Example sentences of "we [vb past] [was/were] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Last time we met was at the Training Centre at Achnacarry .
2 The artists we met were on the whole very unmotivated and their lack of enthusiasm ( not to mention talent ) rubbed off on us .
3 The only gunfire we heard was from the army rifle range across the hill , and sometimes they would bring tanks up on big wagons so they could practice on the moor .
4 Everything we did was of the very lightest weight however heavy the humour .
5 The only dangerous time we had was on the way back when we were trying to get away from the coast of Iceland and a whole series of fronts were driving us back into the coast .
6 We were all working flat out and the only break we had was on the second Sunday when Isvik was on the slip and the Yard closed .
7 Yes , they 're just putting , well th th most erm useful erm conversation we had was with the , the ophthalmologist , she was , she was superb erm and advised us to get it done as soon as possible .
8 One of the worst winters we had was at the start of the war , in 1940 , when the river was frozen over for six weeks right to the end of March and there was two feet of snow .
9 So that was nineteen eighty two , the first one we had was at the end of nineteen eighty four , which was at .
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