Example sentences of "we were [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were on remand for about three months and then we were up at the Crown court . |
| 2 | She said , she turned to Mr Fleming and she said , ‘ Darling , do you mind when we were up at the Uni , and that … |
| 3 | Yeah , we er , we won the , the losers trophy twice , we got first round trophy , got knocked out the first round to go to that , me , half , half the decent teams were knocked out in the first round , you know , we were , we were playing sort of , that , that was , nine times out of ten that was the real cup , I mean we , we were up against the league champions once |
| 4 | I was able to take controls of the aircraft when we were up in the sky . |
| 5 | And I was very naughty I , I felt like saying well some of their , they , them are n't er do you remember the very last time we were up in the hospital at the waiting area , there was those two nurses that walked up and down |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We were on to the pudding course by now and I was attacking a delicious crème brûlée with great gusto , while Sally sensibly preferred the fresh fruit salad . |
| 8 | Then , quite suddenly , we were out of the jungle and into the daylight and the walls of the great fortress , as solid and immobile as stone elephants , were rising up all around us . |
| 9 | I asked as soon as we were out of the chamber . |
| 10 | ‘ This is the end , ’ he said , as soon as we were out of the kitchen . |
| 11 | Then we were out of the prison . |
| 12 | I said that was a brilliant idea and by the time we were out of the car park and in the thick of the traffic , I was asking her what she was doing later . |
| 13 | When we were out on the street , we followed section by section , and each section went to its own beats . |
| 14 | We were out by the pool and she said , ‘ Now , we do n't have to talk about it , but have you had suction , and tucks all over your body ? ’ |
| 15 | Soon we left the town behind us , and we were out in the country . |
| 16 | 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 ? ’ |
| 17 | Then we were off down the hill . |
| 18 | ‘ Carter was the first guy I sat down with to discuss this thing ’ , he told The Art Newspaper , ‘ and as soon as I did , we were off to the races ’ . |
| 19 | So we were off to the races . |
| 20 | I put on my kilt , picked up my bagpipes , clambered aboard the truck , and we were off to the beach . |
| 21 | However , within a few overs of the start , we were off to the newsroom , and cries of disbelief were audible from living-rooms all around the country . |
| 22 | Next day we were off in the train to Bath . |
| 23 | I knew where we were now — we were back at the Avon Gorge . |
| 24 | We were back at the university , sitting on the bench as if nothing had happened . |
| 25 | Three weeks went by and we were back at the vet 's surgery . |
| 26 | Two hours later we were back at the Aiguille du Midi . |
| 27 | So we were back before the firebox , exhausted and happy , and Laura had just shut down the kiln , when Edward came round into the yard again . |
| 28 | At last we were back in the mountains . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | As we drove back to Chelmsford we all wished we were back in the sunshine of southern Germany . |