Example sentences of "we [adv] [vb past] the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 By doing so , we effectively answered the first part of the question of principle raised by the appeal , and decided that the court has the power in its inherent jurisdiction to override W. 's refusal to undergo the necessary treatment .
2 We eventually finished the first day 's walking .
3 ‘ It 's very early days — we only saw the first draft last month and it could be three years before it is implemented .
4 We only saw the last
5 We only switched the last few minutes on .
6 Perhaps when we fondly remembered the second world war — and engaged in a massive collective oblivion about the causes and costs of that war .
7 We just saw the last three letters and thought it was Colchester . ’
8 We promptly bought the next two novels when they came out , and in the Bodleian catalogue I discovered Dolores , the early work of which no mention was made in the list of titles prefacing her later books .
9 We also discussed the next great problem in international affairs , that posed by the Soviet Union , that victorious and self-confident power , with which our politicians , and above all Ernest Bevin , were already grappling .
10 We barely knew any numbers at all at that time , but we got away with noise and after that we fast became the second loudest group in London playing gigs at Brighton , Hastings , Birmingham , Newcastle Tadcaster .
11 We then created the first product which heart attacks , strokes , cancers and certain coronary artery disease , which I can see .
12 We just did what we were supposed to do really ha ha we actually read the first one of the quests together , so it was good you know , we decided what to do how to do it .
13 We never heard the last from Mum about God 's bounty from the vegetable garden ; it made Dad seem like some kind of honorary clergyman .
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