Example sentences of "we [vb past] [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was too cold to stand and stare , and the wind kept buffeting us dangerously each time we tried to gaze across at the Ocean . |
| 2 | It was only Sunday services but er we did occasionally have , cos you do n't get a wedding every day , but we did sing occasionally at the weddings , the biggest service was at Easter when there was quite a performance at Easter yes Joh Johnny he was a he was in the choir and he 's , there was another woman that might be interested a Mrs in Street during the fourteen war they used to have the Red Cross collection and they 'd organize processions round round the streets collecting for the Red Cross and they used to knit socks and send them out and all that sort of thing |
| 3 | ‘ The idea was n't greeted with much enthusiasm at first , ’ he says , ‘ But we continued plugging away at the distillers and mounted a back-selling campaign to the airline industry , pointing out what a boon light-weight ‘ Melinar ’ containers would be to them for their in-flight miniatures and duty-free supplies . |
| 4 | Bill Pritchard , whom we left going ashore at the Old Mole with his demolition control party and Philip Walton 's demolition squad , protected by Tiger Watson 's men , moved into the Old Town in commando fashion : each party , indeed each man , when alone , moved towards the target without waiting for support . |
| 5 | At the end of the third quarter , provider units remained on course to achieve a financial balance this year , as we had reported earlier at the end of the second quarter . |