Example sentences of "was [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Oh well Morse was on at the same time .
2 But the , you see if you look in the , I have information off the Birmingham secretary , er Secretary 's secretary , she was involved , she even was imprisoned in Switzerland erm when the peace movement was on between the two wars , and that was when they were , I believe it was a German woman that er that was on , you know in the committee , but I 'll have to refer to the Caring and Sharing book .
3 Yeah , I know th th th there 's three floors of it and I was , I was on like the bottom floor so
4 Report author Jill Krutick said that in the meantime the race was on among the large hotel chains to achieve a pan-European presence with branded hotel products .
5 Cos it was in with the electric bills , and I did n't want that , and that was one of the advantages that made me decide to have here , cos I knew that the heating was in with the rent .
6 I enrolled for ‘ Art for Beginners ’ and later went down to the centre where the tutor had obtained a model for us from whom to do quick sketches — so I was in at the deep end .
7 It was her first appearance in a Willy Russell play so she was in at the deep end .
8 Louisa arrived in time to hear this and to see , a moment later , the tears start to Frere 's eyes , then she was down beside the unconscious woman , holding her head .
9 GRAHAM Taylor was down to the bare bones today when only 14 of his England squad took part in his first Bisham training session before next week 's critical World Cup clash against Poland .
10 Definitions are difficult , but so far as the workstation market can be defined , Dataquest reckons that it gained only 4.2% in 1992 , following a 14.5% gain in 1991 , and suggests that the slowdown in revenue was down to the overall mix of workstations shipped shifting towards lower-priced systems , and to the poor economic climate in Japan , so that the market crept up to $9,000m .
11 He explained the delay was down to the French court system being ‘ overburdened ’ .
12 Everything was down to the last detail on this loco , including the small ladder which was originally attached to the ‘ A ’ end of the engine .
13 Yes , after the morning paper it was down to the local market , er one hour with the butcher , a butcher , chappie named Welsh , two stall he had .
14 But in the country as a whole , the number of skiers was down for the third year running , and was no higher than 12 years ago ( see chart on next page ) .
15 Ten minutes later I was down on the private beach .
16 But while levels of so-called special wastes outside chemical sites for 1992 was down on the 1990 total , the 231,800 tonnes figure for 1992 was higher than the 213,700 tonnes figure in 1991 , because company closures had led to high waste disposals .
17 and all our shopping was down at the Old Town , you had to go down this lane to the Old Town if you wanted a stamp
18 Alina was over on the far side of the room , sitting at her table with the lamp angled to spill across the pages of the scrapbook that lay open in front of her .
19 We arrived here yesterday from Flinders at which place I was especially gratified to [ word not clear ] my acquaintance with the Natives and other things , and I should have left the island with a light heart and proceeded to Kings had [ not ] a fatal accident happened to one of the men who shot himself dead by incautiously pulling the gun from the boat with the muzzle toward his chest , the cock of the gun caught the seat of the boat and all was over with the poor fellow in half a minute .
20 so I decided I 'd have a go in a factory , aha , and I come in it was over in the other place , the noise was unbelievable , really unbelievable .
21 Each evening he was off to the local pub The Royal Oak where he apparently became the life and soul of the party .
22 In 1973 Kylie was off to the local school , Camberwell primary .
23 In the evening it was off to the Scottish Crofters Union Annual Dinner .
24 As I lie here under the green , seaweedy tent I remember from some trite television interview , a remark made by Brigitte Bardot , loopy Parisienne , namely that in all her many love affairs she was off at the first sign of the waning of passion .
25 The main consideration in gaining a clear conscience is that we work out the wording carefully in advance as the prodigal son did when he was off in the far country .
26 Trouble was he lived at Selsit , which was up over the Pennine Way , across the high moor , and it meant a three-hour trek there and back .
27 She hopped clear and opened her wings and in one sudden jump was up on the bare branch .
28 The portrait of Melusina hung above the fireplace and this year 's cat calendar was up on the left-hand wall .
29 Harris , his coachman , was up on the driving box , while Lord John 's groom and valet were bringing on the saddle horses behind .
30 He reckoned the boy had doubled the price for his ice cream because he was up at the smart end of town , not plying his usual pitch at the bottom of the Acropolis .
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