Example sentences of "we [vb past] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We rode to the fourth floor , the doors slid open , we regarded each other in silence from our chosen corners , the doors slid to , and by the time we returned to the ground floor divorce was forgotten and the marriage reconsummated . |
| 2 | I ca n't remember it all , but I think we rode along the old railway line . ’ |
| 3 | We agreed on a short-term goal of maintenance of nutritional intake and Mrs Allen said she would make sure she ate one ‘ proper ’ meal each day . |
| 4 | I see from my files that we agreed to a slight change to the Agreement for the above tape , and a revised page 2 of the document was sent to you on 20 April . |
| 5 | We agreed to a limited extension on the basis that we would have to show the court that we had provided reasonable opportunity for the Department to consider the matter . |
| 6 | Sipping lager , we gazed at the front-page face of a dour middle-aged nurse who had been sacked for making porno movies on hospital premises . |
| 7 | The thing is , we met through the Lonely Hearts ads and I 'm afraid my friends will laugh at me when they find out . |
| 8 | ‘ We met on a professional basis , ’ said Gregson , his smile broadening . |
| 9 | My photographic equipment was a bit limited by the fact that as a leader I was required to carry a heavy hunting rifle all the time we were ashore , just in case we met with a polar bear in a nasty mood . |
| 10 | As Dr Reading told BBC WILDLIFE : ‘ We met at the first World Congress of Herpetology at Canterbury in 1989 , and subsequently arranged to co-ordinate the two projects . ’ |
| 11 | We met for the first time just two days before departure and accepted a murderous schedule of four games in 10 days , before opening against the New Zealand provincial champions just two days after a 25 hour journey to Dunedin . |
| 12 | Tamed native birds flocked on the poolside boardwalk of their rented hideaway , ‘ Hawksnest ’ , as we met for the first time , and Robin encircled his shyness with a stream-of-consciousness banter , made easier by the antics of a visiting cocker spaniel , which bit the head off a parrot . |
| 13 | On Wednesday 13 February , we met for the second time with pensions as the agenda item . |
| 14 | We met in the early morning . |
| 15 | But my boss is a resilient character and when we met in the late afternoon he was bursting with his old spirit . |
| 16 | We met in the odd foursome and it did n't really work out . |
| 17 | Appropriately enough , we met in the Hominid Room of the Natural History museum , a light spacious rectangular chamber with a glass wall on one side that looks out on a grassy park . |
| 18 | We rippled on the yellow sheet , the counterpane — and us — long gone . |
| 19 | The colonel gave me a friendly pat on the shoulder , and we made for the outside world again . |
| 20 | We made for the top front of the vehicle , as this provided the best all-round view . |
| 21 | The main assessments we made about the structural situation of the economy and the direction of change needed for both the economy and society have been verified . |
| 22 | We cruised to a big lead without getting out of bottom gear and continuity was difficult to obtain after half-time . ’ |
| 23 | Let me read you two or three other verses from that same book of Hebrews that we read from a few moments ago . |
| 24 | I think what I 'm trying to say is , in the minutes that we produced for the last meeting , it says that a copy of it will be available for the next meeting |
| 25 | I am afraid that the forecasts we produced under the old regime are now too optimistic . |
| 26 | The information that the Departments have presented to us on which to er respond to the consultation has n't even been very and indeed when we requested after the first round of consultation to know the existing number of lines on which they placed er their , their recommendations . |
| 27 | If the hon. Member for Livingston ever got into power , no doubt we would return to the longer waits that we experienced under the Labour Government . |
| 28 | From the gate we passed into the covered bazaar , and after running a gauntlet of salesmen ( all offering the same smudged postcards printed on blotting paper ) emerged into the open in front of the Naqqar Khana , the House of the Drums . |
| 29 | Indeed , he had hardly referred to her except once as we passed through a small hamlet and had seen children baiting a poor , crazed woman by the crossroads . |
| 30 | On the verge of Connemara , we passed through a steep valley of rocks poised as if to roll down upon us . |