Example sentences of "we [vb past] [adv prt] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally we got off in a street with enormous shops with beautiful window displays : I could have stood gazing at them for hours , but Mary pulled me away . |
| 2 | Some British armoured cars came and began shooting from a distance , and in the chaos I shouted out to four or five brother officers and we drove off in a truck . |
| 3 | We grew up in a world of chainstore high fashion , middle-of-the-road revolution , cover-version original pop music . |
| 4 | I sneaked a look behind as we went off in a cloud of dust . |
| 5 | We dressed up in a combination of combat and sports kit , wearing gas masks and carrying makeshift torches made of sticks and rags dipped in tar . |
| 6 | As we pointed out in a tailpiece to this chapter in the first edition , the CNAA announced in June 1979 a modification of validation procedures for public sector institutions offering its courses . |
| 7 | We ended up in a basement flat in Earls Court , which sounds grotty but of course at the time that was wonderful — a basement flat in Earl 's Court was the thing ! ’ |