Example sentences of "we [vb past] [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We got out the 300mm-long lens . |
| 2 | Telling him that our plans include both National and London Flirting Days , we described how the following Monday our group of sympathisers would be distributing badges bearing the slogan ‘ I Flirt , Therefore I Am ’ at 20 London tube stations . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Umpteen four-bedroomed houses later , we were wondering if it really was the right thing to do : every time we found just the right place , the surveyor 's report showed movement of the north wall , or some other equally expensive-to-repair problem . |
| 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 | Upstairs in the elegant dining room we noticed again the superb position of the hotel , as our table overlooked the marketplace below . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | As a last resort MOD might tell us if we filled in the right forms . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Sick of talk , we cycled down the green tunnel |
| 12 | As we noted earlier the Conservative Government has followed two major policies in an attempt to deal with this penal crisis : firstly , simply to build more prisons ; and secondly , to reduce the numbers receiving custodial sentences . |
| 13 | We trotted down the long flights of stairs and I followed her out through the front door . |
| 14 | Though bone dry , they shone in an evening sun that dazzled us , as we linked up the infrequent holds . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Our conversation , previously animated , took on a dogged silence as we climbed up the final leg . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | We handed over the stamped forms , which he gave to the koko for safe keeping . |
| 19 | We walked up the wide stone steps . |
| 20 | We walked up the beaten trackway , slipping and cursing on the icy ground underfoot . |
| 21 | We walked up the wooden passage . |
| 22 | Like , I 'll tell you , see , last Christmas we spent practically the whole night going to family rows . |
| 23 | As we sweated up the final rise , the stern brow of Profitis Ilias came into view on our left . |
| 24 | On our first day we sweated up the short scree slope to the foot of Middlefell Buttress , where our threesome roped up sound hemp . |
| 25 | As we moored up the late shipping forecast was giving warnings of south-easterly gales for the area , so we had just made it in time . |
| 26 | We crowed with pleasure as we rushed up the remaining feet to the top and , in the last dregs of daylight , hastened back across the lonely moor to the car , Mullion , and a well earned pint . |
| 27 | As the last echoes of American drawl died away we scrambled up the final pitch and slithered down the dangerous descent in near darkness . |
| 28 | The struggle for survival is all that he knows : ‘ When we were in charge during the riots , ’ he says ‘ we pulled down the national flag outside the supermarket . |
| 29 | erm So now we started up the long term survey , and we 've now got 10 schools taking part , and they 're starting next week , and they 'll be carrying on in the same way as they were the pilot survey , taking the same measurements . |
| 30 | I wondered what it was as we trailed up the dark nave behind Agrippa , Melford , and others of the Queen 's party . |