Example sentences of "[adv] we [was/were] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the forward end of that we came to a glass-panelled door , which needed no key , and suddenly we were in the comparative quietness of the drivers ' cab , right at the front of the train . |
| 2 | So we were in the same group together for a couple of years . ’ |
| 3 | The landing was a smooth one , but once we were inside the terminal building everything moved at a snail 's pace , the queue at immigration long and slow moving . |
| 4 | A while later we were across the other side of the hill , trying another hedge . |
| 5 | Again we paused , although now we were over the worst stretch of hill . |
| 6 | Two weeks ago we were in the Med and the temperatures were in the nineties . |
| 7 | Let me take you back to where we were in the mid-70's . |