Example sentences of "we [was/were] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , we were ahead in the last game until a tactical error by one of the players ( he knows who he is ! ) caused the sad downfall . ’ |
| 2 | An official from the Region had a post with a Cycleway sign attached ; this was duly knocked into the ground beside the river for the ‘ photo opportunity ’ and then removed , as we were nowhere near the actual Cycleway route . |
| 3 | We were soon alongside the small vessel as she pitched uncomfortably in the short Channel seas at about six knots , and we requested her in our usual polite manner to divert into Folkestone for a customs examination . |
| 4 | And we were right in the front row and that ruddy music she had ! |
| 5 | We were both in the upper IQ bracket ; we could 've used channels , pulled strings , bypassed the system . |
| 6 | I think the last time you were here we were actually in the bottom half of the table but shot up to about seventh and since then once we got close to the people with games in hand and catching on the extra games we 've come up into the top three sometimes . |
| 7 | We were now on the glossy blacktop that led towards the army laundry , Rosa 's old creche . |
| 8 | We were now in the 20th century irrevocably , ‘ part of an age where we must be allowed to take the possible risks of our own knowledge . ’ |
| 9 | Now it was on to " Ultima Thule " and we felt we were really in the far north , nearer to Norway than to the UK mainland as we approached the jagged headland of Sumburgh , ringed ominously with the chart symbol for a " rost " [ tide race ] on our chart . |
| 10 | Once we were there at the same time . |
| 11 | We went there morning and evening every day , and on Sundays we were there for the lengthy session of Sung Eucharist . |
| 12 | If we were still in the veiled forests then I would be remembering more , but we drove hard to get into the open , and banish the memory . |
| 13 | Listening to the debate and the old-fashioned ideas of male supremacy it unearthed , you could have been forgiven for thinking that we were still in the 16th Century . |