Example sentences of "they were [adv] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were not along for the ride . |
| 2 | They were not out of the weather . |
| 3 | The golden boys , those who never give the bad news , who make sure that when the plant breaks down they are not available to inform anybody , and have made absolutely certain they were n't around during the run-up to such a disaster , are rewarded . |
| 4 | There 's not six men left , and all the cattle are away , for they were n't out at the shielings yet . |
| 5 | They were n't out of the woods yet — far from it . |
| 6 | Both sides struggled to find their rhythm during that opening 45 minutes , perhaps a legacy of the fact that they were already through to the quarter-final stages . |
| 7 | When I got there they were already out on the beach sizing up the surf . |
| 8 | they were somewhere out in the North Road |
| 9 | They were barely out of the club before Rory turned on Adam , no longer able to keep the lid on her simmering anger . |
| 10 | He just stopped the car on the top of a small hill , for they were right out in the country now . |
| 11 | When they were well out of the way we made tracks for home and I looked forward to a quiet evening . |
| 12 | The new industrial centres were , in fact , quite small at first , and as they were mainly out of the way in unfashionable parts of the country , many people ignored them completely ; one or two distinguished men even had the impression that the population was declining . |
| 13 | They were now back at the beginning of their conversation , which was not very helpful . |
| 14 | They were far back from the bar . |
| 15 | Even the way he looked at them was enough to assure her that they were way down on the social scale . |