Example sentences of "we [vb past] [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | You will remember that we met him in the last commercial . |
| 2 | We found them in the stables , tending to the horses ; country lads whose constant talk was of saddles , bridles , reins and spurs ; what was good horseflesh and what was n't ; what horses should be fed and when they could drink . |
| 3 | If a computer printed out that its memory was suffering from a certain kind of fault , we might be persuaded from past experience to go on examining its hardware for faults , even though we found none in the initially plausible places . |
| 4 | We found ourselves in the kitchen where a well-groomed girl was washing up - one of the tasks for which residents were responsible in this co-operative household . |
| 5 | ‘ After the success of ‘ Colour Of Spring ’ we found ourselves in the position we 'd always dreamed of , ’ explains Mark Hollis , the main force behind Talk Talk . |
| 6 | Squashed between the driver and the mechanic on top of the engine housing in the first truck , we found ourselves in the role of unwitting umpires , keeping the two men from each other 's throats . |
| 7 | We found ourselves in the middle of nowhere . |
| 8 | Then our small boat began to go down and we found ourselves in the water . |
| 9 | The City streets were fairly quiet of course , but as we passed into the suburbs we found ourselves in the midst of the Saturday morning shopping rush . |
| 10 | He did not say what it was but it may be that we found it in the safe this morning . |
| 11 | We buried him in the church beside his mother and little sisters . |
| 12 | We had the travelling opera roond : we buried them in the field over there . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I think our second half performance was our worst for a long time , but we murdered them in the first . ’ |
| 14 | Erm , dum , dum , the market stall as you know , we did n't have it in the market , we had it on the thank goodness because we parked it in the shade , erm during that period we got five hundred and thirty two signatures , with three or four more of you it could of been a thousand , erm we also got fourteen pounds , seventeen in donations , all completely unasked for cos as you know , we do n't take money . |
| 15 | We hid them in the copper , closed the lid and crept back into the yard , shutting the door carefully behind us . |
| 16 | ‘ The children brought in dolls , teddy bears , books , games and construction toys and we arranged them in the school hall for the sale . |
| 17 | We arranged ourselves in the seats and as we headed for Shellerton in the early dark I told her calmly , incompletely and without terrors , the gist of what had befallen us in Sam 's boatyard . |
| 18 | We betrayed the Arabs over the Balfa declaration , we betrayed them after they cleared Africa and the Middle East under Lawrence , we betrayed them in the last war when they backed our rear and allowed the ninth army , and I was there , to join the eighth army and get out , and directly the last war was over , we betrayed them again — there 's a complete betrayal of the Arabs in the Middle East . |
| 19 | This is going to be great , I said to Taff as we settled ourselves in the trench and set up the Bren gun . |
| 20 | But erm , after the erm forty four Act of course , things began to er develop quite quickly and erm we then had what we called erm discretionary awards or minor awards we called them in the first place |
| 21 | ‘ It took the better part of an hour to get to brass tacks , but we managed it in the end , sir . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ So we kept it in the family , ’ he said . |
| 23 | He is n't a cousin or any relation but we thought somebody in the town must know of him or where he went . ’ |
| 24 | It did n't , we took it in the front room |
| 25 | Remember this booklet , some of the longer attending members of the G M B will do , we debated it in the conference of the old G M B five years ago . |
| 26 | ‘ Turned out we knew everybody in the audience as well ! |
| 27 | When we reached Dunkil we could have done two things , we could have said to the Bible class , We had a marvellous journey up and told them all about the glory of God as we saw him in the mountains , or we could have said , We almost had an accident on our way up here . |
| 28 | We saw him in the Toy Museum , Rottingdean , |
| 29 | What I am saying most specifically is take all of me — and here of course Gary began the melody on the piano and we all smiled and then she sang , sang her song , and believe me we did all listen to the words that night , we knew that the man who had been attacked was there , and we knew that O and Boy were standing shoulder to shoulder in our midst , we saw them in the centre of the mirror , saw ourselves standing beside them and standing by them and give me a drink now because I had such hopes of a lover of my own on that evening and here I am . |
| 30 | PC Cotton , 55 , a London river policeman for 19 years , said : ‘ When we saw her in the water she looked like a doll . |