Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] were [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One , like any new band we were checking out the opposition . |
| 2 | ‘ The first week , they plodded up the stairs and when we took them out for the day they were wiped out the next . |
| 3 | As working volunteers of a fraternal railway we were taken on the strength of the Llangollen railway for the day , and , clad in our reflective waistcoats , we were conducted along the track , first on foot , then on the ‘ Neptune ’ , a diesel track inspection vehicle . |
| 4 | By dawn they were staking out the Radcliffe Infirmary , Grosvenor Square , Downing Street and Scotland Yard . |
| 5 | This time we were to follow up the three months with a twelve-week season at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven , Connecticut . |