Example sentences of "we [vb past] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Once or twice , we rode to the beach . |
| 3 | Afterwards , we clung to the rail , listening to the wind howling ; watching vast , angry waves crowding in on every side . |
| 4 | The only basic concession we made to the Chancellor was to exclude the self-employed on the grounds that they were not covered by SERPS in any event . |
| 5 | We picked these up on a visit we made to the island of Haiti a few years ago , and they 've become part of our Christmas celebrations ever since . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We sold to the old Soviet Union but dealt only with the central import agency . |
| 7 | In thanking my right hon. Friend for that answer , may I ask him to have regard to the stresses and strains that already exist in a predominantly Christian European Community and to consider whether they would be increased if we admitted to the Community nations with a predominantly Islamic culture ? |
| 8 | He had a Corporal with him and we doubled to the front of Brigade H.Q and clambered aboard a jeep that had a trailer attached . |
| 9 | When we got to the room she went to pull the curtains . |
| 10 | We did all right until we got to the last bit and I got my foot caught in Otley 's pocket when he tried to bend down , he fell and flung me over his head knocking my wig skew-whiff . |
| 11 | By the time we got to the pub stomachs were beginning to rumble . |
| 12 | We got to the tree before the bulldozers but the electric saw was perilously close . |
| 13 | Just as we got to the rotunda , a jazz band further up the street started to play . |
| 14 | When we got to the halfway camp , two of us were not feeling up to the rest of the climb , and spent the night there . |
| 15 | On the first day we got to the 17th , the Road Hole of course , which was a par-5 in those days , and he hit a great tee-shot . |
| 16 | My nerves were really jangling when we got to the 17th , the Road Hole . |
| 17 | We got to the 18th and there 's Greg Norman and Jack Nicklaus , who took five hours to get round ; we 'd done it in less than four , had a bit of lunch and more practice in that time ! |
| 18 | When we got to the 17th , the last par-5 , he hit his third shot about three feet behind the pin , but he turned to me and said , ‘ You know , Pete , I 'm so damned nervous I ca n't see the hole . |
| 19 | When we got to the green , Ray Floyd says to Nick , ‘ I thought you were never going to play that shot . ’ |
| 20 | On we went , par after par , until we got to the 16th and I thought , this must be it . |
| 21 | Just as we got to the doors a voice said ‘ Full up . ’ |
| 22 | We had misty rain as we started out but the sun came out just as we got to the rapids . |
| 23 | When we got to the airport Shirley Strong said to me . |
| 24 | We got to the Volvo — ‘ Your things ? |
| 25 | Then when we got to the sawmill I 'd stay close beside Uncle Bill watching him sawing and planing , keeping well away from the saw , until midday when the mill shut up for the week . |
| 26 | ‘ We got to the Bazaar soon after the sun was up this morning . |
| 27 | Biting back feelings of inadequacy , frustration and anger I tied up the bundle as well as I could , resigning myself to losing most of it on the way down the hill , preparing for laughter and jeers when we got to the village . |
| 28 | It was getting dark as we got to the mountains of Burma . |
| 29 | But when we got to the studio , the first thing we saw were all these picture frames suspended from the ceiling — we just looked at each other and burst out laughing . |
| 30 | When we got to the end of it , Andy Johns had goosebumps on his arm and he said , ‘ Man , that was the track . ’ |