Example sentences of "lights [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The day was faintly foggy ; lights were on on the tall hazy meccano sculptures of oil rigs moored in the Firth . |
| 2 | Lights were on in the primary school . |
| 3 | The lights were off in the big drawing-room but someone had lit the logs which had been piled in the fireplace . |
| 4 | ‘ No point , our lights were out for a long time , they 'd just use that as an excuse . |
| 5 | Each night the teachers had to take turns checking that the students were in their dormitories , and the lights were out at an appropriate time . |