Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv prt] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A question I would ask is that given the product which you had in June and the fact that presumably you have to take what goes , presumably the fact that they do n't send you the strongest stuff erm are you surprised that the figures were down in view of the quality of what you had , or are you surprised it might not have been worse ? |
| 2 | My arms were up in triumph . |
| 3 | But females were up in price . |
| 4 | Now Tommy 's idea of a little meal was quite different to that of my own , a serving Wing Commander having in London whilst my family were up in East Yorkshire . |
| 5 | He waited until they were out in Reception before apologising again about what she must have overheard while she was eating her supper . |
| 6 | He said security forces were out in strength but did not intervene . |
| 7 | They were out in strength , a milling crowd , grouping and regrouping , like ants disturbed . |
| 8 | The rumour-mongers were out in force , causing particular damage to the price of Arjo Wiggins Appleton . |
| 9 | The police were out in force , everywhere . |
| 10 | Meanwhile in Strasbourg , EC farmers were out in force to demonstrate against the deal . |
| 11 | THE big names of British showbusiness were out in force at this year 's Royal Variety Show — but it was overseas performers who milked the loudest applause . |
| 12 | Having sworn allegiance to the sovereign on 15 October , the Volunteers then had a special function to perform two weeks later : they were out in force at Divine Service on 29 November , forming a focal point for a day of General Thanksgiving for the glorious victories achieved by His Majesty 's troops by land and sea . |
| 13 | The Scottish media were out in force as Sir David Smith , Principal of the University , and the Lord Provost of Edinburgh — both keen Amnesty supporters — welcomed Ruth Adler as the new Scottish Organiser . |
| 14 | Obviously this was no problem to the American buyers who were out in force and I wondered whether within fifty years all the antiques in Britain would end up in America and we would be confined to department-store replicas . |
| 15 | The press , who had been alerted by an anonymous call to Reuters the previous day by one of the assassins , were out in force , waiting and hoping to get an exclusive of an assassination , or at least an attempted assassination , for the morning papers . |
| 16 | THE RUC were out in force last night to prevent an illegal rave going ahead . |
| 17 | Just months after the P&O Golf Day , golf clubs were out in force again , as P&O people took to the green . |
| 18 | The Irish selectors were out in force preparing to pick the Northern Ireland bowls team for the Commonwealth Games in Canada next year and no doubt the young Portrush man could feature in their plans . |
| 19 | Furniture lots were out in force . |
| 20 | MARINES were out in force on the streets of Middlesbrough yesterday . |
| 21 | MEMBERS of the Wallace clan were out in force yesterday on Glasgow Green for a morning of traditional dance and music , to help raise funds to establish a new clan seat . |
| 22 | The crowds were out in force to cheer home Jodami as he reached the neighbouring village of Stillington . |
| 23 | The motorbike men were out in force at Bletchingdon in Oxfordshire for round one of this year 's British Sidecar Cross Championships . |
| 24 | A recent singles survey published by the record industry magazine Music Week showed that , in terms of strike rate ( that is the percentage of Top 40 hits per release achieved by labels releasing ten or more singles during 1990 ) PWL were out in front , notching 11 hits from just 40 releases , garnering a 68.7 per cent success rate . |
| 25 | Rex and Ruth Rathbun were out in front of their house , Rex with a two-way radio . |
| 26 | Cliff 's contribution to the Palace cause would have been worth recording if it had stopped there at the end of 1962–63 , with Palace safely in mid-table but , twelve months later , and courtesy of 20 goals from the big man himself , we were back in Division Two after an absence of 39 years . |
| 27 | When we equalised I thought we would begin to walk it but almost immediately ( it seemed ) Wednesday were back in front . |
| 28 | Instonians were back in front by half-time courtesy of McCluskey 's first try , and eased clear after the interval . |
| 29 | Manchester City were back in front after seventy one minutes through Allen , and that 's how the game finished ; Port Vale one , Manchester City two . |
| 30 | The boys were back in town to finish off their latest album of dinkety-bonk and decided to let their hair down a bit after a little light refreshment in the bar . |