Example sentences of "[Wh adv] we [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How we blessed the thoughtful Elder who had knitted these for us . |
| 2 | ‘ The most nerve-wracking moment , ’ recalls Nicola Wright , ‘ was when we discovered the live First World War German mortar bomb , which cousin Charles had brought home as a souvenir . ’ |
| 3 | The embarrassing thing is that we 're all very right people so the place is a mess , er , and it takes us a quarter of a day before we realise that we 've been burgled , because things are actually slightly neater than when we left the previous day . |
| 4 | But erm I remember when we got the original broom that we 've got in the garden now , the golden one |
| 5 | The scaffold there was the first thing I clapped my eyes on when we entered the stinking streets of Paris . |
| 6 | Our distinguished guests left us at Oban where we returned the following day . |
| 7 | Incidentally , we went by public transport , first by train from Aberystwyth to Ruabon , where we saw the original departure platform . |
| 8 | Fortunately , we had no time to feel sorry for ourselves because an early morning ferry journey took us to Nevis where we played the current Leeward Island champions . |
| 9 | Now the former staff sergeant is taking orders with the Edwards twins at the good old St Cuthbert 's Inn at Scorton , where we paraded the other night . |
| 10 | " After we ran away from you we travelled as far as Quang Nam — that 's where we met the French recruiter who arrived here tonight with your truck , " said Dong hesitantly . |
| 11 | Junction seven is the big A fifty six , where we did the big count |
| 12 | We are all here to support genuine asylum seekers ; that is why we tabled the new clauses . |