Example sentences of "[vb past] we [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he let us climb to the top deck of the car , with a much better view of the route , this being usually reserved for smokers . |
| 2 | B but Terry let us look at the |
| 3 | Eadred invited us to sit round the table . |
| 4 | We had grown together not just in terms of affection but in our attitudes , in our views on personal dignity and in a mutual trust that helped us deal with the curious life we now shared . |
| 5 | One manager who tried out the forms says ‘ They helped us attend to the little things that parents do without thinking , like making sure children have had their immunisations and following them up if they 're missed . |
| 6 | It was actually who helped us get off the ground again by giving us credit on Kositos ( flaked maize ) . |
| 7 | The first time she found us chatting in the yard she rushed up and dragged me away . |
| 8 | Whether his witness against a background of hate because he told we look at the Paraclete 's role in the world or among the disciples the answer is the same . |
| 9 | As the truck filled we leant over the side and talked about our trips . |
| 10 | With glasses replenished we sat in the CHAB studio where we were soon joined by His Worship the Mayor and a number of other leading citizens who had stayed behind in the hotel to hear the broadcast . |
| 11 | Yeah , they 're all listed are n't but as we came we came in the way we would come , I 'm a bit ignorant , so I suppose we were |
| 12 | ‘ We decided to build a balcony with steps going down to the garden , but our builder advised us to think about the year-round advantages of a conservatory , ’ Claudia explained . |
| 13 | Mazzin came and told us to lie along the inside wall together . |
| 14 | Our debate on this intended insult by the French was summarily ended : a wand-bearing chamberlain told us to assemble in the great hall below for the rare privilege of an audience with His Most Christian Majesty . |
| 15 | He told us to sit by the fire . |
| 16 | Then he told us to go into the hospital where the nurse would show us what to do . |
| 17 | Needless to say , when the local newscaster finally ended our agony and allowed us to return to the cricket , we discovered that the England captain had been dismissed . |
| 18 | We could have catered for ourselves , but preferred the no-hassle option of half board which allowed us to indulge in the superb hot and cold buffet dinner provided with free wine . |
| 19 | and erm , we both decided we 'd take this diploma and er Mr erm in his kindness let us erm erm go off to the workshops and do some practical work and erm my wife lived at Stow Upland and I was lodging in Ipswich and er he even allowed us to study in the , in the erm Enquiry Office in the evenings . |
| 20 | This label allowed us to start from the simple proposition that in some classrooms more than one teacher was present and to explore without preconception what they were doing . |
| 21 | They both urged us to go to the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes . |
| 22 | We tried to avoid such adventures by sticking to the deeper channels and harbours , but some guests demanded we anchor in the shallower lagoons where the rays glided above the bright sand and the grey snappers schooled and the barracudas patrolled . |
| 23 | Before we went we met in the family room , Tremayne pretending nonchalance and looking unexpectedly sophisticated in his dinner jacket : grey hair smooth in wings , strong features composed , bulky body slimmed by ample expert tailoring . |
| 24 | That meant we worked in the same building on different floors . |
| 25 | When Stephanie 's mother died we found in the bungalow a watch , it must of been given I would of thought to her father probably for his twenty first and I took it to a jewellers in Elton , well that 's all he does is watches actually apart from jewellery . |
| 26 | och , do you know I was five minutes late , but that was different I was twenty five minutes late , I I did n't even ask her why , cos I knew we 'd in the door like as I 'm walking through it . |
| 27 | I thought we wrote off the Foxbat some time ago . |
| 28 | This , in turn , improved my singles game considerably and I won the Baghdad Open one year playing against Indians in the main , who were horrified that I insisted we played in the heat of a Baghdad afternoon when it was normally well over 110° in the shade , and there was no shade — mad dogs and Scotsmen ! |
| 29 | Even with such insight it has to be said : we go to the exotic other to lose everything , including ourselves — everything that is but the privilege which enabled us to go in the first place . |
| 30 | It was that independence which enabled us to participate in the Gulf war and to initiate the Falklands conflict without having to secure the agreement of our 11 Community colleagues . |