Example sentences of "we [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 On our return journey , we rode through a village where the houses , like ships , were moored along a canal and could be approached only over little bridges .
2 As we launch into a debate about last week 's Clash front cover , GW 's jaunty , surprisingly Big Country-tinged epic kind of ends , unlamented . )
3 All except ( 6 ) have an introductory adverbial clause or phrase providing a point of orientation before we launch into a main clause .
4 We launch into a little Talmudic logic-chopping of our own on the question of free will and responsibility when a dybbuk is in residence .
5 This is a case in which we distinguish between a person 's body as it appears to that person , and as it appears to others .
6 We agreed on a short-term goal of maintenance of nutritional intake and Mrs Allen said she would make sure she ate one ‘ proper ’ meal each day .
7 It would surprise me very much if we agreed to a boycott , ’ said one Italian analyst .
8 I see from my files that we agreed to a slight change to the Agreement for the above tape , and a revised page 2 of the document was sent to you on 20 April .
9 We agreed to a limited extension on the basis that we would have to show the court that we had provided reasonable opportunity for the Department to consider the matter .
10 A Sky spokesman added : ‘ We agreed to a police request that Bobby Gould should not be at the ground , even though he worked for us in the same capacity at the first match between the two sides . ’
11 We agreed to a spending on capital statement , we do agree to spending six hundred thousand pounds for the much needed paper and look at the council rate monies spent later this year .
12 COLBERT : We met under a bet .
13 Last week we met as a team , working with and next week we will be meeting .
14 We met on a wild , windy day near the Ferry in a port on the South Coast .
15 We met on a professional basis , ’ said Gregson , his smile broadening .
16 My photographic equipment was a bit limited by the fact that as a leader I was required to carry a heavy hunting rifle all the time we were ashore , just in case we met with a polar bear in a nasty mood .
17 We met at a luncheon party at the University Club in Montreal and came away together , since we seemed to have something in common and got along well .
18 We met at a swimming gala 'cos we used to be competitive swimmers , ’ recalls Sam .
19 We met at a party .
20 We met at a meeting of the North Yorkshire Road Racing Support Group ( in Northallerton Rugby Club ) where the moped messengers were spreading the word that life begins at 50 .
21 ‘ Stan called me and we met for a chat at his home .
22 With an interpreter we met for a drink and he told me that because his home was in East Germany he had been forbidden to travel abroad until quite recently when he became an old-age Pensioner ; this voyage was his first taste of freedom .
23 We met for a drink .
24 Next Sunday we met in a Deacon 's house .
25 We met in a pub , some crepuscular burrow where Stuart is a regular little furry creature , where he can crouch happily in the reconstructed inglenook ( imitation Norman Shaw ) and quaff his ale as his yeoman forefathers have so quaffed since antiquity .
26 Just as he has behaved since we met in a manner that avoids interpretation .
27 We met in a bar .
28 But we at Bizzerk have finally unmasked the mastermind behind Various — Mr — Mr Reg ‘ K-Telestar ’ Nobb , 37 , a man we met in a Soho pub .
29 We met in a pub — back in , oh , ‘ thirty-seven , ‘ thirty-eight .
30 We met in a museum once .
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