Example sentences of "we [vb past] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ We met at a swimming gala 'cos we used to be competitive swimmers , ’ recalls Sam . |
| 3 | ‘ We met at a party . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | And er we lived at a village called Homewood near Heath there , then we moved back from there He moved back to er Underwood again . |
| 6 | Later we dined at a restaurant quite near the flat . ’ |
| 7 | We stopped at a gap in the hedge as the road swung round to the left . |
| 8 | It was too late to go to the campsite , or even to get a bus out of town , so we stopped at a hotel where they worried about us and charged too much for Coke . |
| 9 | To my delight , we stopped at a bothy , a long white cabin with a small door in the middle , deep-set windows and a roof of orange thatch . |
| 10 | Finally we stopped at a machine knitting company and I realised what she was shopping for . |
| 11 | On arrival at a solitary farm we stopped at a simple stone monument which marked the nearby crash-sites for F/L Mackid 's Lancaster , : 7572 ‘ L ’ and F/L Poole 's Halifax , W1020 ‘ K ’ . |
| 12 | We stopped at a shop and bought apples and beer , which we guzzled on the march , assault rifles and ammunition belts swinging round our necks as we used our hands to prise the tops off the beer bottles . |
| 13 | At midday we stopped at a rest-house , a square concrete building by the roadside , the only structure we had seen since leaving Cairo , four hours before . |
| 14 | Six hours into the journey , and several thousand feet higher , we stopped at a small village to quench our thirst and refuel the jeep from rusty milk-cans . |
| 15 | In the hills above the ruins of Capernaum near the Mount of Beatitudes we stopped at a natural grassy amphitheatre which could easily seat 10,000 . |
| 16 | On the way back we stopped at a pub where Edward regaled us , and disturbed the landlord , with hilarious anecdotes of raffish nights around Fitzrovia as a young man . |
| 17 | At last we stopped at a door . |
| 18 | We stopped at a tavern and , before we ate our evening meal , Benjamin took me up to our flea-infested chamber . |
| 19 | I forgot to say that on the way to the hot springs we stopped at a neolithic site where they have excavated and reconstructed the life of the people living there 6,000 years ago . |
| 20 | We camped at a hostel near Maralal , run by a local company Yare Safaris . |
| 21 | And er we played at a high tempo and we passed it and really dominated the rest of the game but our finishing could have been better . |
| 22 | We ate at a low round table set out on the foredeck , splendid meals of hot ful beans , salads of tomatoes and onions , and fresh fish from the river . |
| 23 | For instance , in Kenya we came at a herd of elephants fast and low — bang ! |
| 24 | By way of Nero and his brief successor Galba ( who happened to be 73 , which is Mr Healey 's present age ) , we arrived at a picture , on page 483 , of Mr Healey dressed as Father Christmas , which I suggested was deeply melancholy . |
| 25 | Eventually , we arrived at a small , damp valley , peat and heather-filled , where insects hummed in the still air . |
| 26 | We arrived at a Roman Catholic church where kind ladies gave us food and blankets , and soon we were all cosily asleep on the hard church floor . |
| 27 | Two days later we arrived at a well in the dry water-course of the Mullu river . |
| 28 | However , despite constant rain , getting lost around Paris and a long delay on the autobahn due to an accident , 16 hours and 640 miles later we arrived at a motel in Germany . |
| 29 | Kāli chose the steeper , shorter route to the forest and we climbed at a leisurely pace , stopping occasionally to catch our breath , lurching drunkenly and bumping into each other when the gradient increased and we were too lazy to keep up our momentum . |
| 30 | By the time we landed at a rickety jetty , a number of inhabitants had gathered , standing cautiously back to observe us with their heads thrust forward as if they were short-sighted . |