Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon she came by the local gymnasium , and then the local Cedok tourist office , and from there she turned into a part which she was growing more familiar with , and in no time found she was back in the colonnade area . |
| 2 | Bet you never even noticed I was there for the first three years . " |
| 3 | It seemed she was up at the Jubilee Tower practising the tango with Nigel and they would be down shortly with the papers . |
| 4 | He 'd thought her a little too old for his own purposes , but always assumed she was there for the taking . |
| 5 | His demise was predicted by party colleagues who believed he was frequently in the news for all the wrong reasons . |
| 6 | At last he recalled it was not in the Nightingale Gallery but in the one running to the left . |
| 7 | She realized she was down from the morph-plus , and that her senses were sharper than they had ever been before . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , Arfon Council 's planning section in Caernarfon confirmed it was still considering the Sainsbury 's plan and the application would be judged on its merits . |
| 9 | ‘ What is the matter ? ’ his mother said , her hand on the teapot ; the daily maid who served them was out of the room . |
| 10 | Inevitably , months later , some actor will hiss , ‘ Heard you were in for the first half the other night , ’ prompting instant fabrication of husband having a miscarriage and mad cow disease in row F ) . |
| 11 | ‘ It was funny to see those agents ’ faces when they discovered they were up against the famous Marc Vila ! |
| 12 | The court heard they were both at the end of their tether . |
| 13 | No one knows who first made this ingenious invention , although as already indicated it was probably towards the end of the thirteenth century . |
| 14 | In the event , I discovered he was out of the country for a while . |
| 15 | We heard he was down at the station this morning . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , Tel , it 's called murder and the last I heard it was certainly against the law . |
| 17 | When the storm broke they were literally in the front line , but they continued to stock The Satanic Verses and in many cases display it prominently . |
| 18 | Labour supporters in Bristol had considered canvassing known overseas voters but decided it was not worth the expense . |
| 19 | Once we were fed and watered it was back onto the dance floor to practise what we had learnt and add , would you believe , a small jump to our repertoire . |
| 20 | The first time I met her was up on the platform . |
| 21 | I knew I was out on the motorway |
| 22 | It probably fooled the listeners as only the presenter knew I was actually in the studio . |
| 23 | I thought I was off on the usual , rather tedious type of assignment ! |
| 24 | She was about to risk departing for an early lunch , a move which she would not have dared to make if Miss Coldharbour had been in the office , but Julia gathered she was out for the morning and not expected in until two fifteen . |
| 25 | Mr Taylor said he had no forwarding address for the woman , but knew she was somewhere in the London area . |
| 26 | Anne knew she was back on the Nightmare Express . |
| 27 | All she had wanted to do was make sure her followers knew she was back on the road to recovery and fit enough to joke " the Scottish people have so amazingly walked into my heart the impact has been far more powerful than I could have imagined " . |
| 28 | We knew you were somewhere upon the Aletschhorn , but not exactly where . |
| 29 | As far as I knew you were still in the study . ’ |
| 30 | Oh I thought you was on about the pie . |