Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] were [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Those days Australia were so strong that once you were out of the team it was extremely difficult to get back in . |
| 2 | They stepped out across the moorland and the wind caught them , strong and cold , once they were out of the shelter of the wall . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | Once they were out in the fresh air , away from this green tomb , their blood would cool . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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. |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Both Benjamin and I wisely kept our mouths shut until we were out of the main hall . |
| 12 | If they were down to the last dregs of their confidence after their Hillsborough defeat it did not show and it took Kelly 's superb reflexes to deny Newell after only three minutes . |
| 13 | They never spoke until they were out of the prison , the wicket gate slamming shut behind them . |
| 14 | They were amber as she swung the car round to the right and through them , heading down a side street , taking another right then another until they were back on the street where they 'd started . |
| 15 | Maxim said nothing more until they were back at the inn . |
| 16 | If it were up to the faithful in Blackpool , Margaret Thatcher would go ‘ on and on ’ . |
| 17 | It did n't last long because we were back in the boardroom by now , and he quickly got another glass of champagne into his clutches . |
| 18 | ‘ But I saw your husband come into the tent while you were over at the tombola , ’ Mrs Doran said to Mrs Yardley . |
| 19 | He 's there , still curled up and still secured by the tape , but he must have wriggled his way through to here while you were down in the cellar ; he 's knocked over a table with the phone on it and he 's just turning the phone the right way up as you enter the lounge and see him . |
| 20 | ‘ It was while you were down in the cellar , changing over the barrels , ’ she told him . |
| 21 | At first , we thought everyone else was booming while we were down in the dumps , but from talking to other businessmen you realise that everyone is suffering the same . ’ |
| 22 | But while they were out in the garden during the afternoon they began talking to the man next door who had a motorbike and was leaving for the City on it at seven . |
| 23 | Before they were out of the English channel a severe storm washed a man overboard and left Mrs Dutton so ill she had to be taken ashore in a pilot boat when the storm dropped . |
| 24 | I was just worried that you 'd be furious with me for bringing them down here when you were out of the country . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll say you were in a temper , and it had n't changed any when you were back in the office . |
| 26 | I wished I 'd had a poke round when we were up by the cliff — he probably had a little cave in there behind the brambles . |
| 27 | I was able to take controls of the aircraft when we were up in the sky . |
| 28 | When we were out on the street , we followed section by section , and each section went to its own beats . |
| 29 | She talked almost all the way down through the forest : and then , when we were out in the open she started again , ‘ Do you see those trees over there ? ’ |
| 30 | And when we were down in the kitchen the partition between the butt and the bairn as they called it was going like that inside of the house in the gale . |