Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [adj] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The revenues of both companies were well down on the same month in 1991 , showing a large proportion of their sales coming form the cheaper ranges . |
| 2 | The short days were half over by the time I ventured from the hut ( where my motorbike was also preserved . |
| 3 | The village was decked with flags and flowers , with garlands of leaves between the trees and over the doors of all the cottages , and the villagers were all out in the street , the children playing in their best white frilled dresses and shirts . |
| 4 | They show that those tests have nothing to do with the amount spent per pupil in individual authority areas — some of the biggest spenders were right down at the bottom . |
| 5 | Now she was a mother of five and the three young ones were all down with the fever . |