Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] were [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The US was yesterday sheltering on its bases at least two participants in the coup attempt who were among the few to escape death or capture . |
| 2 | As a result of this incident , the Police have appealed to any railway enthusiasts or photographer who were in the area on the day to report any strange or unusual activities about the WSR lines . |
| 3 | but er , you got more , you , of course you were nearer the river |
| 4 | None of the original team who were with the women at the time of the move still work at their flat . |
| 5 | You have established , at least in the eyes of others who were n't watching precise times , that at the very moment you were in the church , the Lady Eleanor was still alive . |
| 6 | Er the Saturday evening we were in the lounge and chatting away for two or three hours and he , he could not keep still . |
| 7 | He could also make an error of judgement in his choice of sailors , at least one of whom turned on him the moment they were inside the door and threatened to beat him up if he did not hand over money . |
| 8 | The two men were waiting for Gesner , the production manager , and the two members of the Gemeinderat who were on the theatre committee . |
| 9 | I remember one day we were at the studio doing The Long Duel and we obviously were n't going to work . |
| 10 | One day we were at the top of the highest hill on the island , and we were looking out to sea . |
| 11 | As soon as Luce had been helped in and settled the gondolier plied his oar , and in less than a minute they were on the Grand Canal . |
| 12 | Anyway the next day they were on the er if machine is not clean when I come in then I should not run as I did not run this morning for four hours as I might as well come in on Saturday morning and clean them myself So she in . |
| 13 | When Jack and Alison were in the house together by day they were in the studio ( where Jack was supposed to be teaching Alison to paint ) or else in the drawing room , often watching television . |
| 14 | They say when are you going to stop it , and I say , when am I going to stop it , when am I — it was the second night they were in the bar together after their week of absence I remember . |
| 15 | Not only does such an arrangement disrupt the child 's schooling — although arguably it has already been badly disrupted by the child 's absenteeism — but it can often also be a traumatic experience for the child , entrenching the resentment and disaffection which were among the major causes of the child 's truancy in the first place . |
| 16 | And she too has a ‘ sporting background ’ in that she is one of about 500 people at the last count who were in the same class in the Primate Dixon PS in Coalisland as snooker superstar Denis Taylor ! |
| 17 | Erm they were at the start they were at the finish and both days in between . |
| 18 | He based this on the belief that only where property considerations were absent — as by definition they were in the proletariat — could ‘ true sex-love ’ develop . |
| 19 | By mid-forenoon they could see Dunbar 's towers ahead ; and by noontide they were under the outer castle-bridge , with Ramsay shouting up his name to the watch and asking for the Countess Agnes . |
| 20 | Slowing down , she listened in case they were in the middle of a talk too personal to be interrupted ; but it soon became clear that they were discussing the house and the various improvements that might be made once Europe had reached some kind of normality again . |
| 21 | Cognito , the UK two-way paging service re-born after a management buyout last year , has got coverage and subscriber numbers back to around the level they were before the service 's first incarnation folded . |
| 22 | So he began , with his bits of furniture which were in the real ‘ village-policeman ’ style , whatever that was . |
| 23 | Almost to a man they were against the new phenomenon of the movies and they made no effort to include them in their ‘ night-time ’ world . |
| 24 | Before midday they were across the border into Luxembourg , surrounded by cliffs looming over the narrow serpentine road . |
| 25 | When they moved , every muscle ached but by midday they were in the fields again . |
| 26 | It was the fancy of the good Doctor to bring together , from time to time , a considerable number of men whose lives were devoted to the advancement of science , and to entertain them , not for a day merely , but for several days , so that they might discuss together , without hurry or excitement , those matters of practical and theoretical science which were at the moment engaging the attention of the scientific world . |
| 27 | Next thing we were in the woods and away . |
| 28 | In ritual status they were at the very top of the system and ranked higher even than the kings . |
| 29 | By mid-afternoon they were on the lower slopes of Lustley Foin . |
| 30 | No , do n't try being evasive with me the way you were with the police , because it wo n't wash . |