Example sentences of "we [vb past] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We met at school — I was totally in awe of her ’ |
| 2 | We met at lunch , once , and since then he has been bombarding my house with letters and phone calls . |
| 3 | We met at dinner at the vicarage and at Miss Broome 's house after the bazaar , ’ said Penelope firmly reminding him . |
| 4 | We lived at Fiesole for a while , then Livorno , Lake Como , Florence again . |
| 5 | I was on the bus from the centre of Bath to the end of our street , Avondale Buildings ( we lived at No. 5 ) , when I casually opened The Listener and saw this May Day poem . |
| 6 | In the first edition of this book we described at length the reactions evoked by the Report , its strengths and weaknesses as we saw them , and the developments that occurred in the year or so following the publication of Circular 11/77 . |
| 7 | When we heard of the decision to construct a new reservoir on the Durham/Northumberland border , Ann and I carefully noted opening day in our diary ; and on the appointed morning we rose at dawn and sallied forth , bustling by ash-covered Consett Iron Works , the light of battle glinting in our trout-starved eyes . |
| 8 | We stopped at lunch time and had a traditional meal with our driver who then took us back on our way . |
| 9 | ‘ When we stopped at traffic lights , Warren took hold of my hand and said that he was becoming more attached to me and asked me if I would like to go out for dinner the next day . ’ |
| 10 | One of the sex manuals we swapped at school |
| 11 | One of the important things we learnt at art college was how to note and store detail . ’ |
| 12 | Tuesday 27th we camped at East Twinbrook , about five miles from where the waterway ends and where the Chewonki van would be waiting to take us back to camp . |
| 13 | We played at threshing and er shifting the thresher from farm to farm we had been w watching with horses then . |
| 14 | Sir Bruce sipped , made a face , and whispered to Agnes : ‘ And I thought we suffered at MoD . |
| 15 | ‘ From Armidel , ’ writes Johnson , ‘ we came at night to Coriatachan , a house very pleasantly situated between two brooks , with one of the highest hills of the island behind it . ’ |
| 16 | As we separated at bedtime , he asked me , ‘ Just one thing , Jane . |
| 17 | We hurtled at speed back to our ship , and Posi got us away about two nanoseconds after the Manport had withdrawn to the Fraxillian liner . |
| 18 | When we arrived at Granny 's house Mrs Phipps and Mrs Taylor were still standing outside gossiping with the neighbours . |
| 19 | I mean we arrived at quarter past and she said , Oh you 're a bit early . |
| 20 | After a good night 's sleep , we arrived at breakfast with about 15 minutes to spare , and eventually set off for Hungary where we were due to stay the night with a Weymouth girl married to a Hungarian and is living in Gyor . |
| 21 | We fixed it so that we arrived at lunchtime and joined my parents in a restaurant near their hotel . |
| 22 | Soon we arrived at Tower House , a suburban-style dwelling with a large front garden . |
| 23 | Wednesday 21st we awakened at dawn to a chilly overcast day but spirits were good . |
| 24 | ‘ There was a radio programme we heard at school , ’ said Ruth . |
| 25 | end , so we walked at sundown |
| 26 | We landed at East Watergate and made our way up into Knight Rider Street . |
| 27 | Russian tanks were in Hungary in 1956 and we prayed at school for the dying , who were not Russian . |
| 28 | We talked at length about the new sails . |
| 29 | We called at Brigade H.Q where I picked up my bagpipes . |
| 30 | As part of this study , we listened at length to adolescent schoolchildren discussing political issues . |