Example sentences of "we [verb] at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bailey gives me instant coffee and a plate of Tesco jam doughnuts , still in their plastic packet , and we sit at a dusty picnic table outside , slapping off flies . |
| 2 | Six hours into the journey , and several thousand feet higher , we stopped at a small village to quench our thirst and refuel the jeep from rusty milk-cans . |
| 3 | On arrival at a solitary farm we stopped at a simple stone monument which marked the nearby crash-sites for F/L Mackid 's Lancaster , : 7572 ‘ L ’ and F/L Poole 's Halifax , W1020 ‘ K ’ . |
| 4 | I forgot to say that on the way to the hot springs we stopped at a neolithic site where they have excavated and reconstructed the life of the people living there 6,000 years ago . |
| 5 | In the hills above the ruins of Capernaum near the Mount of Beatitudes we stopped at a natural grassy amphitheatre which could easily seat 10,000 . |
| 6 | And er we played at a high tempo and we passed it and really dominated the rest of the game but our finishing could have been better . |
| 7 | We ate at a low round table set out on the foredeck , splendid meals of hot ful beans , salads of tomatoes and onions , and fresh fish from the river . |
| 8 | We arrived at a Roman Catholic church where kind ladies gave us food and blankets , and soon we were all cosily asleep on the hard church floor . |
| 9 | Eventually , we arrived at a small , damp valley , peat and heather-filled , where insects hummed in the still air . |
| 10 | MAKING TRACKS This month we have more on copyright , plus we look at a great new drum machine from Yamaha and an Alesis compressor to make your home demos sound ‘ pro ’ … |
| 11 | If we look at a typical Midland deserted village site with the aid of air photographs and maps , we can see that it is made up of certain features which occur again and again on such sites , the most distinctive being the sunken holloways marking the courses of old roads and paths . |
| 12 | Suppose that we look at a particular new mutant gene , out of the 2Nmf that arose . |
| 13 | If we look at a random list of typical game structures we shall find that they reflect some of life 's common interactions and are obviously just as important in drama . |
| 14 | On the other hand , if we look at a later decision-making episode in the same project when the pupils are temporarily in role as Indians who have to decide whether or not to receive a white stranger into their midst ( p. 53 ) , this is more likely to have been played seriously as a real game for by then the children , after several lessons on the same project , were steeped in the material sufficiently deeply to respect the rich complexity of the problem . |
| 15 | Kāli chose the steeper , shorter route to the forest and we climbed at a leisurely pace , stopping occasionally to catch our breath , lurching drunkenly and bumping into each other when the gradient increased and we were too lazy to keep up our momentum . |
| 16 | By the time we landed at a rickety jetty , a number of inhabitants had gathered , standing cautiously back to observe us with their heads thrust forward as if they were short-sighted . |
| 17 | We worked at a hectic pace . |
| 18 | We called at a traditional fishing village where time seemed to have stood still and where the houses on stilts looked picturesque , but somewhat less than homely . |
| 19 | formula , and substituting for Nl the total of unique ( initials/date of birth/sex ) identity codes generated by the first prevalence study for each of the four townships , for N2 the 15 individuals nominated for each township during the snowball sampling ( that is , excluding the zero stage ) , and for X the number of identity codes occurring in both samples , we arrive at a total user population of 814 for these townships during the prevalence period . |
| 20 | After a brief stay there , we move south-west into the ubiquitous rural ocean until we arrive at a remarkable experimental settlement just off the main road between Kharkov and Poltava . |
| 21 | This process can be traced back until we arrive at a single cell which was formed at the moment of conception by the fusion of two parental germ cells , i.e. one egg and one sperm cell . |
| 22 | Allowing the manuscripts greater weight than usual , and with the help of one or two new witnesses , we arrive at a different interpretation . |
| 23 | We looked at a conventional handle , a mix of slotted/Philips/Posidrive blades , an extension and a ratchet ‘ T ’ handle . |
| 24 | erm Southwell centenary , which is next year if you recall , erm we 've at a previous meeting I raised this erm the point with councillors that next year is our centenary of our formation , we do n't have any archives unfortunately , er they were lost in the last sort of decade . |
| 25 | Clambering over slippery , wet rocks we halted at a rowan tree just below the top . |
| 26 | We stayed at a splendid hostel there . |
| 27 | If we could not buy the material we wanted at a cheap enough price might we drop cheapness from the priority list and buy more expensive material and then pass the price along to the customer ? |
| 28 | Many astronomers have thought that these very distant and powerful sources are simply quasars that we see at a special angle , but the new statistical analysis seems to rule this out . |
| 29 | We sat at a special table and just told jokes about the Russians , the Americans , and ourselves . ’ |