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Example sentences of "we [vb past] [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1	We got out the 300mm-long lens .
2	‘ They had n't paid the interest and court fees , but we got back every single penny they owed .
3	Alison Vaissiere ( the Fair 's organiser ) : Four years ago we drew up a five-year plan ; the first theme in 1989 coincided with the tercentenary of William and Mary and was titled ‘ A tribute to the age of William and Mary ’ ; the following year was ‘ Italy and the Grand Tour ’ ; last year , ‘ The Art and influence of Japan ’ coincided with the Japan Festival ; and of course this year celebrates American patronage .
4	As we glissaded down the final snows to the hut , the summit of Mt Blanc was burnished by the setting sun and the Flammes de Pierre were flickering , true to their name .
5	We are inundated with rabbits , so we fenced off a rabbit-proof area for vegetables and netted the top — the pigeons , caterpillars and slugs ate the lot .
6	Gradually we built up a common world , partly based on the great of the past , like Jane Austen , partly on Ivy .
7	We fled down a long avenue towards the river .
8	‘ We found out a funny thing about the kids , lads really , they were n't so young .
9	We wandered up the darkened staircase back to our chamber .
10	‘ Of course , we have n't time to give it more than a catlick , ’ she came to realize as we staggered up the grand flight of stairs to the first floor .
11	She was watching the road as we roared down a slight incline at all of seventy .
12	Our trucks had open sides and Marius , Vermulen and I clung to each other , faces buried in our hoods , as we churned down the slushy autoroutes , the speed of the trucks sending icy , sawing winds through us at seventy kilometres per hour .
13	As a last resort MOD might tell us if we filled in the right forms .
14	We came out the other side of it with a temporary chauffeur , a good profit and a really first-rate new name : that of Hamilton de Souza .
15	You know when we came back the next Saturday as we 've gone through the front door , he 'd gone to the Little Chef for breakfast because there were n't any crocks left to u , to use
16	Sick of talk , we cycled down the green tunnel
17	It was a good seven-hour jeep-lurch , even with Abu at the wheel , and for the last two hours we drove over a tyre-tearing track down a parched spit of land .
18	We drove up a steep gravel path , and soon beheld the well , Tobernalt .
19	Slowly we drove down a broad unpaved street lined with matchbox-houses .
20	Then , as we drove down the steep little hill we could see the sea glinting , for the coast at Frejus was about 12 miles distant .
21	We trotted down the long flights of stairs and I followed her out through the front door .
22	‘ We soaked up a great deal of pressure , but then hit them on the break , ’ he said .
23	Though bone dry , they shone in an evening sun that dazzled us , as we linked up the infrequent holds .
24	Repacking the camera gear , we decided to abandon it to the elements in orange survival bags , and bracing ourselves , we retreated down the steep and slippery slope .
25	They marched us regularly to the top of Castle Hill where we fired off every conceivable type of weapon ; twelve bores , .22 rifles , revolvers , Browning machine guns .
26	However , we climbed up a little way , just to get off the road .
27	We climbed up a twisting staircase past two floors of tables and then took our place in the bay window on the top floor .
28	We climbed up the easy slope to the top of the island , and found we were overlooking a sort of wooded cliff on the other side .
29	Our conversation , previously animated , took on a dogged silence as we climbed up the final leg .
30	We climbed down the notched-pole ladder and picked our way through the muddy ground towards the back path , passing the neatly stacked woodpile and the growing heap of freshly gathered pine-needles .