Example sentences of "we [adv prt] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then my father slowly raised his rifle and there was the tiger , padding towards us along a narrow game trail , his head moving from side to side . |
| 2 | He guided us along a functional passage or three , then finally into a large open area where he halted — obviously to let the full impact hit us . |
| 3 | After dropping 100m in about 4.5 miles , a sneaky left hand turn ( just after you come to some dry stone walls ) led us down a long rough track to the Low Mill — Gillamoor road . |
| 4 | Bertie led us down a sloping alleyway to a heavy door where we left our shoes . |
| 5 | Gary Stebbing was a stylish England Youth international and sometime captain who joined the Palace straight from school in 1983 and played in a variety of midfield and defensive positions for us over a five year span . |
| 6 | We have an impressive ability to recognise those familiar to us over a wide variety of conditions : for example varying lighting conditions , viewing angles , cosmetic changes ( hairstyles or make-up ) and even age . |
| 7 | The Dalek Killer 's led us up a blind alley . ’ |
| 8 | The other , on the face of it , gives less cause for revelling , since it takes us back a mere 70 years and is effectively an anniversary of an anniversary . |
| 9 | ‘ One was financial — loss of earnings , keeping a second home and campaigning expenses set us back a great deal over the 15 months . |
| 10 | Once seen , it gives us back a legitimate access to a great wealth of traditional human experience on the matter , which must of course be critically used , but which certainly does not leave us utterly puzzled , as we might be in starting to observe a strange species . |
| 11 | Happily in those days there was no air navel to take us in a few hours to Addis Ababa and bring us back a few days later . |
| 12 | Our university hosts led us into a room bedecked with tinsel and flashing fairy lights , and seated us around a circular table covered with elaborate cold starters . |