Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] were [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you know you were on the verge of rank insubordination ? |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't know you were in the hotel ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Last night , when you say you were on the Wheel with him ? ’ |
| 4 | So the first man in the smithy in the morning had to pick up a hammer and strike the anvil three times — just to let the old man know we were on the job . |
| 5 | Apart from the odd person coming in who might be dampening down a collar of their leisurewear , looking a touch harassed , you 'd never know we were in the eye of a storm . |
| 6 | ‘ We do not definitely know they were on the flight but it is very unlikely they were not , ’ said Mr Beswick . |
| 7 | How did you know they were in the street , did they have a call ? |
| 8 | Of course , it was useful to both Romania and China to let Moscow know how deeply involved they were with the Americans , because such knowledge could deter Moscow from interfering in their internal affairs . |
| 9 | When she came to with a start she found they were in the car park below the ruins of the castle in Haverfordwest . |
| 10 | He looked at her with his blue eyes that made you feel you were in the far distance and he was bringing you into focus gradually , like a ball magnetised to drop into his outstretched hand , be clasped by his fingers . |
| 11 | The joint team established that the temperature of the electrons in the T-3 tokamak really was as high as the Soviet scientists estimated they were on the basis of their less-direct measurements . |
| 12 | Just when it seemed they were on the slide they nit Leicester with all they had , running in seven tries in a 37–6 victory . |
| 13 | There are still one or two people we 've got to see who were at the Muddington dance , notably a lad called Barry Taylor who has some explaining to do . |
| 14 | Of course , ’ he added with a twisted smile , ‘ it was n't until your last day in the office that I realised you were under the impression that it was I who 'd had the affair with Elise . ’ |
| 15 | I mean you were at the meeting that 's why I 'm referring to you . |
| 16 | I guessed you were from the first , and the fact that you could quite happily and openly go away with him for a weekend everyone would know about confirmed that I was right . |
| 17 | He guessed they were for the morals group , since neither he nor Mrs Frizzell ever really read a book , and he put them down again , still mystified . |
| 18 | Then we realised we were in the WRONG parade . |
| 19 | And I checked we were on the causeway . |
| 20 | The peace campaigners were on trial for cutting a fence and painting a B52 bomber at RAF Fairford.Protesters supporting them were outside the court in Cirencester . |
| 21 | ‘ Like you were at the tables last night and the night before that ? ’ |
| 22 | Then I discovered you were with the chief , being ticked off , ’ he said mischievously . |
| 23 | I hear you were at the Empire the other night ? |
| 24 | ‘ I hear you were on the box last night , ’ said small , cheerful voices in Dyson 's ear . |
| 25 | I heard you were in the er |
| 26 | It was then that Brough discovered they were in the middle of a minefield . |
| 27 | It also provides poorly for origins of the workers … 116 are shown coming from outside the county , which was Lancashire : 106 are from the county , but this does not disclose which were from the district around Coniston . |
| 28 | I believe you were at the theatre ? ’ |
| 29 | Well you must be getting on for a hundred , because I believe you were in the Boar War , were n't you ? |
| 30 | He must have known we were in the doorway . |