Example sentences of "[noun sg] were [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that if the Hohenzollern candidature were out of the way , peace would be assured . |
| 2 | Both Panic and the FRY Internal Affairs Minister Pavle Bulatovic were out of the capital . |
| 3 | So I arranged for one of the estate stalkers to take the remains up the river , when the Colonel and his lady were out for the day . ’ |
| 4 | For a while it seemed as if all the woes of Welsh rugby were down to The Gnoll — though this theory was eventually disproved by the World Cup . |
| 5 | Yet now some of these standoffish people from an introvert world were out on the GalacNet lines , coming to meet Mala and me . |
| 6 | Its rudder and fin were both knocked out , and a four-foot-long gash in the shell meant even repairs on the bank were out of the question , reinforcing complaints about the lack of driftwood clearance on the river this year . |
| 7 | For pilgrims , the ritual prostrations and prayer-wheel-spinning were out of the question , because beggars blocked the shrine . |
| 8 | Liston and company were out on the lawn behind the house , where an old-fashioned wrought-iron table and some matching chairs had been set for them in the evening sunlight . |
| 9 | A small , thin tabby , she spent her life trying to work out the central dilemmas of her life — how to get in and out of the house , and why the fat man called Henry tried to kick her every time the two other people in the house were out of the way . |