Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun] we " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a fantastic breakfast we learned the art of taking down our tents . |
| 2 | After a hasty meal we assembled all hands , distributed torches and rummage equipment and set to with forced enthusiasm , as we knew from experience that often these hot suspect ships had been hammered unmercifully by a succession of rummage crews at every arrival , besides which we were not feeling at our best . |
| 3 | After a huddled chat we decide to take it . |
| 4 | After a long journey we arrived at Lowestoft College . |
| 5 | After a long walk we came out between the dunes and were staring at the sea . |
| 6 | Immediately after a semi-derelict farmhouse we turned left through a gate and headed straight up a stony track to Rudland Rigg . |
| 7 | And for a special treat after a special day we recommend you put the car away , order up something tasty and drink the finest the Rhineland grapes can produce . |
| 8 | After a ten-minute delay we were cleared to resume our navigation along the north coast . |
| 9 | It was freezing — literally — so after a not-too-exhaustive search we settled for a place that was warm and , as it turned out , very good . |
| 10 | After a few moments we realize why . |
| 11 | After a few minutes we watched them crossing the field , alongside the hedgerow . |
| 12 | After a few minutes we were shaking hands . |
| 13 | After a few minutes we all started to move along the ditch . |
| 14 | Yeah , erm when we 're up the farm when er , after a few days we put the feed in them they smell . |
| 15 | After a few falls we all managed to get to the bottom of the slope in a snow plough position . |
| 16 | Each visit guaranteed he would leave behind some of his property and after a few weeks we 'd accumulated his record player , eight boxes of books and his Rupert Bear hot-water bottle . |
| 17 | After a light lunch we would siesta in our bedroom , and not emerge until sunset . |
| 18 | After a delightful supper we just tottered across the forecourt of the Savoy Grill into the Savoy Theatre — very intimate — and we saw a nice show . |
| 19 | After a short while we could n't stand it any longer ; we had to find out what was going on . |
| 20 | After a short while we go off , saying we 'll be back in an hour or two , to stay ; the night is long , the people are gathering . |
| 21 | That night it freezes hard and next morning after a brief breakfast we thaw out the boat and set off again . |
| 22 | After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list . |
| 23 | We got up at 5.00am and after a delicious breakfast we got underway to meet our van . |
| 24 | Since this is also something of a retrospective exhibition we have the much earlier painting of her Rome Studio in 1976 , where in a sequence of flat planes she explores every facet of light and the spaces between . |
| 25 | Indeed from the standpoint of a cynical manipulator we could even invert his logic . |
| 26 | As working volunteers of a fraternal railway we were taken on the strength of the Llangollen railway for the day , and , clad in our reflective waistcoats , we were conducted along the track , first on foot , then on the ‘ Neptune ’ , a diesel track inspection vehicle . |
| 27 | All Pleasurecraft Policies will be ‘ valued Policies ’ , or ‘ agreed value Policies ’ i.e. the insured value of the vessel will bind Insurers and in the event of a total loss we would pay the sum insured — not the current market value as in motor insurance . |
| 28 | If we could think of a better system we would introduce it . |
| 29 | The main point about this category — for lack of a better word we shall call it ‘ under class ' ’ — is that its destiny is perceived as hopeless ' ( Dahrendorf , 1985 , pp. 101–7 ) . |
| 30 | Therefore , on historical precedent , in contemplating the origin of a modern archbishop we would expect him to be educated at Oxford or Cambridge ; to have a good chance that he taught there ; and to be the son or grandson of a Christian minister . |