Example sentences of "we [vb past] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 We dwelled in the fair , listened to the conflicting
2 On the train as we rode past the spines of Manhattan to the flat rooftops of Brooklyn , he told me something of his travels in north America , indeed , he had been much further west than Jersey City , even beyond Chicago .
3 I wondered about these changes as we rode towards the house .
4 We rode into the Place St Michel and sat in a café drinking hot chocolate .
5 We rode to the fourth floor , the doors slid open , we regarded each other in silence from our chosen corners , the doors slid to , and by the time we returned to the ground floor divorce was forgotten and the marriage reconsummated .
6 Once or twice , we rode to the beach .
7 I ca n't remember it all , but I think we rode along the old railway line . ’
8 I wanted to broach the matter with my master but he was lost in his own thoughts so I kept my fears hidden as we rode along the lee of the hill .
9 On our return journey , we rode through a village where the houses , like ships , were moored along a canal and could be approached only over little bridges .
10 As we rode through the forest , Sapt told me everything that he could about my life , my family , my friends , and the things I liked or did not like .
11 We rode with the roof down , and if the days
12 It has been nigh on a full month since we first made a landfall on to the north shore : since we rode in the longboat on the crest of the shining surf and I set my foot withal on this fair land in the name of the King .
13 We rode in the field for the first two weeks , and then I had to face the roads and the tractors .
14 I remember how calm and serene my father looked as he lay in his coffin and how I seemed to feel something break within me when they lowered the plush-covered lid and we rode behind the hearse to Rosedale Cemetery for the interment .
15 We rode like the wind and by ten o'clock had come to the edge of the forest of Zenda .
16 We scudded over the Dorus Mhor which was conveniently quiescent , its frothing tidal step lurking in the depths .
17 We skimmed across the surface of that sodding lake whilst all around us gathered the dark hosts of hell .
18 As we skimmed along the last hundred metres , I said to the lieutenant , ‘ Tuan , have you something the boy can put over his shirt ?
19 I slipped out through the double gates of the burial ground to the Horse Fair , and we crept into the loft over the stable there .
20 She took a torch from the shelf and we crept into the night , children on a midnight dare .
21 We agreed on a short-term goal of maintenance of nutritional intake and Mrs Allen said she would make sure she ate one ‘ proper ’ meal each day .
22 We agreed on the use of Gordon Ingles for another commercial film and Leon suggested I could make any necessary further contact on such matters directly with Hellen who was apparently designing film sets , writing scripts and sometimes directing Shelly productions .
23 Once we agreed on the idea of pulling back on the emotion and letting the situation she was in speak for itself , the part took off .
24 It would surprise me very much if we agreed to a boycott , ’ said one Italian analyst .
25 I see from my files that we agreed to a slight change to the Agreement for the above tape , and a revised page 2 of the document was sent to you on 20 April .
26 We agreed to a limited extension on the basis that we would have to show the court that we had provided reasonable opportunity for the Department to consider the matter .
27 A Sky spokesman added : ‘ We agreed to a police request that Bobby Gould should not be at the ground , even though he worked for us in the same capacity at the first match between the two sides . ’
28 We agreed to a spending on capital statement , we do agree to spending six hundred thousand pounds for the much needed paper and look at the council rate monies spent later this year .
29 thank you situation are appointed jointly by the County Council and the County and effectively these consultations and of that er appointment and the following the last Committee we agreed with the er detail and of the and we also agreed that we would not go ahead with the which until we have seen the result of the consultation and therefore there still outstanding as whether we wish to action the not .
30 Yeah , I think that we need to look into more depth the issue of the County Farms estate , we agreed from the start it was something that could not be rushed , and we had to , the principle question that needed to be answered was that was there a viability for County Farms or role for County Farms in the nineteen nineties .
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