Example sentences of "we [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We rode along like three troubadours from some romantic tale . |
| 2 | Oh we change over like this . |
| 3 | Whatever desperate or mundane disappointments might lie ahead , as we gazed down at those phantoms from another age I felt that we had become travellers in time . |
| 4 | At Lajpath Nagar we met up with two musicians , a pair of elderly men , one of whom played a harmonium , the other a pair of tabla drums . |
| 5 | We had n't gone very far when we met up with another Lancaster returning from a Cook 's Tour , and to my horror the two aircraft then flew wing-tip to wing-tip all the way home . |
| 6 | The sequence in hand was apparently quite simple : we met up with another yacht and sailed in company , then came across a fishing boat to whose skipper I shouted , ‘ Have you any fish to spare ? ’ |
| 7 | You know , young , homeless people we pick up on this bus and er , we have , we we 've sort of ended up pursuing their cases with the housing department and getting temporary accommodation . |
| 8 | What are the cargoes we pick up at short notice and deliver to out-of-the-way ports in Africa ? |
| 9 | We eat up to ten times the amount of salt we actually need ; on average about two teaspoonfuls a day , half of which is added by manufacturers during food processing . |
| 10 | We sold out within three months and have reprinted it twice . |
| 11 | We make up for this , however , by an almost psychopathic competitiveness . |
| 12 | We produced up to 10000 sterile hybrid males per day . |
| 13 | One of the few areas that we sell out on most match days , and there 's facilities for men and women and we actively develop these areas . |
| 14 | After we got over the shock we asked around for other quotes and came up with an initial estimate of £1,000 plus parts , subject to what is found when the engine is taken out , from John Cutler Marine Engineers who were recommended by Sigma Yachts . |
| 15 | ‘ Why do n't we make up for lost time , then , Luke ? |
| 16 | Hardly when we steamed up like this . |
| 17 | Are we justified in regarding these examples as unequivocally wrong in all circumstances ? |
| 18 | That 's right , we used to go to Road Methodist and erm we got up to all sorts of capers there you know . |
| 19 | The routine at Aubagne was the same every day ; we got up at 4.30 am , washed , shaved and paraded outside before a breakfast of coffee and bread in the main cookhouse ; then we cleaned the barrack rooms for an hour and paraded again at 7.30 am for the allocation of the day 's duties . |
| 20 | We got up at 5.30 am and it was grim . |
| 21 | We got up at eight and I |
| 22 | We got up at 6 a.m. to start making bacon and tomato butties for the Co-op Bakery and homeward-bound shift workers . |
| 23 | We did miss them in the final , but the other girls responded magnificently , so we got through by 12–11 in the end . ’ |
| 24 | Now we got on to this the other day does anybody remember that ? |
| 25 | For a short time we got on without much difficulty , but we were soon obliged to have recourse to our hands and knees , and clamber thus from one crag to another . |
| 26 | I think that part of our business makes it more difficult because ah the purchase of Allied Carpets by Carpetland is the space of the market at a fairly speedy rate and I personally believe other retailers will have the policy to sub-let surface areas in the next few years so it 's something we got on with three years ago and very pleased we did it . |
| 27 | As we sit to yet another cup of greasy coffee in a steamed-up café I suggest it 's time we got out of all this . |
| 28 | ‘ Is n't it about time we got down to some work ? |
| 29 | we got back at five and oh dear me , there they were . |
| 30 | And then of course the other garage in the middle of the town , we got back to normal , repairs and er |