Example sentences of "we were [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I mean you may be right I ca n't be I 'm not I 'm not absolutely certain myself but er it would be nice to think that we were represented at a local authority level , yeah , by different cross-sections of our community . |
| 2 | S. H. We were treated with a considerable amount of respect by the middle class . |
| 3 | We were treated as an accepted channel of communication with the mass of independent objectors and were often the only other organization apart from the local councils ' consortium whom Michael Barnes asked to comment when dramatic announcements were made . |
| 4 | We were treated to a marvellous breakfast of bread , cheese and salami followed by ham and eggs and lashings of coffee … … … luxury ! |
| 5 | We were treated to a pathetic song , whose sentiments we knew were real enough . |
| 6 | In the evening , after a superb meal in the à la carte restaurant , we were treated to a Sunwing show followed by dancing to the latest sounds — only for those who were n't too tired after a hard day 's sunbathing ! |
| 7 | A flock of eight curlew rose and we were treated to a spectacular display flight of steep flapping rises , slow glides and bubbling trills . |
| 8 | The van doors swung open and as Antinou 's lads eased us out we were treated to a 6 a.m. view of Clapton . |
| 9 | For our final talk in the previously arranged programme ( note the earlier comment on the Shrewsbury signal box visit ) we were treated to an excellent talk on the Central Wales Line by Mr Tony Birdwood of Llanwrda . |
| 10 | I had never learnt any Science — or History — because at school we were taught by a savage creature of uncertain temper , who had favourites , of whom I was terrified , so I learnt nothing . |
| 11 | We 'd only gone a short distance from the trees when suddenly we were hit by a blinding flash . |
| 12 | We were then taken by boat about ten miles to Bone where an armed Army escort awaited us for interrogation and we were kept in a locked room in the barracks . |
| 13 | Together with colleagues from North America , we were challenged by a Native Canadian theologian to share our faith in ways which affirm our common humanity and do not destroy other cultures . |
| 14 | When we stopped for a picnic lunch we were pestered by a cheeky jackdaw which squabbled with seagulls for its share in the scraps of our sandwiches . |
| 15 | ‘ We were alerted by a 999 call from the pilot station at the mouth of the Tees , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 16 | A spokeswoman for C & G said : ‘ We were prosecuted for a technical infringement as the APRs on our posters were not printed boldly enough . |
| 17 | We were based in an Arab owned hotel in Bethlehem which , although only five miles from Jerusalem , is part of the West Bank and , unlike the Christmas card image , is a very run-down town . |
| 18 | Mornings were frost-blue , breath turned to fog and we were dressed for a cold day in the Himalayas , cocooned in pile clothing and moonboots . |
| 19 | When we were discovered by an irate householder , on our way home from school , knocking on a door and running away , or performing some other piece of naughtiness , if the injured party said , ‘ I shall tell your father of you , ’ we were alarmed . |
| 20 | We were deposited on a rough floor as the train jerked and started . |
| 21 | It was only through my presence of mind that we were saved from a frightful scandal . ’ |
| 22 | We were faced with a daunting barrier of head-high tussac grass with which the island is completely covered . |
| 23 | Let me try to explain to the hon. Gentleman and his hon. Friend the Member for Oldham , West that we were faced with an undoubted campaign to swamp the arrangements for deciding such cases . |
| 24 | Later we were joined in an organising committee by a number of other people who , although acting in a personal capacity , had through their paid employment or voluntary work direct experience of the issues which were to form the core of the conference . |
| 25 | Here we were joined by a small group of French Commandos , no doubt with the same views in mind ; something to drink and eye up the local crumpet ! |
| 26 | Yes , if we skip all the intermediate years with , after the war I came back from the army to find we 'd been bombed out and were living in requisition accommodation , after a time , the , we were moved into a new flat over some shops . |
| 27 | In fact we were funded by an independent erm foundation to do a , a very large study of that which we did and we reported and we , we found that the risk was totally unacceptable , calculating statistically the risk . |
| 28 | If it was really wet and the oncoming vehicle was a large lorry , we were sprayed with a glutinous mud which windscreen-wipers only managed to smear further ! |
| 29 | We were ushered into a small chamber ostentatiously furnished . |
| 30 | We were greeted in an inquisitive but friendly manner and handed a coconut fresh from the tree . " |