Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was all over after 41 laps when Hill 's engine blew … his hopes and those of all the home fans were up in the smoke … |
| 2 | Her legs were out to the side like that |
| 3 | I ca n't describe it , she had , her legs were out to the side , but they were pointing down like that |
| 4 | ‘ The kids were out in the lake on one of those pedal boats . |
| 5 | The Jews were back in the ground again . |
| 6 | Arsenal were through to the next round , and it was the turning point in the club 's history . |
| 7 | COMPLAINTS against the Lothian and Borders police force were up by a quarter last year , deputy chief constable Hector Clark told councillors yesterday . |
| 8 | At the start of the second half , Orrell were back in the match . |
| 9 | ‘ All the cars were out on the forecourt and priced and the staff were very helpful . |
| 10 | Susan giggled when the two lads were up at the bar . |
| 11 | His eyes were back on the road and he did not see Madeleine 's mouth turn down in a pout . |
| 12 | He glanced across to her , then his eyes were back on the road . |
| 13 | The fact that the final article is likely to have been polished by Sir David English , the editor and long-standing friend of Margaret Thatcher , prompted speculation that the Number 10 knives were out for the Chancellor , and that his days might be numbered . |
| 14 | The Express , by contrast , detects unsheathed Conservative blades : ‘ Tory knives were out for the BBC … the Prime Minister is said to have told friends : ‘ my views on the BBC 's coverage are not printable . ’ |
| 15 | She has the whip-hand for the first time since the cock-up over the separation when they had to apologise for making it known that the knives were out for the Duchess . |
| 16 | They yesterday found out which rating band their homes were in for the tax which starts next April . |
| 17 | Wigs were out of the question because of the cost , and most of the changes John asked for in the designs were for simplicity in making and comfort in wearing . |
| 18 | It is clear that if the Hohenzollern candidature were out of the way , peace would be assured . |
| 19 | He , Kelley and the other Rex were back in the top-secret room . |
| 20 | The glitter of mockery was back with a vengeance , with a darker glint of what could have been anger in his eyes carefully screened by a rakish smile . |
| 21 | In 1973 Kylie was off to the local school , Camberwell primary . |
| 22 | ‘ We have a real big production screen , and as Jeff was in on the design of the set , I still feel him with me . |
| 23 | really great it was , you know I did n't really think it would turn out as big as it has done you know , but it 's turned out beautiful has n't it really , yeah we was , I was thrilled especially when they built the new houses round the front we used to go and keep looking at them , little did I think I would get one , and the housing officer came one day and he said would you like one of the new ones , I said I would and it was four bedroom but we got , you see we 've got the other bedroom over my daughter-in-law 's , so me and hubby used to have the en right down a long passage and the bedroom was over like the sit you 've got a bedroom over the sitting room like see and she erm , we used to have so the children did n't make a noise to disturb her so my hubby and I had that room , yeah , it was quite nice it was , nice house , I erm , you know , enjoyed being there , bringing up the family , you want plenty of room you 've got a big family do n't you really ? |
| 24 | HEATHCLIFF HAD GIVEN me a letter for Catherine , but I decided not to show it to her until Mr Edgar was out of the house . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Mr Paisley was out of the country yesterday but his son , Ian , said that , when his father first heard of the bequest , he had thought it was a hoax . |
| 27 | He stressed that GRE was back in the black due to significant improvement in its non-life insurance business , particularly in the UK . |
| 28 | However , things recovered somewhat and in 1970 the Club was back into a sound bar profit . |
| 29 | Now the opposition to the Members ' Club was out in the open . |
| 30 | The bandwagon of economic optimism was back on the road . |