Example sentences of "[noun prp] were [adv] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that stage Transvaal were still in the running for the night series trophy and his presence would obviously have made a difference . |
| 2 | Claire and Nickie were both in the process of changing pills when they fell pregnant . |
| 3 | At the start of the second half , Orrell were back in the match . |
| 4 | Anne and Millie were both in the kitchen and they were having a serious talk as well . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He , Kelley and the other Rex were back in the top-secret room . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | For a couple of days or so England were actually in the match . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | While Emma and Ruth were still in the bathroom , the door sounded . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Ted who is from Northern Ireland and Joan from Aberdeen were both in the RAF where they met and finally married in 1952 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Randolph Churchill and Arthur Brittenden were there in the media vanguard . |
| 15 | Bush , Bowen and Mark Williams were not in the dock to hear the verdicts returned against them . |
| 16 | She and Gillian were both in the Leprechauns , being both had Irish parents , although they themselves had been born and brought up in England . |
| 17 | The tiny islands of Quemoy and Matsu just off the coast of China were still in the possession of the Chinese Nationalists . |
| 18 | He and Willie were now in the middle of Exodus and had just begun Grimm 's Fairy Tales . |
| 19 | Basingstoke full-back Richard Rowledge levelled the scores with a penalty of his own , but Sudbury were back in the lead after Dyble 's initial break was continued by Hett with Tim Newcomb being pushed before receiving the pass . |
| 20 | Perhaps it is seeking to increase the audience , or perhaps it was lead astray for a while by the fact that , during the Conservative leadership contest , the exciting politics at Westminster were not in the Chamber . |
| 21 | Portadown were firmly in the driving seat as they pegged back the Dublin side inside their 25 , with Loreto relying on the break . |
| 22 | Yasmin le Bon and Catherine Zeta Jones were also in the top 10 for Greenbank Drinks Company , Cleveland . |
| 23 | Last year Alan , James and Dick were also in the winning team — along with George ! |
| 24 | Michael Yule was prominent on the left wing for Jed while Parker and Shiel were always in the thick of the action when Melrose were on the move . |
| 25 | His dealer , Zborowski , found to his chagrin that the rich pleasure-seekers in the south of France were not in the least interested in buying modern paintings . |
| 26 | Making an extraordinary number of handling errors and under-using the speed in their backs , Widnes were scarcely in the hunt . |
| 27 | Heathcliff and Isabella were both in the main room . |
| 28 | Essex girl Gunnell , 26 last week , joins Ann , Tessa Sanderson , Mary Peters and Mary Rand in the golden set — and Princess Anne and Prime Minister John Major were both in the VIP box to see her . |
| 29 | Unlike the great families of the Norman and Poitevin marches , the nobles of Aquitaine were not in the habit of appealing to the king of France 's court , as the Lusignans had done in 1202 , against the actions and decisions of their Plantagenet overlord . |
| 30 | But Darlington were still in the game and more backing from the fans might have helped them turn pressure into goals . |