Example sentences of "were [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite profits which were down a third on last year , Stoddard Sekers International outperformed the bulk of the beleaguered textile section . |
| 2 | Six sectors down ten percent , that of course included investment banking which we have n't touched on , but er the Lazard Houses profits were down a little less than ten percent which is rather good going , given their erm heavy specialist skills in M and A which were a little bit in short supply last year . |
| 3 | ‘ They were down the shelter … or out of the way , for once . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ My first year at the club was tough when we were down the bottom of Division Two , but this is the biggest challenge I 've faced . |
| 5 | Léonie and Thérèse were down the other end , putting on their boots . |
| 6 | By the time he 'd got inside , I 'd taken Martin 's arm and we were down the alley outside the Pontefract Castle just as the doors opened . |
| 7 | Summer bookings were up a highly impressive 31% on the previous year and Airtours ' cash balance rose to £90m . |
| 8 | Hewlett-Packard Co — shares up $5.125 on those sterling second quarter figures ( CI No 2,171 ) — may be doing very well with its Unix computers ( it is ) , but its out-and-out winner is of course the printer business : printer orders in the quarter were up a phenomenal 33% on the 1992 second quarter at $4,100m . |
| 9 | HP may be doing very well with its Unix computers ( it is ) , but its out-and-out winner is of course the printer business : printer orders in the quarter were up a phenomenal 33% on the 1992 second quarter at $4,100m . |
| 10 | Sir Ralph 's quarters were up a polished wooden staircase in one of the turrets of the White Tower a pleasant , sweet-smelling chamber in sharp contrast to the grim cell over in the North Bastion . |
| 11 | But London experiences the " provinces " as if they were up the Amazon , up a mysterious not to say treacherous jungle path . |
| 12 | ‘ There were only three of us at first , and we were up the field all day , every day . |
| 13 | February the fifteenth you were out a lot . |
| 14 | So he agreed to give her the camera , show her how to use it ; he 'd make sure the family were out the afternoon she came round to get the film developed . |
| 15 | Fernyough hit eight 4s and three 6s , but once they were out the tail collapsed and Huyton totalled just 122 . |
| 16 | He had all the ladders were out the van , and he were using all George 's tools . |
| 17 | And when I went and got him up this morning his legs were out the bottom of the cot again ! |
| 18 | Did you check their tenancy agreement , because it was a pretty Machiavellian , Dickensian tenancy agreement , if you 're found smoking in bed for example , you were out the next morning , those sort of things , and I think you really ought to look at that very carefully . |
| 19 | They were back a bit . |
| 20 | The Swedes were moved out , but were back the following day . |
| 21 | As soon as they were back the room filled up with people : Kānchho 's wife and family , Kalchu 's other brother , Māilo , and his son and daughter , the ā gri from the house next door . |
| 22 | When both of us were back the new arrangements would come into full working . |
| 23 | But the Inter City Firm from West Ham were around a long time before the Service Crew . |
| 24 | Some of them are rather like cave paintings are n't they and have they 've got this from my a sort of tedious association of the drawings and pictures and er Catherine 's it seems to be suggesting that animals were around , animals and other creatures were around a long time before human beings and that human beings are in some ways intruders therefore in their in their world . |