Example sentences of "we [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We rode along like three troubadours from some romantic tale . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ? ’ |
| 6 | We sold out within three months and have reprinted it twice . |
| 7 | We produced up to 10000 sterile hybrid males per day . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Hardly when we steamed up like this . |
| 10 | That 's right , we used to go to Road Methodist and erm we got up to all sorts of capers there you know . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | We got up at 5.30 am and it was grim . |
| 13 | We got up at eight and I |
| 14 | We got up at 6 a.m. to start making bacon and tomato butties for the Co-op Bakery and homeward-bound shift workers . |
| 15 | We did miss them in the final , but the other girls responded magnificently , so we got through by 12–11 in the end . ’ |
| 16 | Now we got on to this the other day does anybody remember that ? |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Is n't it about time we got down to some work ? |
| 21 | we got back at five and oh dear me , there they were . |
| 22 | And then of course the other garage in the middle of the town , we got back to normal , repairs and er |
| 23 | But while we were there they had several meetings because of course we were going to be demobbed anyway , and the Colonel er of the regiment he had us together and so did the officers , and warned us that when we got back to civilian life we must er beware of these agitators who tried to er create suspicion amongst the troops who were coming back , and telling them that they ought to join er these revolutionary parties . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's time we got back to those glory nights . ’ |
| 25 | By the time we got back in 1979 the CPRS had already changed beyond recognition . |
| 26 | ‘ We squared up to each other like a scene from high noon ’ |
| 27 | I went after him to ask him what his problem was — and we squared up to each other like something out of High Noon . |
| 28 | We bounced round on that pallet bed , so much laughing and shouting that the landlord came up . |
| 29 | My Enniskillen reverie came to an end as we moved out of that city at last , and continued southward beside the great lough . |
| 30 | We have now changed our statistics to come into line with industrial practice and the recommendations of the Health and Safety Executive , by measuring incidents per 1,000,000 hours , [ rather than per 100,000 hours we used up to 1992 ] . |