Example sentences of "[adv] [was/were] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How long were you at the High School ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ How long were you at the factory ? ’ she persisted . |
| 3 | How long was she in the workhouse ? ’ |
| 4 | how long was he on the life support ? |
| 5 | That was pretty stupid , because not only was he on the list of residents , but he 'd been seen at mealtimes by several of the other members . |
| 6 | So was it worth the trauma ? |
| 7 | No sooner was he in the sport than he was already scheming to make his first million ; he has never stopped scheming since , to make many more than the first . |
| 8 | Well fortunately at the moment , the traffic on the M forty , well certainly yesterday was nothing like the M twenty five although it was reasonably busy and there 's every expectation it will increase over the coming weeks . |
| 9 | Hardly was he around the corner than the man in the parked car climbed out , crossed the road and let himself in to the apartment-block . |
| 10 | I 'm always sitting thinking if I had n't got them , I 'd be thinking now was it on the card I have n't got you know |
| 11 | How far was he from the top ? |
| 12 | Well were you in the house on your own all night ? |
| 13 | And now here was someone on the phone saying , Is Boy there ? |
| 14 | Here was someone in the top position virtually starting from scratch as far as the day-to-day running of the various institutions were concerned , When she tried to lay down the law experienced officers found it hard to stomach . |
| 15 | If that perimeter was broken , there was still the Gemioncourt farm by the ford which could be an anchor to a defensive line , but once Gemioncourt was captured there was nothing between the French and the crossroads . |
| 16 | But neither were they from the very poor and vagrant population . |
| 17 | and all she can think of to say is ( and here he mimicked a heavy filmstar accent which actually was nothing like the actress in the film at all , because the woman in the film is an ordinary , decent , hardworking woman ) , ‘ Oh dahlink , I 'ave missed you so much , ’ and then the first thing she does after waiting for him to come home for seven fucking years is to leave the fucking gas on while she 's making his coffee , and then of course she 's so tense that she just ca n't wait for a fag , she lights up , there you go ; bang . |