Example sentences of "we [vb past] [noun prp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we approached Tromsø the snow grew thicker and Nathan asked , as casually as he could manage , whether they would clear the runway . |
| 2 | As we approached Rijeka the weather , like the roads , took a real downward turn . |
| 3 | But er so when we came Mrs the sight reading of course I was lost because she used |
| 4 | To see an expert at work , we joined Jack the Border Collie in the ring : |
| 5 | By the time we reached Amsterdam the man was in a frenzy of preparedness and anxiety , and followed me down the platform with his rifle in my back . |
| 6 | As we neared Sligachan the moon was shedding her mild beams over Glamaig and the other Bens , and gave great height to their massive forms . |
| 7 | As we neared Arran the clouds became denser , and in turn cast deep shadows over the Firth and the Arran coast , or were lit up with a glow of intensely bright sunlight ; while the glory of Arran , its mountain-peaks , were lost amid the clouds that enshrouded them . |
| 8 | ‘ Do you know why we destroyed Hasan the Second ? ’ said Hasan , in a conversational tone , as the two of them followed the headmaster and the rest of the school . |