Example sentences of "and we [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the people moved aside and we passed through the smiling , cheering crowd , some of whom I noticed had tears in their eyes . |
| 2 | Er but there was an implication by implication and the , the particular point was the extent to which surplus water draining off fields er was to the problem and we learnt from the Southern Water representative that there is a an area of uncertainty erm and divided responsibility perhaps erm about the ditches , about the highways in that vicinity . |
| 3 | of Friday and we looked at the individual steps but we know , everybody says yes we ask the business , we came across and to put Gareth , can you take it through and explain what it is , and explain each stage so let's hear from Gareth then . |
| 4 | Benjamin waved me over and we looked through the open gate . |
| 5 | Beer followed pizza and we looked round the Roman amphitheatre which had been built by Roman legionnaires 1,800 years before . |
| 6 | It was exciting — they were good advertisements , and we waited for the first children to come . |
| 7 | And we gazed into the little flickering fire , grieving once more for the parents brought face to face with reality . |
| 8 | I ca n't remember at the policy and resources why it was decided by a majority because in in replying to this report on making our comments to this report , I first had consultations with officers to go through some of the items that we had done and issues that we had covered in this authority especially the members ' services sub committee and we knocked off the bare bones of er a report to the policy and resources committee and the policy . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ The selection committee is multi-racial and we came with the 30 best players we could pick . |
| 10 | Gradually the port wing tip fell on the ground and we came to the gentlest of stops some 70/80 yards from the engineering wing perimeter . |
| 11 | Cos , they sold out the , that 's all now and I think came from Yarmouth , they used , they used to have a big place at Yarmouth and we came through the other week and er I see their sheds are nearly all empty now , there . |
| 12 | The captain of the guard outside St Bartholomew 's let us through and we went under the darkened archway and up some steps into the chamber which led out on to the balcony . |
| 13 | The rusty taxi-cab clattered down the spine of the city and the driver told me what was wrong with Cuba , and we went past the silent skyscrapers , kosher pizzerias , glass-fronted banks , bagel factories , polish gymnasiums with belt-vibrators for rent , pharmacies selling love-potions and roach-killers , and all-night supermarkets where frail young men were buying canned rattlesnake . |
| 14 | Venner wandered off and we went through the pathetic pile of possessions : a counter-pane , three dirty bolsters , hose , jerkins , battered boots , more cheap jewellery , a collection of quills and a bar of Castilian soap . |
| 15 | We got the coffee , he paid for it and we walked to the remotest part of the canteen , behind a sort of screen , why here I said . |
| 16 | The police charged off after the fictitious yobs and we rushed in the opposite direction back to the track ! |
| 17 | The guard opened the iron gates with antique keys , and we stepped into the dark chambers . |
| 18 | The colonel gave me a friendly pat on the shoulder , and we made for the outside world again . |
| 19 | The transportation of useful plants from one part of the world to another had begun in the eighteenth century , and we saw in the previous chapter how Kew Gardens became the hub of the British empire 's efforts to replace indigenous species with imported ones of greater commercial value . |
| 20 | The wherry pulled in and we disembarked at the great garden gate . |
| 21 | After buying groceries , I suggested a drink , and we wandered into the local inn . |
| 22 | Irena took an unofficial day off work and we wandered through the damp streets while she told me about being a student at Palacky University in 1968 ( and what happened afterwards : ‘ It is strange how the history books of a country can change , is n't it ? ’ ) . |
| 23 | And we talked of the Red Fort and how Pakeezah had cried the first time she went around it as a schoolgirl . |
| 24 | There were five barges moored abreast here , and we climbed over the first four , greeting the startled crews as we went . |
| 25 | Er , perhaps I could make er one comment , maybe Mr Gordon will ma wish to make a a technical comment on it , but certainly when we began the programme and we discussed with the other nations in the early stages of of the collaboration . |
| 26 | Once I went down with Jane to the village pub and we sat in the front parlour on our own , listening to what seemed to be a male voice choir performing in the next room , accompanied by mysterious foot shufflings and stampings . |
| 27 | It was common practice for families to attend evening service and we sat in the same pew each week , about half way back in the north aisle . |
| 28 | We then voted on a lengthy Liberal resolution er , it was amended by Labour we voted on all of the separate points in the resolution , all were agreed and then Professor decided that he wanted to move a further amendment which after some consultation , some discussion with the legal people about it 's validity , he did which wiped out all of the things that we 'd just agreed and we turned to the original Conservative motion minus the beginning phrase and with a couple of things stuck on at the end and we thought well that 's it the Conservatives will vote for that , but no although it was their own motion in all but name , the Conservatives would n't vote for that unless Mr was allowed to move it . |
| 29 | ‘ Come in a moment , ’ she said , and we stood in the darkened hall . |
| 30 | ‘ I realised in this day and age that people are looking for something that wee bit different , and we found with the long spell of bad weather we 've had over the summer months that people want to stay inside , ’ explained Mr Nelson . |