Example sentences of "we [verb] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | We got out the 300mm-long lens . |
2 | ( TIM ) Hello there … they all get a look in tonight … as we round up the local sport … on the start line ready to go first is the football parade |
3 | English applicants were twice as likely to be selected , and this difference would probably have been greater had we carried out the full study and been able to include posts in teaching hospitals . |
4 | As we glissaded down the final snows to the hut , the summit of Mt Blanc was burnished by the setting sun and the Flammes de Pierre were flickering , true to their name . |
5 | We wandered up the darkened staircase back to our chamber . |
6 | ‘ Of course , we have n't time to give it more than a catlick , ’ she came to realize as we staggered up the grand flight of stairs to the first floor . |
7 | Because of our late start and leisurely progress , the light is thickening as we stumble along the forgotten stretch of ridge between Bwlch Ciliau . |
8 | He said : ‘ If we cut off the right hands of thieves in this country , we would be well off — because then there would be no burglaries . ’ |
9 | ‘ We hope over the five years to make a significant impact into solving the area 's many problems , ’ said Coun Carr . |
10 | Our trucks had open sides and Marius , Vermulen and I clung to each other , faces buried in our hoods , as we churned down the slushy autoroutes , the speed of the trucks sending icy , sawing winds through us at seventy kilometres per hour . |
11 | Thomas enthused : ‘ It 's quite a feat to beat Liverpool on a normal outing , but the side we put out the other night was straight from the creche . |
12 | As a last resort MOD might tell us if we filled in the right forms . |
13 | Finally his conscience gets the better of him and we break out the large billy from his sledge and light another fire in the lea of a sledge . |
14 | We came out the other side of it with a temporary chauffeur , a good profit and a really first-rate new name : that of Hamilton de Souza . |
15 | You know when we came back the next Saturday as we 've gone through the front door , he 'd gone to the Little Chef for breakfast because there were n't any crocks left to u , to use |
16 | Sick of talk , we cycled down the green tunnel |
17 | For external comparison , we give in the right hand column of the table , a comparable figure ( where available ) derived from a fairly representative sample of modern English . |
18 | Such knowledge will be the basis of the advice we give in the next chapter for promoting adjustment after a time-zone transition . |
19 | But he continued : ‘ Although we represent the Israeli point of view , we give out the whole picture . |
20 | We trotted down the long flights of stairs and I followed her out through the front door . |
21 | Though bone dry , they shone in an evening sun that dazzled us , as we linked up the infrequent holds . |
22 | We run down the other end and have a go at Sunderland fans … and like against Villa when they all got pushed onto the pitch … we 're all in there … |
23 | We climbed up the easy slope to the top of the island , and found we were overlooking a sort of wooded cliff on the other side . |
24 | Our conversation , previously animated , took on a dogged silence as we climbed up the final leg . |
25 | We climbed down the notched-pole ladder and picked our way through the muddy ground towards the back path , passing the neatly stacked woodpile and the growing heap of freshly gathered pine-needles . |
26 | are we going out the front door ? |
27 | We handed over the stamped forms , which he gave to the koko for safe keeping . |
28 | We walked up the wide stone steps . |
29 | We walked up the beaten trackway , slipping and cursing on the icy ground underfoot . |
30 | We walked up the wooden passage . |