Example sentences of "[subord] we were [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shopkeepers beckoned us into their premises where we were tempted by sparkling silver jewellery and traditional greek hand woven mats . |
| 2 | My first dive was in a disused quarry pit where we were tested on our skills and we then swam round the lake and in a submerged double decker bus . |
| 3 | After a morning visit to the market , we repaired to the tranquility of a nearby cafe — The Lotus Cafe , where we were treated to the sight of enormous lotuses , entirely covering a large pond . |
| 4 | where we were starting from and I think it would be valuable to do what we started doing and actually to look at this as the baseline and decide how we might amend it to keep common factors in that we can all use , because we need something that has a common denominator level |
| 5 | Although we were sneered at by the arts and humanities students , those of us who were doing business studies felt , quite reasonably , that we were closer to the spirit of the age than the old hippies of the faculty . |
| 6 | And although we were joined by French , Belgian , Dutch , German , Danish and Finnish colleagues , the week-long Whitsun course provided a wonderful opportunity to reinforce the close links between the British Medau community and the College , directed by Jochen Medau , son of the founder . |
| 7 | Although we were walking on a sunny , but chilly Saturday in early June , the ridge was completely deserted , a great bonus considering the weekend traffic on most Munros . |
| 8 | From reception we could see girls walking around , although we were told by a very heavy officer that we were not to get any ideas that we could walk around freely . |
| 9 | Thereafter the time was never judged to be ripe although we were told in oral evidence that , subject to the availability of Ministers , a Defence Committee [ i.e. OD ] meeting could have been held at any time , if necessary at short notice . |
| 10 | But as accountants , although we were respected for our expertise , like lawyers , our work was entirely reactive rather than proactive , ’ says Mr Riley . |
| 11 | We were early for the service at Chelsea Register Office , so we were riding along the Embankment . |
| 12 | We could not do the trip in and out of the town in time to catch the last plane that evening , so we were condemned to this place and an early flight . |
| 13 | We could n't realise who was doing it , but it was very mixed up , so we were trying to be as neutral as possible , without getting dragged into it directly . |
| 14 | I arrived just after dinner at night , so we were taken into the kitchen and sat down at a huge table on which were chicken legs , lamb chops , steak , dishes of three or four veg and told to help ourselves and did we ! |
| 15 | ‘ We had trouble underwriting the issue , due to a combination of events , ’ says Mr Reed , ‘ so we were left with part of it , which was n't a particular problem for us . ’ |
| 16 | yeah , you see , so we were laughing about this , anyway , Christopher phoned up and said he got through to the second part , he was the only one that was going through to the second part and he phoned up about forty five minutes later to say that he 'd erm , he 'd got the job |
| 17 | Once we were sitting round the table and the landlady 's son said , ‘ Give me the butter . ’ |
| 18 | Once we were arrived in the inner bailey Benjamin gave full vent to his feelings . |
| 19 | Once we were issued with our camouflage gear , face protection and goggles the game marshals grouped us together and explained the rules of the game along with the safety rules . |
| 20 | You know on Saturday , er it was when I was thinking how about a , you know , cos we were thinking of going shopping in the afternoon |
| 21 | You should have seen her face cos we were sat in Jenny 's . |
| 22 | No because it was funny cos we were talking to the lady . |
| 23 | She had n't last time I , cos we were talking about er when I say talking I do n't mean nastily but the last time I saw Janet I asked after Wendy and she said she was still working and enjoying her job and the children were growing up and she did n't mention any other children so cos her husband works away a lot of the year does n't he ? |
| 24 | no thanks , cos we were talking about a certain subject and erm we go right |
| 25 | But like , like , I mean Andy , Andy goes yeah , like , cos we were talking about that , and he goes , yeah you 've got childbearing hips ! |
| 26 | She does kiss cos we were talking about this in science . |
| 27 | I can remember very little of what happened until we were transferred to Algiers . |
| 28 | He waited until we were browsing through the chilled fish before raising the issue : ‘ Do you really think that Old Mother Walsh 's snake is actually going to wriggle down Wimbledon High Street when the time comes ? ’ |
| 29 | It was not until we were running beside the Rhine that the Feldwebel thawed . |
| 30 | The Palace awarded Jimmy a Benefit in 1914–15 ( along with Harry Hanger and Bob Spottiswood ) , but unfortunately the designated local derby against Croydon Common had to be deferred until we were playing at Herne Hill , and it is uncertain what arrangements were made on the players ’ behalf . |