Example sentences of "we [vb past] [verb] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When screening began we agreed to discontinue it at the end of the first year if there were a number of traumatised families . |
| 2 | By some miracle , the 2CV had n't been towed away when I 'd finally dragged Ash out ; we 'd made it to the M1 , picked up a hitcher and — rather beyond the call of duty , I 'd have said — dropped him where he was going , in Coventry . |
| 3 | By 25 past , we 'd made it to the car when I realised that I wanted to push — panic ! |
| 4 | Well only because we 'd seen it in the shop |
| 5 | He was obviously peeved that we 'd squared it with the music teacher while he did n't know anything about it . |
| 6 | If we 'd left it to the day we 'd have been sunk ! |
| 7 | I thumbed through the aeroplane magazine looking for articles on pre-ski protuberances — curiously there were none , and we decided to ignore it in the hope that it would go down roughly when the plane did . |
| 8 | ‘ When you 're writing stuff , these kinds of songs come out and you know you 're never going to use them seriously , but we had such a laugh when we were playing about with that one , we decided to use it on the single . |
| 9 | Repacking the camera gear , we decided to abandon it to the elements in orange survival bags , and bracing ourselves , we retreated down the steep and slippery slope . |
| 10 | However , we decided to try it with the food and tucked into some quite outstanding starters , including terrine of foie gras with wild mushrooms and some grilled bites of red mullet with caviar which positively leapt into the mouth . |
| 11 | But at least we managed to keep it in the UK , although we had lots of offers to go abroad . |
| 12 | I know we did saw it in the fridge . |
| 13 | ‘ They ’ did not come as far west as Fulham that night , but we did get it before the end of the week . |
| 14 | But , although we had tested it during the day , the drop in the temperature at night was so great that the oil in the mechanism became sluggish and thick . |
| 15 | The cylinders were causing minor explosions and we had to tackle it from the outside , using the protection of adjoining buildings and cars . |
| 16 | We had seen it in the other tombs as well , sometimes carved on top of the paintings . |
| 17 | This song appealed especially , as we had filched it from the Germans . |
| 18 | Our next meeting of our local group we refused to launch it on the day that we were doing the training , and if you 'd seen the launch yesterday it was absolutely bloody abysmal . |
| 19 | ‘ It 'll do , ’ he said , with his customary offhand modesty , as we stood admiring it in the church . |
| 20 | Well , 25 of us went to see it on the 13th of February , and it 's a good show . |
| 21 | Nineteen of us had made it to the end . |