Example sentences of "and we [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So off we went out and we played our football , and I came back , and we were sneaking in through the back door and bumped right into him . |
| 2 | Luggage was piled on top and we were packed in among rugs , umbrellas and hand-bags . |
| 3 | ‘ People were very friendly and we were invited in for a number of cups of tea during our stay , ’ PC Mardon said . |
| 4 | It was our second chance and we were spurred on by some great support . |
| 5 | The ceiling had been removed and we were looking up at where the roof of the house once had been . |
| 6 | One day we were at the top of the highest hill on the island , and we were looking out to sea . |
| 7 | At length the big green truck arrived and we were bumping off to an anxious reception from Mrs. Anxious about her fragile porcelain , I should say . |
| 8 | Now the sky was blue , and we were bowling along beside the edge of the cliffs , with views across the water to distant strands . |
| 9 | The address was , and I think still is , Kensington Court Garage , because the stables had been converted to the needs of the automobile age ; and we were perched up in the gallery . |
| 10 | The first one was half of us were blindfolded and we were set out in a line and the rest had to move about 5–10 metres away and stand in a line . |
| 11 | But we made rather a mistake on the way back , and we were picked up by an Army lorry and taken to West Friar House on the south side and given hot tea and something to eat . |
| 12 | But towards the end of our stay in Kuwait , the rules were relaxed , and we were allowed out to a nearby sports stadium to exercise for an hour every day . |
| 13 | They left things to us and we were rushing along on a supercharged train with no brakes . ’ |
| 14 | The road was deserted and we were throbbing along at a moderate pace when suddenly the engine sputtered and stopped . |
| 15 | On the contrary , when that afternoon 's session ended and we were walking back across the campus , he put one of his Anglepoise arms across my shoulders and attempted some avuncularity . |
| 16 | I know that 's good because we were all gon na go , cos I 'm doing a French course last year at college , and we were going over with that one pound , you know each , with a car load offer . |
| 17 | This was our second trip to the island of Svalbard , high in the Arctic Circle , and we were battened down in Camp Bell — a small and sturdy hut owned by the Norwegian government . |
| 18 | So we was er called out at nine o'clock on the Sunday morning transport was laid on and we was taken over to , to fire in woods at Fradley , the other side of Lichfield . |
| 19 | Unfortunately one day when it was earlier on he , he got his commands mixed up and we was m marching down the yard and the drive , and we was marching towards the factory up and down and right wheel and about turn , left wheel , basic foot drill you know it had been going for about ten minutes and all and we was going down towards the factory and erm we kept on going , we was getting close to the factory and he , he he forgot his words forgot what er command he wanted to give and he shouted stop you 'll be in the bloody factory in a minute instead of sa shouting halt , you know , he , he got flummoxed . |