Example sentences of "[noun prp] we [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Frinton we played a one-armed bandit for two whole clattering hours and never attained three fruits in a row — but did we mope ? |
| 2 | On Tuesday we had a first-class Budget , a Budget for recovery . |
| 3 | T. D. We cleared a little thing up — back end of a wedding . |
| 4 | ‘ On the 20th July we reached the 26th degree of S. Lat. , and were visited for the first time by the Cape petrel . |
| 5 | After touring the Cote Sauvage we had a perfect lunch in a crep erie : galettes — whole-wheat crepes made from sarazin ( black wheat ) — filled with ham or melted cheese and accompanied by foaming mugs of Breton cider ; then crisp lacy brown crepes with sugar and jam or chocolate sauce , which bore no resemblance to the limp pancakes served under that name in America . |
| 6 | Last November we had the distressing experience of seeing Sam suffer an epileptic fit . |
| 7 | This immediately caught my imagination , for in the indigenous churches in Burma we had no musical instruments and no choirs . |
| 8 | Again unfortunately the only thing lacking was people , but perhaps in Monday we picked a bad night to sample the crack as locals tell me the place livens up as the weekend approaches . |
| 9 | The dead children 's distraught grandfather Trevor said last night : ‘ Garry took us all out for a big family meal and then on Sunday we had a lovely picnic by a lake . |
| 10 | Also , the curling schedule of close on two matches per day , coupled with extensive travelling , proved exhausting , and in Calgary we welcomed the pleasant break of a day visit into the Rockies to Lake Louise and Banff — winter wonderlands of snow and ice . |
| 11 | Just before we entered Paris we left the main road , and , following winding country tracks , approached the Convent of St Felice , its white stone buildings basking in the sunshine amongst soft green fields and small dark copses . |
| 12 | In August we had a long weekend in the Lakes , with Rob , Joyce & Ewan which went well , & also a week in Telford with Richard which we thoroughly enjoyed . |
| 13 | The lakes huddled in the valleys — Lakes Grey , Nordensköld and Pehoé — were speckled with small icebergs , and at the end of Lake Grey we spied the white winding-sheet of a glacier edging its way down from the ice-cap . |
| 14 | Back in Penang we took the funicular car to the top of Penang Hill for some panoramic views over the water to the mainland . |
| 15 | By this stage , then , the Diceyan argument that in Britain we had no administrative law had clearly been rejected . |
| 16 | From Ottawa we spent a memorable day in Prescott where the club was celebrating its centenary . |
| 17 | ‘ In Southampton we had a higher incidence of bad debts because of the size of our clients . |
| 18 | Sunday was Anguillan night , Thursday we had a barbeque buffet and Saturday a West Indian dinner which turned out to be one of the best meals I have ever tasted . |
| 19 | Maundy Thursday we pitched a large trailer tent at Longridge to use as our base for the weekend . |
| 20 | On Thursday we drew the whole thing together ending up with team practice and looking at the videos in the evening . |
| 21 | It was a week later , and feeling increasingly more desperate , that at the suggestion of Werner Meyer we visited the isolated hamlets of Bira and its neighbour Kasuso , on the south-eastern tip of the peninsula . |
| 22 | On arriving at York we walked the short distance to the N.R.M. and first of all paid a visit to the Reading Room to look through the Selwyn Higgins collection of notes , photos etc. relating to the BCR . |
| 23 | In New York we paid the usual visit to Radio City , had lunch with Jessica Dragonette , took a Sunday boat trip around Manhattan Island , saw the show ‘ Tobacco Road ’ , and also the musical ‘ On Your Toes ’ featuring the fine dancing of Ray Bolger . |
| 24 | On our return to Abergynolwyn we had a half hour wait to allow the Talyllyn 's vintage train to pass through and this allowed us to get a snack in the refreshment room . |
| 25 | Stuart We had a wonderful weekend break . |
| 26 | When I arrived in London we had a main meal and watched some television . |
| 27 | Sailing up the North Sea Canal from Ymuiden to Amsterdam we passed a familiar-looking tug being re-fitted in one of the Dutch shipyards . |
| 28 | After Canterbury we took the old Roman Road into Hertfordshire , planning to stop at a royal manor , but the weather turned cold ; blustery rain clouds sped in from the sea and we were forced to break our journey at one of the great taverns just outside Canterbury . |
| 29 | On 22 June we made a revised offer of 7.5 per cent for the nurses and 6 per cent for the ancillaries and administrative staff . |