Example sentences of "we [vb past] [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quickly , we rode away into the night . |
| 2 | On the motor bike we rode all over the countryside , to Bathampton , Bradford-on-Avon to see the old tithe barn , to Bristol to visit the Llandoger Trow , and as far as Cheltenham Spa , Leamington and Gloucester . |
| 3 | We rode off to the field which was bursting with beautiful yellow melons , my favourite sort . |
| 4 | Nothing more was said as we rode down in the elevator . |
| 5 | We crept down into the hall , through the kitchen and out by a small postern door . |
| 6 | ‘ They hit the bar and we were a bit lucky there but we deserved a break because we fought right to the death on a very heavy pitch . ’ |
| 7 | Wriggling in our seats we gazed dumbly at the teacher , as dogs will whose owner is eating a slice of cake ( Miss ! |
| 8 | From the roof bar of the Pasha Inn , we gazed down on the harbour . |
| 9 | We consulted widely with the Membership before submitting our evidence to John Warne . |
| 10 | We met outside on the landing . |
| 11 | When we met again at the funeral , I knew that I had to see you again soon . |
| 12 | ‘ That first night when we met again in the restaurant by the harbour . |
| 13 | Dr Billy Graham was also busy , and we met briefly in the doorway . |
| 14 | We met briefly in the supermarket in Bamford . |
| 15 | Well , on the way back — before we met up with the Space Shuttle — I dozed off . |
| 16 | Here we met up with the East Team . |
| 17 | Eventually we met up below the entrance to the Kitchen . |
| 18 | Erm , I seem to remember that when we met earlier in the year and you were looking forward to , to , to this year as a whole , I think you er , indicated that it was going to be a good year and I think you also suggested , if I remember right , that you thought the better part of that improvement would be seen in the second half rather than the first . |
| 19 | Something similar must have happened to Middleton 's crew because we met together at the station and took the train on the last lap to Cambridge . |
| 20 | Reminds me of the joke we made up at the time . |
| 21 | After resting , we tramped on up the hill to Loch a'Chait , arriving tired , hot and weary . |
| 22 | Soon , we taxied back down the road while cars blocked other traffic for us to take off . |
| 23 | We passed on to the family all the information we had . |
| 24 | As we passed out of the bar it was raining again and all Madrid 's lights were swimming before my eyes , reflected on the street . |
| 25 | George chuckled his way out of the horse car and we meandered back down the train together , George stopping to check for news with each sleeping-car attendant and to solve any problems . |
| 26 | ‘ I was born Rose Mary Brooks at Belton on the 16th November 1876 ; and after I married George Edward Pettingill we lived away from the Island . |
| 27 | We 've , into the village , we lived out in the countryside till I was eight , and we come down into the I should say town should n't I , we come down into the town when I was eight and I was there till I was twenty two , and I came up here , when I got married . |
| 28 | Just er we lived down at the bottom of the village there . |
| 29 | Er he was from Gedling but we lived together in the army barracks at that particular time . |
| 30 | As we receded from the mainland we ever sighted new mountain ranges : we saw them growing fainter and dipping out of our sight ; to the southward the Skye hills lent a charm , and the Isle of Lewis loomed bigger and broader , till we steamed alongside of the pier and were landed ‘ mid the curing of a fine catch of herring taken during the night . |