Example sentences of "were [adv] [adv] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some outstations were so far out of the way , the public did not know they were there , said Prestatyn Coun Richard Edwards . |
| 2 | The post-war farming depression meant that by 1817 earnings were once again back at the level of the late eighteenth century . |
| 3 | It had started to rain more heavily , unless they were now actually up inside the clouds . |
| 4 | As we had managed to walk so far the previous day , we were fairly high up in the mountains , and knew that the fog could take as long as 48 hours to clear . |
| 5 | It was a big undertaking , this farm , with hired hands on a permanent basis , so they were pretty well off by the standards of Baldersdale . |
| 6 | Her eyes were too often down on the lectern . |