Example sentences of "we [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We dwelled in the fair , listened to the conflicting |
| 2 | We rode to the fourth floor , the doors slid open , we regarded each other in silence from our chosen corners , the doors slid to , and by the time we returned to the ground floor divorce was forgotten and the marriage reconsummated . |
| 3 | I ca n't remember it all , but I think we rode along the old railway line . ’ |
| 4 | As we skimmed along the last hundred metres , I said to the lieutenant , ‘ Tuan , have you something the boy can put over his shirt ? |
| 5 | All except ( 6 ) have an introductory adverbial clause or phrase providing a point of orientation before we launch into a main clause . |
| 6 | We launch into a little Talmudic logic-chopping of our own on the question of free will and responsibility when a dybbuk is in residence . |
| 7 | Again , as we launch into the second movement andante ( lots of energy , a real spirit of dance in the ostinato is a mite tasteful , discreet rather than craggily elemental ; so , to a point , is the brawny bass line which spurs us on to stratospheric violins and shining trumpets , though true to form Pešek is wonderfully atmospheric , nurturing and distilling the moments of quiet contemplation just prior to the coda . |
| 8 | Then we launch into the unknown future . |
| 9 | In practice we distinguish between the external cause of a rhythm , which is caused by our life-style or environment , and another internal cause , which we might say is due to a clock within our body . |
| 10 | We distinguish between the independent financial entity and the competitive units it owns . |
| 11 | We agreed on a short-term goal of maintenance of nutritional intake and Mrs Allen said she would make sure she ate one ‘ proper ’ meal each day . |
| 12 | I see from my files that we agreed to a slight change to the Agreement for the above tape , and a revised page 2 of the document was sent to you on 20 April . |
| 13 | We agreed to a limited extension on the basis that we would have to show the court that we had provided reasonable opportunity for the Department to consider the matter . |
| 14 | And we gazed into the little flickering fire , grieving once more for the parents brought face to face with reality . |
| 15 | Sipping lager , we gazed at the front-page face of a dour middle-aged nurse who had been sacked for making porno movies on hospital premises . |
| 16 | But I will plan ahead , even if we crash into the Fourth Division . |
| 17 | The thing is , we met through the Lonely Hearts ads and I 'm afraid my friends will laugh at me when they find out . |
| 18 | ‘ We met on a professional basis , ’ said Gregson , his smile broadening . |
| 19 | We met on a wild , windy day near the Ferry in a port on the South Coast . |
| 20 | My photographic equipment was a bit limited by the fact that as a leader I was required to carry a heavy hunting rifle all the time we were ashore , just in case we met with a polar bear in a nasty mood . |
| 21 | As Dr Reading told BBC WILDLIFE : ‘ We met at the first World Congress of Herpetology at Canterbury in 1989 , and subsequently arranged to co-ordinate the two projects . ’ |
| 22 | We met for the first time just two days before departure and accepted a murderous schedule of four games in 10 days , before opening against the New Zealand provincial champions just two days after a 25 hour journey to Dunedin . |
| 23 | Tamed native birds flocked on the poolside boardwalk of their rented hideaway , ‘ Hawksnest ’ , as we met for the first time , and Robin encircled his shyness with a stream-of-consciousness banter , made easier by the antics of a visiting cocker spaniel , which bit the head off a parrot . |
| 24 | On Wednesday 13 February , we met for the second time with pensions as the agenda item . |
| 25 | We met in the early morning . |
| 26 | But my boss is a resilient character and when we met in the late afternoon he was bursting with his old spirit . |
| 27 | We met in the odd foursome and it did n't really work out . |
| 28 | Appropriately enough , we met in the Hominid Room of the Natural History museum , a light spacious rectangular chamber with a glass wall on one side that looks out on a grassy park . |
| 29 | We met in the old Majestic Hotel , where I was staying , and I asked him about his former student in Berlin . |
| 30 | We lay on the hard , orange clay and went through the different procedures that we would use when we went off to fire on the shooting range . |