Example sentences of "we [vb past] [noun prp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we approached Tromsø the snow grew thicker and Nathan asked , as casually as he could manage , whether they would clear the runway . |
| 2 | As we approached Rijeka the weather , like the roads , took a real downward turn . |
| 3 | But er so when we came Mrs the sight reading of course I was lost because she used |
| 4 | To see an expert at work , we joined Jack the Border Collie in the ring : |
| 5 | By the time we reached Amsterdam the man was in a frenzy of preparedness and anxiety , and followed me down the platform with his rifle in my back . |
| 6 | Well it 's funny because erm , when we saw Ken the other day he was saying that erm his niece rang him up and erm she 's er she 's gon na be in Crewe this weekend for a friend 's wedding and , I think she must be coming up with some , some other girl as well , because the two of them , he said , I 'm taking two young ladies out on Sunday for lunch where 's a good place for a Sunday lunch you see ? |
| 7 | Robins interrupted my thoughts by saying , ‘ Sorry about the word ‘ posh ’ , but I 'd heard before we left Sanderstown the last time that a young man had been appointed assistant to Doctor Reid , and I was a bit surprised when I met you . |
| 8 | Oh we had Morocco the wrong way round . |
| 9 | Er we had Julian the Weak |
| 10 | As we neared Sligachan the moon was shedding her mild beams over Glamaig and the other Bens , and gave great height to their massive forms . |
| 11 | As we neared Arran the clouds became denser , and in turn cast deep shadows over the Firth and the Arran coast , or were lit up with a glow of intensely bright sunlight ; while the glory of Arran , its mountain-peaks , were lost amid the clouds that enshrouded them . |
| 12 | ‘ Do you know why we destroyed Hasan the Second ? ’ said Hasan , in a conversational tone , as the two of them followed the headmaster and the rest of the school . |