Example sentences of "[pron] were [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ One minute she were up by the carriage , the next she were down on her back like a tumbled ewe . ’ |
| 2 | That doll — that knitted gobshite — when that thing spat at you , you were n't anywhere near the window , you were over by the statues , on the other the of the room . |
| 3 | I wished I 'd had a poke round when we were up by the cliff — he probably had a little cave in there behind the brambles . |
| 4 | We were out by the pool and she said , ‘ Now , we do n't have to talk about it , but have you had suction , and tucks all over your body ? ’ |
| 5 | I thought they , they were out by the time this book was published that er Maggie Thatcher was out , was , I mean this |
| 6 | With that settled , they were back by the outbuildings near the house when she again remembered her car and thought she had better find out where it was garaged before she again forgot to bring it up . |
| 7 | Besides , they were down by the river now , and she wanted to see the bridge … |