Example sentences of "we [vb past] [adv] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We moved fast back up the stairs , along the passage and back down into the lobby of the Regal Arms , trying not to run . |
| 2 | We 'd carefully worked out the tides and as arranged waded back to the shore at 8 o'clock . |
| 3 | In January we 'd also dug up the Hartlepudlian legend of the Mass Frying Pan Burial . |
| 4 | It was , therefore , with a certain displeasure , that I received , one Friday evening , Nigel 's announcement that he had been sent details of a converted mill in Wales and we 'd better drive up the next morning to take a look at it . |
| 5 | Until the briefing , we did n't know where the raid was to be . |
| 6 | The discussion was somewhat academic , however , as we were far from a complete knowledge of the laws of science , and we did n't know how the initial state of the universe was determined . |
| 7 | ‘ We did not pick up the fact he had died . |
| 8 | Once we did not know where the Battlebus was going to stop during a tour of Suffolk until minutes before it arrived . |
| 9 | Before its commencement we did not know how the ENP would be received in the department or indeed whether the proposed scheme would turn out to be a workable one . |
| 10 | We waited patiently to see how the new Council would emerge , and we are now delighted to have established a Partnership Plan between ourselves and CCW . |
| 11 | We should not find it easy to go for a single currency if we had already moved down the federalist route in a dangerous way on foreign and defence policies . |
| 12 | At the time we had not understood why the team leader had refused this and had asked for referrals to be made directly to her . |