Example sentences of "and [pers pn] were [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Fat Controller and I were back inside the bolt when it arrived from the bonded warehouse at Felixstowe . |
| 2 | Soon Jacob and I were out on the lonely , snow-covered hills . |
| 3 | ‘ Rastani and I were out of the Tower . |
| 4 | Three weeks went by and we were back at the vet 's surgery . |
| 5 | Soon we left the town behind us , and we were out in the country . |
| 6 | I put on my kilt , picked up my bagpipes , clambered aboard the truck , and we were off to the beach . |
| 7 | Once the funeral was over and they were back in the parlour of the cosy farmhouse , the atmosphere lightened and Victoria was passed from group to group , chattering like an enchanting little doll . |
| 8 | They rode through the stink of pyres where local men were burning the bodies of the beasts killed the night before , and then the land dipped and they were back in the Dales proper with the hills behind them and some of the chill wind cut off . |
| 9 | The goal was just the shock needed to get Town moving and they were back in the match just four minutes later … goal poacher Steve White who scored a hat-trick last saturday was there again to make it one all … |
| 10 | The goal was just the shock needed to get Town moving and they were back in the match just four minutes later … goal poacher Steve White who scored a hat-trick last saturday was there again to make it one all … |
| 11 | Take them I mean along the main road , he had taken the the the trees at the back of them and they had no shelter and they were down in the main road . |
| 12 | He was ‘ very opposed ’ to petrol rationing and maintained that rota cuts , organised systematically , would be the only effective method — and they were out of the question . |
| 13 | And before she could utter so much as a squeak he clapped his hand over her mouth , swung her into his arms , and they were out of the flat and into his car without so much as a curtain twitching . |
| 14 | When I was nine and they were out for the evening I stayed up late to watch a horror movie and had nightmares . |
| 15 | Roman signed the register the man handed him and , telling him to send the luggage up , took Claudia 's arm , and they were out in the street before she could speak . |