Example sentences of "we [vb past] [prep] [art] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next Sunday we met in a Deacon 's house . |
| 2 | When it was sunny we picnicked among the forest 's ponies and searched for fossils on deserted beaches . |
| 3 | WHILE mooching round Northallerton Town v Whitby on Saturday we bumped into the region 's resident Mansfield Town fan . |
| 4 | So , on a dull and drizzly morning we headed for the dogs ' home . |
| 5 | First , even if not all legislative authorities share the characteristics of dependence and pre-emptiveness we found in the arbitrator 's case , it is plain that some do . |
| 6 | We stopped at the farmers ' market for cheese and grapes . |
| 7 | We played with the ship 's monkey and had a wonderful time , while around us the dockers unloaded the cargo into barges that lay alongside . |
| 8 | I followed them out into the car park and sat , miserably , in the back of Quigley 's car as , in a mood of forced cheerfulness , we drove towards the Quigleys ' house behind Mrs Danby 's Rolls . |
| 9 | When we started rehearsing , we arrived at the cello 's first entry and he came in with a dreadful slow grumbling noise . |
| 10 | The next day , fresh chip butties and burgers in hand , we readied for the weekend 's big attraction : a copy of a New Generation episode , not due to be shown here for months . |
| 11 | We walked to the boy 's mother 's house where I would stay while we worked on the bride house . |
| 12 | IN A short profile of Sir Robin Butler , Cabinet Secretary , last week , we remarked on the stag 's head that decorates his Whitehall office , adding : ‘ The prized antlers were awarded to Sir Robin after a victory in the Treasury 's golf tournament . |
| 13 | We returned to the Duke 's house in the forest , where we had an excellent dinner . |
| 14 | On the Saturday morning we shuffled into the camp 's concert hall for a ‘ plenary session ’ . |
| 15 | We talked about the poem 's movement . |
| 16 | Over tea and food we talked about the school 's suggestion . |
| 17 | That was when I met you for the first time , last week , at the consciousness-raising group that we started at the women 's centre a few weeks ago . |
| 18 | If you would like more information on how we coped with the Lloyds ' slope and how you could do the same with yours , write enclosing a stamped addressed envelope to The Horticultural Trades Association , PO Box 56 , Reading , Berkshire RG7 5JJ . |
| 19 | Then we blitzed through the Noah 's Ark , the Windsor Castle , and the Mechanic 's Arms . |
| 20 | In chapter 2 , we thought of the firm 's costs as parametrically determined ( and hence we focused on prices ) , but they are not . |
| 21 | The hareems , including ours , started to arrive about 9.30 and we drifted into the women 's majlis dressed in our best . |
| 22 | She 'd been with us for a year when we went for a day 's walk in the country . |
| 23 | We went for a week 's holiday at Salisbury . |
| 24 | Well we went to a solicitor 's office , what was it Friday morning ? |
| 25 | Instead of going into the green room , we went to the girls ' dressing room . |
| 26 | I remember one Monday morning , just after we went into the Boys ' School , he came into Standard One and brought with him , from our class , Jim Weeks , who had been absent when the registers were called . |
| 27 | We went into the manager 's office . |
| 28 | The same went for all the climbing and jumping across the back court , over high walls and coal bunkers , that we did in the girls ' gang . |
| 29 | We then drove inland , through the Buller Gorge and Murchison and up to St. Arnaud , a village at the head of Lake Rotoiti in the Nelson Lakes National Park , where we stayed at the backpackers ' , the only accommodation available . |
| 30 | Our next destination was the West Coast and we stopped first at Arthur 's Pass , where we 'd been invited to stay in a tramping hut but it was under repair , so we stayed in a backpackers ' . |