Example sentences of "[pers pn] were [verb] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that win , Hope 's family and supporters celebrated with champagne in the dressing room and Lawless recalled : ‘ We only had a few glasses and Mo and I were drinking out of the same one . |
| 2 | It was still not yet fully dark outside , and if she were to look out of the window , she would be able to see at once whether the outside world was part of her own world or whether it , too , was caught in this terrifying time slip . |
| 3 | I mean it was , you , you were sent out of the room . |
| 4 | ‘ We were robbed out of the game , ’ said an angry Chapman . |
| 5 | It rained most of the time , and when we were kicked out of the youth hostel for the day we walked around and sat in bus shelters . |
| 6 | The Bundesbank was heavily criticised by our Government for not coming to the rescue of the pound on Black Wednesday when we were forced out of the ERM . |
| 7 | I think he was convinced the green was fast , but maybe he had forgotten we were coming out of the rough and the topspin ran us through the green . |
| 8 | But as we were coming out of the doorway , running across there , sidling round the side was the inspector . |
| 9 | When we were going out of the theatre at the end of the pantomime I saw a little lad crawl under the seat and put it in his pocket . |
| 10 | Hutchesons/Aloysians ' victory by 31-13 at Union Park against Corstorphine was not enough and they were edged out of the race on points difference . |
| 11 | As the first group of pulses were directed to the satellite high above the Indian Ocean , mixed up with all the other transmissions going out to the Far East , they were snatched out of the ether by the NSA 's giant aerials at Morwenstow 60 miles up the coast to the east of Goonhilly , and compared with the watch lists of ‘ interesting ’ numbers on their computer memories . |
| 12 | Vangmoor came up on the screen as if they were looking out of the window , but Vangmoor in summer without the wind and with leaves on the trees . |
| 13 | She shrugged ruefully , and ten minutes later they were speeding out of the village . |
| 14 | As they were getting out of the police car a royal blue Land Rover drew up beside them and a coastguard officer got out . |
| 15 | The fish they were pulling out of the Swedish lakes were badly deformed . |
| 16 | The Collector 's lips moved but his mind had already wandered away , besieged by practical questions … how would they manage for privies with so many people in the banqueting hall , assuming that they were driven out of the Residency ? |
| 17 | The party appointments came after the leadership had authorised a statement formally apologising to the Czechoslovak people for leading the country into its latest crisis , before they were hustled out of the building because the cleaners wanted to go home . |
| 18 | However , during that poor run which ultimately cost them the title , they were knocked out of the FA Cup by lowly Wrexham , and that must act as a warning in neon lights for their trip to non-League Yeovil . |
| 19 | They were knocked out of the Anglo-Italian Cup by Portsmouth , who beat them two-nil at the Manor . |
| 20 | made a quick exit from the Yorkshire Shield competition when they were knocked out of the first round 13–4 in a game spoiled by the wind . |
| 21 | made a quick exit from the Yorkshire Shield competition when they were knocked out of the first round 13–4 in a game spoiled by the wind . |
| 22 | They were coming out of the end of the hangar now . |
| 23 | And they used to bring us girls chocolates ; because when they were coming out of the dining-room , anything nice ( they had n't time to take off their gloves ) anything nice that was left in the dishes they used to pinch a piece and eat it . |
| 24 | Very big and brave they must have looked in their new NATO camouflage suits , and absolutely dead they were when they were taken out of the vans . |
| 25 | LIVERPOOL paid the price for Moscow madness when they were dumped out of the European Cup Winners Cup on Wednesday . |
| 26 | Then I felt the post begin to slide upwards through my hands , as if more of it were coming out of the ground . |