Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] were [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Lambert found Kimberley and Killion they were out on the field , looking at a map laid on the bottom wing of a plane . |
| 2 | The Greeks did very little during the winter because of bad weather but each spring they were back on the water , checking that everything was nautika or boatworthy . |
| 3 | If you find it hard to stick to a diet , try keeping a diary for a week where you record what you 've eaten and when , how hungry you were and what sort of mood you were in at the time . |
| 4 | It was heard by the men in the inn , and in a second they were out in the road , running into the darkness of the fields . |
| 5 | By the time he got his foot to the brake pedal they were down among the mud and the car slid on for several yards before coming to a halt . |
| 6 | Every day you were in with the |
| 7 | ‘ One minute she were up by the carriage , the next she were down on her back like a tumbled ewe . ’ |
| 8 | you know the other night you were on about the fish that you had for your tea |
| 9 | Next day we were off in the train to Bath . |
| 10 | On the evening of the second day we were back in the flat near Long Bridge . |
| 11 | By the third day they were out into the Atlantic . |
| 12 | The few managers of nursing who were around in the late 1960s , early 1970s will not wish to relive those experiences and yet unless alternative solutions are found quickly , the problem which prevailed then will soon be upon us again . |
| 13 | Every week they were out on the streets of Highgate or Chalk Farm preaching , and Eva belonged to the cadet 's singing brigade . |
| 14 | Within the hour they were out into the countryside , following the track which would lead them down to the old Roman road . |
| 15 | All the noise came from the end we were in throughout the game . |
| 16 | Next thing they were down with the measuring up and we 'd just got a four thousand pound rate bill ! |
| 17 | In that case we should be back in something like the unsatisfactory position we were in before the introduction of comprehensive schools , when the least successful children were relegated to schools that were openly admitted to be inferior ; and it is likely that the ‘ good ’ schools would , many of them , choose to free themselves from their Local Authorities . |
| 18 | No doubt they were down in the cellar sheltering from the bombardment . |
| 19 | And I was very naughty I , I felt like saying well some of their , they , them are n't er do you remember the very last time we were up in the hospital at the waiting area , there was those two nurses that walked up and down |
| 20 | I said that was a brilliant idea and by the time we were out of the car park and in the thick of the traffic , I was asking her what she was doing later . |
| 21 | ‘ You shall have both , ’ he promised , and within a very short time they were back in the blissfully cool hotel . |