . |
| 20 | As we turned another corner we came across a few villagers handling copra . |
| 21 | As you may know , our family lived in NZ from 1969 to 1978 and last year we returned for a 6-month tour , but I 've never been over the Haast Pass so that is a personal goal for me ! |
| 22 | I remember particularly well a long discussion we had on a bright sunny day in Austria in 1983 , on the subject of the relative importance of car and driver . |
| 23 | By the time we landed at a rickety jetty , a number of inhabitants had gathered , standing cautiously back to observe us with their heads thrust forward as if they were short-sighted . |
| 24 | If we could not buy the material we wanted at a cheap enough price might we drop cheapness from the priority list and buy more expensive material and then pass the price along to the customer ? |
| 25 | If at some stage we entered into a single currency , we should have to deal with a different matter . |