Example sentences of "[det] we [vb past] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would insist on checking our observations before we sent them to Group on the teleprinter , and this we regarded as a deadly insult , most of us having been doing them unchecked for over three years . |
| 2 | This we traced to a cylindrical metal box ( about 2′ long and about 8″ in diameter ) located under the nearside front wheelarch . |
| 3 | We cruise mainly in the Mediterranean these days , where yachting is quite different from that we observed on a recent visit to the Solent , write Bill and Laurel Cooper . |
| 4 | At the forward end of that we came to a glass-panelled door , which needed no key , and suddenly we were in the comparative quietness of the drivers ' cab , right at the front of the train . |
| 5 | That is all we wanted in a small amendment to clause 5 . |