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

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1 We got out the 300mm-long lens .
2 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 .
3 We wandered up the darkened staircase back to our chamber .
4 ‘ 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 .
5 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 .
6 As a last resort MOD might tell us if we filled in the right forms .
7 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 .
8 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
9 Sick of talk , we cycled down the green tunnel
10 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 .
11 We trotted down the long flights of stairs and I followed her out through the front door .
12 Though bone dry , they shone in an evening sun that dazzled us , as we linked up the infrequent holds .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 Our conversation , previously animated , took on a dogged silence as we climbed up the final leg .
16 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 .
17 We handed over the stamped forms , which he gave to the koko for safe keeping .
18 We walked up the wide stone steps .
19 We walked up the beaten trackway , slipping and cursing on the icy ground underfoot .
20 We walked up the wooden passage .
21 I can remember him saying , as we walked down the second fairway , ‘ Willie , if I can win these people ( the gallery ? over from Jack [ Nicklaus ] so that they want me to win , I 'll win for them . ’
22 As we sweated up the final rise , the stern brow of Profitis Ilias came into view on our left .
23 On our first day we sweated up the short scree slope to the foot of Middlefell Buttress , where our threesome roped up sound hemp .
24 As we moored up the late shipping forecast was giving warnings of south-easterly gales for the area , so we had just made it in time .
25 We crowed with pleasure as we rushed up the remaining feet to the top and , in the last dregs of daylight , hastened back across the lonely moor to the car , Mullion , and a well earned pint .
26 We rushed up the last pitches having learned a lesson — next time I 'll take a windbreaker , even on a hot day .
27 As the last echoes of American drawl died away we scrambled up the final pitch and slithered down the dangerous descent in near darkness .
28 The struggle for survival is all that he knows : ‘ When we were in charge during the riots , ’ he says ‘ we pulled down the national flag outside the supermarket .
29 We flew out the next day .
30 erm So now we started up the long term survey , and we 've now got 10 schools taking part , and they 're starting next week , and they 'll be carrying on in the same way as they were the pilot survey , taking the same measurements .
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