Example sentences of "we [adv] [vb past] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | .. When , at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon we rounded the last promontory which separated us from what was once the magnificent panorama of St Pierre , we suddenly perceived at the opposite extremity of the roadstead the Riviere Blanche with its crest of vapour , rushing madly into the sea . |
| 2 | We just hit at the right moment and from that week onwards , at least 90 people turned up every week . |
| 3 | In Chapter 3 we looked at the ‘ politics of variation ’ in a general sense : we asked why feminists would want to study male/female differences in language , and we also looked at the anecdotal tradition of ( often sexist ) comment feminists in the field have inherited — in some cases rather uncritically . |
| 4 | Er , we also announced at the same time as the Alton , er , Towers acquisition that Longman had acquired Rank Training for eleven and a half million pounds . |
| 5 | We both know about farming — we even met at a Young Farmers ' dance ! |
| 6 | We then looked at the remarkable record of capitalism in creating wealth and contrasted it with the present malaise which now seems to infect most economies of the Western world . |