Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] were [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People had the money or the shops they were on show on the that most expensive dress shop . |
| 2 | They 're celebrating their centenary this year … not much of a party so far … the club are short of money and struggling near the bottom of the table … they have n't won a game in two months … on Saturday they were at home to Yeovil … |
| 3 | Tom Maschler said : ‘ When Liz Calder left Jonathan Cape in 1986 to found Bloomsbury we were in search of a new Literary Director . |
| 4 | They had to travel over extremely bad terrain on the way but by 13 December they were in place . |
| 5 | Indeed , publishers told PEN they were under pressure from schools , libraries and local authorities to be politically correct . |
| 6 | My bag the weekend in case you were in trouble . |
| 7 | DURING THE LAST FEW WEEKS WE WERE IN PRÉFLEUR WE spoke little . |
| 8 | In a moment we were in mid-stream , caught up in the arms of the river . |
| 9 | By evening we were in business . |
| 10 | The coins themselves spanned the period 14th to 17th centuries and four of them were of quite high denomination for the period they were in circulation ; not the highest value coin available , but nevertheless high . |
| 11 | Members who have lost touch with the Association are invited to contact The Honorary Secretary , Dr J. W. Binns , at the Centre for Medieval Studies , University of York , King 's Manor , York YO1 2EP stating what years they were in Hall , whereupon they will be added to the mailing list . |
| 12 | new liners and that in the eight hours we were on shift . |
| 13 | Over Whitsun we were on holiday on the Isle of Wight and I dictated the very last corrections to the Green Paper to one of my overworked social security team from a public phone box in Seaview . |
| 14 | You went from Street , if you went downstairs and come out the back road and cut across the square you were in Street . |
| 15 | Last night you were in thrall to your emotions . |
| 16 | And for Ken and the other Wirral naturists they were in heaven . |
| 17 | Unlike their predecessors they were at home in French , now establishing itself as the pre-eminent diplomatic language , and cultivated contacts with foreigners . |
| 18 | The last time we saw the Oxford Hawks they were in action indoors . |
| 19 | All I know is that you told Garvey we were in league with the Devil . |
| 20 | We were straight in there ringing people , you know have you got any problems , listening you know to this and that , and the next morning we were in ringing , and Jack would ring in , and we 'd say , look at know you 're at Gateshead , but can you go to Newton Aycliffe ? |
| 21 | On the first morning he found the vines ready planted ; on the second morning the leaves had begun to sprout ; on the third the vines had grown tall ; on the fourth morning they were in flower ; on the fifth morning small grapes had begun to from ; on the sixth morning the grapes were large and green ; on the seventh morning the grapes were ripe and ready for picking . |
| 22 | It was a night for the homeless to lie down and die ; and for luckier people to sit close to their fires and thank God they were at home . |
| 23 | Although Donleavy had told him to stay clear of American officials overseas in case they were under surveillance by foreign intelligence agencies , Coleman assumed that Sasser had cleared the meeting with Control and drove up from Larnaca to keep the appointment , expecting to be briefed on some unexpected emergency . |
| 24 | He started to write textbooks — he wrote more and more textbooks — unlike a novel they were in demand from each new intake of students . |
| 25 | Welfare benefits paid to strikers ' families , who are , of course , not on strike but certainly impoverished , were to be docked 12 on the assumption they were in receipt of strike pay . |
| 26 | By mid-afternoon they were in business . |
| 27 | ‘ They were not just going off on their own into the bush they were in tourist locations . |
| 28 | At dawn they were in autumn again , and as they rode on , they came back into winter . |
| 29 | And going on from that surely we argue that the May the fourth directive came about or certainly was , was put out as this is what the peasants three times the peasants had demanded land return I E they were in advance of the Party , they were more radical , they , they were , in a way they were saying look this , this rent reduction is not enough we want a much stronger programme , we actually want the land reform . |
| 30 | It worked too — just look at the way you were on stage tonight ! ’ |