Example sentences of "[noun prp] were [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new men of the Kremlin were not above the simplicity of taking a former idea and adapting it to their needs . |
| 2 | Josh and Becky were still at the doors , greeting people they knew . |
| 3 | At that stage Transvaal were still in the running for the night series trophy and his presence would obviously have made a difference . |
| 4 | Claire and Nickie were both in the process of changing pills when they fell pregnant . |
| 5 | Arsenal were through to the next round , and it was the turning point in the club 's history . |
| 6 | We are beginning to play some good stuff but I still think we can step u Arsenal were quickly off the mark , going ahead after only five minutes when a long David Seaman clearance found its way to Lee Dixon , whose early pass picked out Alan Smith . |
| 7 | At the start of the second half , Orrell were back in the match . |
| 8 | Anne and Millie were both in the kitchen and they were having a serious talk as well . |
| 9 | Expert mountaineer Mick Hardwick and his wife Sue were also on the plane . |
| 10 | He and Michele Dotrice were also on the top of the car at one point , and Michele was incredibly brave considering her fear of heights . |
| 11 | The Asiz were already at the scene of the accident , and the arrival of the company 's interpreter did much to help communication between the Asiz , the local fire brigade and the British Sergeant . |
| 12 | She and Grubb were together in the team that won the Nations Cup in Washington , before she went on to take the Toronto World Cup round . |
| 13 | He , Kelley and the other Rex were back in the top-secret room . |
| 14 | Interestingly , at the time of Burgess ' model , Sneinton and Radford were still on the outskirts of the city and this housing was for the workers at the Players , clothing , and Raleigh factories . |
| 15 | Macca and Strach ) was ineffective , Hodge ran around like a headless chicken trying to pull down every Crewe player he came near and White and Deane were not in the game . |
| 16 | The times spent in Cape Town were certainly among the happiest highlights of my cricketing travels . |
| 17 | For a couple of days or so England were actually in the match . |
| 18 | Sam and Doone were already in the boatyard by the time I 'd found my way there , neither of them radiating joy , Sam 's multicoloured jacket only emphasising the personality clash with grey plain clothes . |
| 19 | While Emma and Ruth were still in the bathroom , the door sounded . |
| 20 | Rank Xerox Ltd has chosen France for its second European research laboratory ( the first is in Cambridge ) , for which Italy , Germany and Spain were also in the running . |
| 21 | In one of her favourites , she and Simon were down at the Lock , picnicking on one of the half-buried concrete blocks . |
| 22 | Ted who is from Northern Ireland and Joan from Aberdeen were both in the RAF where they met and finally married in 1952 . |
| 23 | In Staffordshire Cannock Forest was reduced to seven scattered demesne hays , and in Kinver Forest twenty-three vills and parts of six others were put out , despite the evidence of Domesday that Chasepool , Enville and Kidderminster were already in the forest in 1086 . |
| 24 | By the time Maisie and he got clear of the crowd , Aziz and Hasan were almost at the other side of the Common . |
| 25 | Each time Rugby Canada were up against the big names . |
| 26 | Now , the RD 's electronics is where things get a bit tricky , and probably where Gibson were ahead of the average bassist of the time . |
| 27 | Town failed to spot the danger and sure enough Portsmouth and Durnin were back after the break : Walsh had a free run and Oxford 's old striker a real blast to make it one-nil . |
| 28 | It was July and still light , but most of the better-off inhabitants of this end of Sauchiehall Street were away for the summer . |
| 29 | After an even start Oxford led by quarter of a length at the mile but Cambridge were ahead by the same distance at Hammersmith Bridge . |
| 30 | Such was their condition — they were pulled off the ice last week ‘ more dead than alive ’ — that Sir Ranulph and Dr Stroud were off to the Army Personnel Research Establishment for tests on the way their bodies held up to it all . |