Example sentences of "we [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others we chatted with when we met them around the grounds , and some became temporary friends who asked us in for coffee or drinks , invitations which we pleasurably returned . |
| 2 | Towards the end it got better though , and they got the time right , we timed it towards the end and the wording was right , so it got better towards the end . |
| 3 | We made it into the hall , which was actually less crowded , though still full . |
| 4 | We made it to the car . |
| 5 | We made it to the Pastukhov rocks without a break and steered left where the slope steepened considerably . |
| 6 | By the time we made it to the foyer , a panic had started . |
| 7 | But that , of course , does not take into account the loan we made you at the start of the year . |
| 8 | And he said good , and here 's ours , and we passed them along the table , and we wrote down two point six , I said excuse me , could I just have that back , there 's a slight typing error , excuse me , sorry twenty-two per cent . |
| 9 | As we passed them on the road we glimpsed great crowds of people in the wide back seats , a jumble of merry faces at the windows . |
| 10 | He said nothing as we climbed the stairs , but he did n't switch the lights on as we passed them on the landing . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd be privileged to help , ’ he said , when we asked him about the display . |
| 12 | We asked them to the meeting and we look forward to listening to you later on in the agenda . |
| 13 | I realize now that I should have fired him right then but I thought at the time that when we got him on the set he would be OK . |
| 14 | we got him from the rescue , animal rescue you know |
| 15 | We got him from the Dogs ’ Home and he 's never been very obedient . ’ |
| 16 | We got him from the RSPCA and he is my first dog . |
| 17 | But we were gon na do it erm , cos we got it on the Tamworth Heralds . |
| 18 | we laid her on the step and I said to Elizabeth she 's stopped breathing ! |
| 19 | His claim that we described him as the IRA 's Chief of Staff is untrue . |
| 20 | Then after the the well there 's er the library as they called it was lined with books leather bound books great big kidney shaped oak table and beautiful chairs there and we used it as the office you know for the principal keeper did his returns and all the rest of it there . |
| 21 | We used it on the ship , to keep the chickens ' food in . |
| 22 | Fuck Jean remember the day we found her on the floor ? |
| 23 | ‘ We found them at the home of Nigel , your predecessor . |
| 24 | ‘ We found them behind the house when we moved in . |
| 25 | We found them in the stables , tending to the horses ; country lads whose constant talk was of saddles , bridles , reins and spurs ; what was good horseflesh and what was n't ; what horses should be fed and when they could drink . |
| 26 | We found him on the floor getting cold and with none of the other monkeys taking much notice . |
| 27 | One week we decided to follow him to find out where he was sloping off to We found him on the roof ledge peering down at people in a car below . |
| 28 | We found it on the ice outside the North Bastion tower , yet you said you were in the city all night . ’ |
| 29 | We found it on the back . |
| 30 | we found it among the hollyhocks , a new life |