Example sentences of "[adv] we [was/were] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd only gone a short distance from the trees when suddenly we were hit by a blinding flash . |
| 2 | Suddenly we were disturbed by the roar of many small cannons being fired all at once outside the palace . |
| 3 | In order to buy the oil off us , they had to pay sterling and so hence the demand for sterling goes up and suddenly we were viewed as a very rich economy . |
| 4 | The mate used to get erm on the dredger the tug and the two dumb hoppers , or the dumb hoppers they used to get four pound five shillings a week and erm and my father got five pound twelve and six and then it went so long we were given near the end of the dredger and er in the Harbourmaster 's wisdom he cut us all down five shillings a week , so we get three pound fifteen shillings . |
| 5 | Before long we were speeding through the night towards Joyce 's Country , County Galway . |
| 6 | The journey went on and on — before long we were travelling at a walking pace , and I and the few other passengers were anxiously clearing the condensation from the windows and peering into the murk in an effort to see where we were . |
| 7 | About five o'clock we were roused by the distant thudding of an engine . |
| 8 | The Chinese imagined that the Scots were like the Albanians — and appropriately enough we were taken to the Sino-Albanian Friendship Commune . ) |
| 9 | So we were stood in the doorway . |
| 10 | So we were caught like a lot of other people in not predicting just how fast and how far the land sales er prices would actually go down . |
| 11 | Some said they 'd , they 'd be interested in playing , they knew how to play certain things and others wanted to play others and that 's how we started , and in a matter of a year the new headquarters at er Lowestoft was being opened , by the Dutchess of Kent , and we decided that the band was going to play at that one and you can imagine , and it was all ready and they were playing music , but I 'm not sure what , what quality music it was , and blow me on the week before , the band leader , the conductor decided he could n't play because he had a sprained wrist so we were left without a conductor even , but we managed to get another conductor and we played and I do n't know what it sounded like , but the Dutchess of Kent was very kind , she said the music sounded lovely . |
| 12 | Inside we were greeted by the sight of a gaggle of top-heavy Sikhs energetically bopping around the hall to 1970s disco music ; beautiful Hindu ladies lilted delicately from side to side trying to avoid stepping on each other 's saris . |
| 13 | As we stepped through the portal , we left the late Mughal haveli behind and entered a very different world : inside we were confronted by a gleaming pink boudoir that could have been the dressing-room of a 1950s Hollywood film star . |
| 14 | Finally we were referred to the recent decision of the House of Lords in Roy v. Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster Family Practitioner Committee [ 1992 ] 1 A.C. 624 . |
| 15 | It was 1973 and already we were preparing for the move to the States . |
| 16 | Soon we were walking down a road between two rows of little sea-side villas . |
| 17 | Nathan turned the conversation to the bear trap in the museum , asking Odd-Knut if he had seen it , and soon we were talking about the killing of film on seal killing had been shown , an indictment of the Norwegian sealers . |
| 18 | The sun rose to give sparkle to a beautiful frosty morning as we puffed steadily into the country and soon we were rolling past the delightful wooded hills and lochs of the West Highlands . |
| 19 | ‘ When we got there at about 5.13am we were faced with an 100-tonne tanker with acid vapour issuing from the side , ’ said a spokesman for Cheshire Fire Brigade . |
| 20 | Yeah that was I mean them , men , men were working like we was talking about a little while ago about head bags |
| 21 | and er , we were like , we was on about , you know like we were talking about the education system and everything in English and you know I told you they were on about people changing at eleven and everyone else in the class wanted the thirteen system except me , it 's only cos what they 're used |
| 22 | Later we were joined in an organising committee by a number of other people who , although acting in a personal capacity , had through their paid employment or voluntary work direct experience of the issues which were to form the core of the conference . |
| 23 | A few minutes later we were seated at a corner table in the small bistro which I had known for several years . |
| 24 | Some time later we were alerted by a smell of burning , and rushed out to find the chimney on fire . |
| 25 | Clearly we were helped by the Falklands factor but , even more , we were helped by the Labour Party . |
| 26 | Now we were huddled against the wall of sheer , pale grey rock that soared seamlessly into the sky , up into the ice-white clouds above . |
| 27 | Well we were talking about the general lack of faith in governments |
| 28 | Well we were talking about the Jordan motor racing team , and talking about the major sponsorship deal from soft drink manufacturers Seven Up . |
| 29 | Mrs Caroline Ford , who has lived in Colston Avenue , Carshalton , one street away from the main line for 15 years , said : ‘ Until a few weeks ago we were shielded from the line by a long row of beautiful trees . |
| 30 | Only a month ago we were told by the Engineering Council that technology lessons under the national curriculum were a ‘ farce ’ — and teachers did n't have a clue what they should be doing in the classroom . |