Example sentences of "we [vb past] [verb] on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We both had large appetites and although we tried to get on the same table at mealtimes so that we could monopolise the food , we were permanently hungry . |
| 2 | ‘ But we seemed to concentrate on the economic effects of the Industrial Revolution , and stuff like that . |
| 3 | The path seemed to be washed away in places , so better safe than sorry , we decided to stay on the upper path . |
| 4 | It was he who taught some of us how to use a .38 calibre revolver when we went hiking on the rolling prairies for shooting competitions , with gophers or tin cans as our main targets . |
| 5 | So we continued to meet on the sly . |
| 6 | We had to go on the Green Line bus . ’ |
| 7 | We had met on the previous Wednesday , to discuss business matters . |
| 8 | The Adams first visited Scarp in 1963 , ‘ It was as though we had disembarked on the flowery slopes of Heaven ’ . |
| 9 | The Adams first visited Scarp in 1963 , ‘ It was as though we had disembarked on the flowery slopes of Heaven ’ . |
| 10 | I have to say I enjoyed the first programme much more , simply because of the subject we had to discuss on the second one , which was Christmas . |