Example sentences of "we [vb past] the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then Sylvia came in with apologies and that perennially green hat , and we lowered the lights while she recited De Musset 's ‘ Nuit de Mai ’ . |
| 2 | Then we lowered the sail and sat in the sun , and Pierre spoke of the lot he and his fellow villagers had been born to , the weeks at sea , the gales , the great hauls of fish , the hardships and achievements of a Breton fisherman 's life , while we ate the food he had brought with him , and drank his rough cider . |
| 3 | We scanned the trees and caught sight of the black cap of a great tie . |
| 4 | Then we met the firemen that were coming back to meet us — the firemen of the district where I was supposed to work . |
| 5 | Erm the servants did their cooking , but we made the marmalade and things , the extra |
| 6 | We made the camp and Melanie shot me a smile as she jumped out . |
| 7 | We made the plans and organized the publicity and on the appointed night some thirty-five people , mostly widows , turned up . |
| 8 | ‘ So we made the pickup and it did really well . |
| 9 | I put it on the bed where we made the baby that was n't and what am I to put in the water-marked , dog-tooth lining ? |
| 10 | We made the chocolate as well . |
| 11 | We made the soup while you were out . |
| 12 | ’ We made the comment that perhaps it was too tidy . ’ |
| 13 | Beneficiary did n't want the shares so we sold the shares and there 's no good time you know unfortunately none of us has crystal balls where the market is concerned . |
| 14 | We by-passed the town and went straight to the former station , which is actually not in the town itself , but at Minllyn . |
| 15 | Afterwards we braved the blizzards and all met for tea and home baking in the parish hall . |
| 16 | We uprated the grant and introduced a top-up loan , the effect of which was that publicly provided support for students rose by 25 per cent . |
| 17 | A little further on we passed the Elephant & Castle Inn [ in Pancras Way , near to the workhouse of 1809 ] kept by Mr Wrench , who is reported to be very strict in his management of the Inn . |
| 18 | We passed the mosque and saw , through the gateway , men washing their feet . |
| 19 | Everyone was very friendly , and there was much jolly laughter as we passed the frankfurters and Quigley made as if to ward off the evil eye . |
| 20 | We asked the Tony & Guy team to share a few of their style secrets with us . |
| 21 | When viewing a house we were interested in buying , we asked the owner if it had rear access . |
| 22 | He beat me 3–0 in a five-frame match , 2–0 when we doubled the money and then we played a final frame for double-your-money again and when he reached the yellow he had already won the match . |
| 23 | It 's just we got the board and it 's taking up all the room in the playroom and yet you 're not playing with it . |
| 24 | Last Saturday night Channel four show showed Sex , lies and videotape well , we got the lies and the video tape , I 'd like to know what happened to the sex . |
| 25 | We got the arms but not the men . ’ |
| 26 | Er we got the coolant and everything off it |
| 27 | then , then we got the sport and we did n't do so well on that . |
| 28 | Well we got the rock and roll ones first well they have , them two have to go together in a certain place cos them are all the rock and roll ones and them are not . |
| 29 | I got him into the factory and from there we got the ambulance and … and I took him to the Royal Victoria Infirmary . ’ |
| 30 | By this time , we got the impression that the gulf between Walworth Road and Streatham was so great , it was like trying to control unruly hill tribes beyond Hadrian 's Wall . |