Example sentences of "were [adv] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He just stopped the car on the top of a small hill , for they were right out in the country now . |
| 2 | they were somewhere out in the North Road |
| 3 | His tools were all over in the cafeteria , there had to be something that he could use to open himself up . |
| 4 | It lasted , like that with Elizabeth , for over a quarter of a century , though the five meetings between us were all over by the autumn of 1947 . |
| 5 | Heber 's grants from the federal government for raising IQs totalled in the millions of dollars , much more than the usual federal funding level , and the results he claimed were comparably out of the ordinary . |
| 6 | They were not out of the weather . |
| 7 | They were not along for the ride . |
| 8 | After a brief stay at Kyle we were soon up to the house and burn near Sandaig Lighthouse , the undisclosed setting , I suspect , of Gavin Maxwell 's otter book " Ring of Bright Water " , later to be filmed . |
| 9 | After an early start we were soon out of the city and climbing . |
| 10 | Particles were just in with the carp lads and we decided to transfer the philosophies to bream . |
| 11 | On the night I turned up in my red leotard and dippy skirt with a heavier than usual coat of paint on , to find , to my horror , that Cleo Roccas of Kenny Everett fame and a young lady much featured on Page 3 , called Gilly , I think , were already up on the stage , surrounded by a sixty-strong swarm of Street of Shame photographers , all climbing up each other 's anoraks and screaming ‘ Lean forward , Cleo — a bit further , give us a smile , lick your lips , Gilly — lovely , lovely — hitch that skirt up a bit … ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Some were already out on the lake , quiet and dabbling . |
| 14 | When I got there they were already out on the beach sizing up the surf . |
| 15 | The bins were already out by the time Cornelius reached home . |
| 16 | Her parents were always up at the front . |
| 17 | Cathy when I was in hospital in er a physiotherapy bit , where they , where they brought children in , erm there was this little girl and like she was riding round on a little bike , you know , so she 's quite , quite old and she had er , in , in brace , but her legs were like out at the side and her feet were pointing down and they 're pointing up , I 'm just a bit confused . |
| 18 | The most notable conditions were low down in the West , particularly in the Glencoe area , where every stream formed a mini icefall and icy crags like Beinn Udlaidh were in excellent condition . |
| 19 | ‘ When I left you last night you were positively down in the dumps ; today you 're — you 're … ’ she made a helpless gesture with her hands , searching for the right adjective ‘ … you 're sizzling ! |
| 20 | They qualified 17th and 20th and were both out of the race within 15 laps . |
| 21 | Rest days from Ullapool were really out of the question so we either had to take the ship on the long sea passage to Aberdeen or down to Ardrossan . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | They were now back at the beginning of their conversation , which was not very helpful . |
| 24 | Air lifts were now out of the question , but trains were still a practical proposition — as Chadwick discovered when he came to deal with the Nazi official in charge of emigration . |
| 25 | They were far back from the bar . |
| 26 | The tree frogs were far out on the branch now . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'd be surprised if we were back in before the end of this Parliament , ’ he said three weeks ago , almost emphatically enough for the majority of Tory MPs who want to steer clear of the Bundesbank for as long as possible . |
| 28 | We were immediately back into the ambience of the nursery where , if anything even vaguely indiscreet was in danger of being said , it would instantly be muffled by the warning whisper : ‘ Hush , not in front of the children ’ . |
| 29 | When they were well out of the way we made tracks for home and I looked forward to a quiet evening . |
| 30 | And if you were well in with the staff and the owners of the quarry you 'd have more bonus . |