Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] were [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although you were still in the same quarter . |
| 2 | ‘ Those days Australia were so strong that once you were out of the team it was extremely difficult to get back in . |
| 3 | Once we were there at the same time . |
| 4 | Officially statistics suggest there are no more cars in the city than there were back in the seventies . |
| 5 | Officially statistics suggest there are no more cars in the city than there were back in the seventies . |
| 6 | The smooths bore little resemblance to the early skins , although they were clearly of the same descent . |
| 7 | By the beginning of May prices had steadied , although they were still below the OPEC reference price of $18 per barrel , but by the end of the month prices again dropped , reflecting the uncertainty about the scale of OPEC 's output cuts . |
| 8 | As we shall see , families now are very much smaller than they were even at the beginning of the century . |
| 9 | Hanging back so they were just at the limit of vision , she followed them through the tunnels of the complex , occasionally passing other personnel or soldiers , who ignored her to concentrate on their search for the fugitive . |
| 10 | They stepped out across the moorland and the wind caught them , strong and cold , once they were out of the shelter of the wall . |
| 11 | It seems clear that , with careful safeguards , we need some legal machinery , similar to the provision of Place of Safety Orders for children , by which an old person could be received into residential care for their own protection , at least for a limited period of time , which would afford a breathing space for all concerned and enable a proper assessment to be made of the situation — including the wishes of the old person once they were out of the violent or neglectful environment . |
| 12 | It would mean a longer walk for them round the northward coil of the river , but that was a small matter once they were out of the town . |
| 13 | ‘ What was that about then , ma'am ? ’ probed Dexter , once they were out on the pavement , puzzled by his chief 's foray into the kitchen . |
| 14 | Once they were out in the fresh air , away from this green tomb , their blood would cool . |
| 15 | Once they were back on the train there was yet more waving of handkerchiefs from pin-hatted ladies who would remain spinsters for the rest of their lives . |
| 16 | Once they were back in the billet Charlie folded up his best suit and placed it under the bed next to the one Tommy had settled on , then swaggered around the room in his new uniform . |
| 17 | I took supplies from the Land Rover , according to our agreement , as if I were actually at the cafe . |
| 18 | If I were back at the A squared , I squared is minus one , so I 've got minus three squared , there 's two give me by I Equals minus thirty nine , now because those two complex numbers are the same are the same , so sixteen is E S squared minus three square , the imaginary grids are also the same , so minus thirty equals two , eight B. |
| 19 | In 1889 a Select Committee heard another plea from a male trade unionist for the restriction of married women 's work on the grounds that ‘ when the married women turn into the domestic workshops they become competitors against their own husbands and it requires a man and his wife to earn what the man alone would earn if she were not in the shop ’ . |
| 20 | Such was the speculation that Hurd and Major — Thatcher 's two nominators for the contest — were obliged to issue a joint statement insisting that they would not stand against Mrs Thatcher in a second ballot , but this all too clearly left open the possibility that they would stand if she were out of the contest . |
| 21 | Teacher : If you were right at the top of the tower would the people down below you look like ? |
| 22 | Whatever happened to you , you were on a charge if you were n't at the point that the sergeant expected you . |
| 23 | ‘ So where did you go if you were n't at the police station ? |
| 24 | IF YOU WERE N'T IN THE F&W , WHICH GROUP WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IN ? |
| 25 | Sometimes we got to be down at Bullard 's brewery by six o clock in the morning with a load , because they 'd start loading the beer up at six o'clock ; and if you were n't in the yard afore they started you could n't get in at all . |
| 26 | If you were not at the June meeting , your list is now enclosed for your attention . |
| 27 | You know if you were previously in the civil service or some other private scheme which is transferable into the teachers ' scheme . |
| 28 | I 'm asking … could you do any one of those things as well as eat , sleep , do it a lot , and phone your mother , if you were permanently in the chemical state induced by falling in love ? |
| 29 | And I I said , he said ooh yes , the two girls come the alley on their own this is the their birthday cake ma , and I really jumped I said , cos we were right in the front , I thought what the hell 's he doing ! but what they were dressed in and she said , so I said , oh yeah well I did n't like it that I do n't know what 's wrong cos all the time they did . |
| 30 | Both Benjamin and I wisely kept our mouths shut until we were out of the main hall . |