Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was all over after 41 laps when Hill 's engine blew … his hopes and those of all the home fans were up in the smoke … |
| 2 | Her legs were out to the side like that |
| 3 | I ca n't describe it , she had , her legs were out to the side , but they were pointing down like that |
| 4 | ‘ The kids were out in the lake on one of those pedal boats . |
| 5 | The Jews were back in the ground again . |
| 6 | ‘ All the cars were out on the forecourt and priced and the staff were very helpful . |
| 7 | Susan giggled when the two lads were up at the bar . |
| 8 | His eyes were back on the road and he did not see Madeleine 's mouth turn down in a pout . |
| 9 | He glanced across to her , then his eyes were back on the road . |
| 10 | The Express , by contrast , detects unsheathed Conservative blades : ‘ Tory knives were out for the BBC … the Prime Minister is said to have told friends : ‘ my views on the BBC 's coverage are not printable . ’ |
| 11 | The fact that the final article is likely to have been polished by Sir David English , the editor and long-standing friend of Margaret Thatcher , prompted speculation that the Number 10 knives were out for the Chancellor , and that his days might be numbered . |
| 12 | She has the whip-hand for the first time since the cock-up over the separation when they had to apologise for making it known that the knives were out for the Duchess . |
| 13 | They yesterday found out which rating band their homes were in for the tax which starts next April . |
| 14 | Wigs were out of the question because of the cost , and most of the changes John asked for in the designs were for simplicity in making and comfort in wearing . |
| 15 | The shoes were back on the desk top . |
| 16 | Within minutes of being released by the police , these youngsters were back in an amusement arcade . |
| 17 | Not that I could n't ring you any time while they 're here , ’ she added hurriedly , as if feeling guilty of being underhand while her parents were out of the way . |
| 18 | Her brother had taken the opportunity to entertain a large group of teenage friends while his parents were out of the country . |
| 19 | Well one of you on cleaning fruit , getting all the stalks and stones out of the fruit , we used to have a sieve , not a riddle , a sieve with round , the wires were round in the sieve and you rub it , and the stalks would drop through and then you 'd put them out onto an iron baking sheet and sort out all the stones that and little bits that were in the fruit and you 'd be on cleaning fruit you might be one day , the other whichever one was the you 'd be cleaning and greasing baking tins , ready for the baker to put the cakes in or what have you , and then at night we used to grease all the bread tins ready for men to be allowed to drop the dough into the bread tins , and er stuff like that and cleaning up scrubbing down and |
| 20 | As far as we could tell the Moslem factions were out of the fray for the time being . |
| 21 | I know for a fact that these nets were back in the river , in the hands of poachers , a very short time after they have been captured by the commission . ’ |
| 22 | In the third quarter of this year , pay settlements were down from an average of 10 per cent . |
| 23 | In manufacturing industry , pay settlements were down from an average of 9 per cent . |
| 24 | But I mean I think the feeling of the the miners were out for a year I mean time and time again I 've heard people say , Oh how d how do they do it and look at the money they 're sending us and look at what they 're doing for us and how ho . |
| 25 | Inevitably it did and Glasgow 's cafe bars gave an audible sigh of relief : champagne and chips was back on the menu . |
| 26 | The British Labour Party , after its stern admonitions at Southport , showed no signs of abandoning its decision that collaboration with Communists was out of the question . |
| 27 | The queen-dowager had her own reasons for wishing to keep her daughter-in-law close at hand — whilst accepting that her remaining in sanctuary in the circumstances was out of the question . |
| 28 | For a second she thought that the lost one was lost no more and Barbs was back on the beat , but then she saw that the women were about to share a can of something and were clearly old mates . |
| 29 | His great days were over by the middle of the 1830s , although he was still active , on a much reduced scale , until at least the middle of the next decade . |
| 30 | All the Alpha Betas and most of the Gammas were out on the landing and they ran out of room . |