Example sentences of "we [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 As we met she slumped in the snow .
2 We asked you to choose between the two Royals in a fun phone-in .
3 The budget was about right , except for the extras we added later , and we got it finished in the summer .
4 We found her sitting in the loo lighting up . ’
5 We found him huddled on the floor of a makeshift hospital in Bardera .
6 We found it buried in the grass and it obviously been put there deliberately to maim .
7 When we approached she took to the steep places where we could not follow , and so we left her . ’
8 If we told them to point to the empty box they would do so ; but would revert to pointing to the baited box again on the next trial .
9 Yeah , they 're all listed are n't but as we came we came in the way we would come , I 'm a bit ignorant , so I suppose we were
10 Selecting the right sized Disc , we took a pan of milk and we allowed it to heat to the point where it was about to boil over .
11 Then we heard him shouting from the depths : Is anybody there ? he was telling us he had broken both legs , and there was a lot of blood .
12 We watched them disappear into the dusk as we anchored at the little island of Likangloe , where we had witnessed our first python hunt .
13 We took them look at the
14 In relation to the concept of a new settlement the Department very firmly has an open mind at a time , we 've heard many statements drawing on the various P P G s , and from some of them you might have been excused for thinking that the Department had indeed turned it turned its back on the idea of a n new settlements , knowing that sort of situation we felt it appropriate before the start of this examination to sound out the residents of two Marscham Street
15 Cos we saw them walk down the road after , sort of after him and I said
16 so we saw them , er saw them actually because we live in a flat , and we saw them coming from the station , er one , one Saturday morning
17 We watched you come home , we saw you go into the house and I was all for going right in after you and confronting Imogen , telling you the truth , because I had learned all about how she had dragged you from place to place , from house to house .
18 ‘ We thought you were going to sing , ’ I lied , ‘ when we saw you sitting round the fire . ’
19 We saw oh , we saw you playing in the pa in police precinct yesterday .
20 Before we went we met in the family room , Tremayne pretending nonchalance and looking unexpectedly sophisticated in his dinner jacket : grey hair smooth in wings , strong features composed , bulky body slimmed by ample expert tailoring .
21 Erm we went I went into the hall and saw that fire .
22 I think so , you know , and the lads have just said that , and then we went I think after the first goal , twenty odd minutes , it looked as though three one it was going to end up did n't it .
23 ‘ The first time we went he looked at the dog and showed no interest .
24 We said we said at the start of this that we did enough training .
25 Then we had them voting for the imposition of VAT on heating fuels , a cruel tax on the ordinary person as well as the pensioner .
26 If that is what we specified we wanted in the first place .
27 None of us expected it to go to the proportions it has gone to .
28 The rest of us watched them disappear among the trees and then continued on the broader path , climbing slowly .
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