Example sentences of "we [vb past] [adv prt] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we rode on and emerged into open country a mist was hanging some feet above the ground , as if suspended by a conjuror . |
| 2 | And in the second half when we always make the bulk of our profits , we fought back and our second pre-tax er , er performance , exceeded by some five million er , that of nineteen ninety . |
| 3 | I 'm not a writer but I have done some singing , and so we met up and decided to do some songs , with a conscious effort to keep it basic-sounding , and showcase Lola 's voice . |
| 4 | Sunlight reflected from a window among the palm trees to lance a sliver of dazzling light at our cockpit , then the reflection was gone and we were at sea level , engines screaming , and I fumbled for the camera , prayed it had not broken when it fell from the ceiling , and took another picture just before Maggot lifted the aircraft 's nose so that we swooped up and over the palm trees that edged the beach . |
| 5 | We passed by and opted instead for an easy final passage . |
| 6 | Our breath made huge clouds of steam which hid our faces as we talked , and we hopped about and shrugged elaborately to ward off the penetrating fingers of cold that probed at our necks and hands . |
| 7 | But there again er it was the time we lived in and you had certain Well yards had their own way of trying to keep track of when a guy was in a toilet etcetera and sometimes you would have to hand in y your er your time ticket , to the toilet attendant , and you would give him this ticket and he would say right you are , you know , and mark down your number on a book and say to you , well you 've got seven minutes or something you know . |
| 8 | Describing the arrest , she said : ‘ We got up and looked out of the window , and saw police were gathering by the minute — loads of them with rifles and guns — and we got quite frightened . |
| 9 | When Stuart and I heard this we got up and looked for the nearest exit . |
| 10 | We got up and found ourselves roped in to join a group of Fathers dressed in light gear , as it was a hot day . |
| 11 | Even if I can get rid of the the tour operators erm or put somebody like onto because we got up and running now and I have n't got anyone to deal with it |
| 12 | After about three hours , we got through and we asked her what had happened and she said ‘ everything is fine … the tanks are just across the road ’ , and my mum did n't know what to say because we were all so upset . |
| 13 | . We 'll see how well we got on and how we did n't . |
| 14 | So we got out and walked again . |
| 15 | Then we got out and began to walk very quietly along the path towards the house . |
| 16 | We got out and this fat peasant woman came screaming out of her white-washed finca … ’ |
| 17 | We got off and took cover for a while , then came up and got another bus to Fulham . |
| 18 | As we got in and set off he said to me , ‘ Have you ever seen Bulawayo ? ’ |
| 19 | We got in and the Negro driver gunned it away without a word . |
| 20 | but it was cold when we got in and even colder when we got out , so if we all go down with pneumonia that will |
| 21 | He was hugely amused by it , the more so as we paced up and down in exasperation . |
| 22 | The following morning I went with my mother to the foot of the Pentland Hills near Allermuir , where Leslie and I used so often to walk , and there we paced up and down , talking and talking . |
| 23 | ‘ It was already here when we moved in and to start with I thought it would make the room seem too gloomy , but it 's grown on me and I really like it now , ’ says Mary Jane , who works part-time as a physiotherapist . |
| 24 | I started to like it more when we loosened up and it got less serious . |
| 25 | We wandered up and down to the inadequate refreshment kiosk , drinking soda and eating buns . |
| 26 | We staggered out and began to use it as a battering ram against the locked door . |
| 27 | ‘ Then five years ago we woke up and decided to sell washing machines instead . ’ |
| 28 | We camped about and we had our little parties , but we never really discussed it ; just accepted it as a fact of life . |
| 29 | The first tape we played back and it was him eating toast ! |
| 30 | No we , we heard that this development was coming up so we came round and looked and liked it and took the plunge . |