Example sentences of "we [vb past] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When we met the last time . |
| 2 | erm like you we read the first passage and it was kind of what 's what 's all this about if you was n't in the room and you did n't know what was being you have n't got a clue what was going on because it does n't tell you , but the rest of the sections that put down they do give a sort of brief analysis |
| 3 | The waves seemed to increase in size as we passed the first section of headland , continuing to smash with awesome power to our right , too close to our right ! |
| 4 | We passed the last houses , the last streetlights . |
| 5 | I was going to make a song and dance when we got the 100th subscriber , but 98 's near enough . |
| 6 | until we got the first order . |
| 7 | Middle of the following week and we got the first reconciliation yesterday . |
| 8 | It was on one of Mike 's rest days , when I went along with Christophe to do some sound recordings , that we got the first view of what was to become an obsession for Mike and me over the next two and a half years . |
| 9 | ‘ We got the last ring in the shop in my size , ’ said Mrs Williams , who also has fond memories of their wartime honeymoon in Scarborough . |
| 10 | We began at Bakewell , the central town of the Peaks , where we visited the 14th Century church to see its celebrated collection of mediaeval monuments , did some souvenir shopping and could n't resist a genuine Bakewell Pudding before going to nearby Chatsworth , the ‘ Palace of the Peak ’ . |
| 11 | We began at Bakewell , the central town of the Peaks , where we visited the 14th Century church to see its celebrated collection of mediaeval monuments , did some souvenir shopping and could n't resist a genuine Bakewell Pudding before going on to nearby Chatsworth , the ‘ Palace of the Peak ’ . |
| 12 | Erm we approached the first project we were looking at the information we had available er , looking at the strength of the work a lot of information As you can see the er and , and looking at the er a definite lack of |
| 13 | But , after a glorious day 's exploring , by the time we turned for home the weather had become very wild , and as we approached the first barrier , waves were breaking fiercely over the road . |
| 14 | We stopped the first night at an inn on the banks of a river . |
| 15 | We tried the next couple of villages also before the truth dawned . |
| 16 | We learnt the next day he had had to hand in his uniform and get off the job as fast as he could . |
| 17 | Moreover , if we adopted the first solution and applied it throughout , e would become ( the first three elements have been assumed zero ) unc which is clearly quite unacceptable for the later measurements . |
| 18 | When we prepared the Fifth Symphony , we recorded it as a trial , worked on it again , then recorded it properly — sixty hours before we first gave it in public ! |
| 19 | The nicest thing about Duckhurst Farm 's clear round afternoons is the atmosphere : they are meant to encourage horse and rider and the owners were happy for me to trot round for five minutes before we faced the first fence . |
| 20 | We spent the first day climbing on Anglesey 's big sea cliffs to prove that we could climb at an extreme level . |
| 21 | We spent the first day getting over the long flight ( though with only three hours time difference there was no appreciable jet-lag ) and having a look round the town . |
| 22 | As our papers were in English and not German , we spent the next hour or so being rejected , first at Gate One and then at Gate Six . |
| 23 | We spent the next day lolling round Hampton Court . |
| 24 | Afterwards we flew back to Greg 's house and we spent the next week working real hard . |
| 25 | In 1938 we began the first School Broadcasts for the province , and I was in charge of production . |
| 26 | We birdied the first couple of holes and we were on top of the world . |
| 27 | We cut it up and we flew the next day . |
| 28 | Remember what he said when we called the first time ? |
| 29 | We watched the first recording , the questions were easy . |
| 30 | In the Cox Report we repeated the first sentence quoted above from Kingman and went on to make the following recommendation : |