Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ah well they were down in the garden we said |
| 2 | When I was nine and they were out for the evening I stayed up late to watch a horror movie and had nightmares . |
| 3 | ‘ Those days Australia were so strong that once you were out of the team it was extremely difficult to get back in . |
| 4 | She talked almost all the way down through the forest : and then , when we were out in the open she started again , ‘ Do you see those trees over there ? ’ |
| 5 | I have a suspicion that somehow the heating was on by the time they reached their new destination . |
| 6 | ‘ The state I was in at the time I 'd have wanted to murder him myself . |
| 7 | he said , she said I thought that was his name , cos his name was up on the board I said oh yeah |
| 8 | If the Co was up on the Tuesday you had to have it paid for the Saturday , at least . |
| 9 | As soon as my father was out of the way she became a holy terror . |
| 10 | Well I was having an affair with his wife and I loved her so much I wanted to marry her , I wanted his land and his money , so I thought if he was out of the way it would be easier to get what I wanted and of course it was . |
| 11 | As soon as he was out of the bathroom he put on his tracksuit and hit the road . |
| 12 | Once I was out of the cab I ran and ran , and lost her ; she wo n't know where to look , the pavements are covered with footmarks . |
| 13 | So I just thought she 's gon na yeah if it was out of the question she could have said oh no that 's it , there 's a flat rate so I |
| 14 | As soon as she was out of the room he pulled the nearest phone across his desk and punched out the number of the Athene office . |
| 15 | While Oliver was out of the room she abandoned her chair for the couch , kicked off her shoes and curled up . |
| 16 | The first mouthpiece brought to me was out of the van they used for transporting tramps . |
| 17 | Sarah was worried because it was getting late , and when at last she was out of the hospital she started walking quickly towards Clerkenwell , but she had n't gone far before a hackney cab drew up . |
| 18 | When I was out on the road I mean before I came into training I was so I laid my cards at the table at this point in time to say yes I need to sell insurance erm and I always remember particular broker who you go in and and he 's saying well so how many of these particular products would you sell over the next year and he said oh twenty five and you go in great , guy 's promised to sell twenty five domestic contents policies over the next year . |
| 19 | Hours after his wife gave birth to their son , he was out with the girl he 's living with . |
| 20 | Just got erm , I mean was out in the stick I like to just half a dozen little flight of stairs perhaps with a dozen steps |
| 21 | He would not , himself , have mentioned the matter , but now it was out in the open it would provide something to talk about . |
| 22 | ‘ But from where I was out in the audience I could n't properly see what he was doing to get that amazing sound — so of course I assumed he was playing bottleneck . |
| 23 | From where I was out in the audience I could n't see what Clarence White was doing — so I assumed he was playing bottleneck |
| 24 | Yeah I , I , I think , I think it was about by the time he , he 'd had this allowance from you know going to College , I , I think it left him with about twenty seven bob a week , which was n't bad you know . |