Example sentences of "[noun prp] were [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arsenal were through to the next round , and it was the turning point in the club 's history . |
| 2 | At the start of the second half , Orrell were back in the match . |
| 3 | He , Kelley and the other Rex were back in the top-secret room . |
| 4 | In one of her favourites , she and Simon were down at the Lock , picnicking on one of the half-buried concrete blocks . |
| 5 | Each time Rugby Canada were up against the big names . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | By Monday evening the Wycliffes were back at The Watch House , their home outside the city where he had his headquarters , and on Tuesday morning he was in his office . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But any flowers there might have been in the garden would probably have been eaten by the resident goats , rabbits and God-knows-whatever-else were around at the time , for the kind-hearted Edwardses never turned any sick or homeless creature away . |
| 11 | On Wednesday night Linfield were out of the competition , beaten fairly it seemed by an aggregate score of 3-2 and facing a loss of around £15,000 on the failed European venture . |
| 12 | ‘ Southampton were down at the bottom , but they rolled up their sleeves , put a run together and that 's what we now have to do . |
| 13 | And , if only the Vatican were in on the conspiracy , it could never operate . |
| 14 | Actors have not yet been announced , but the appealing rumour that Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder were up for the lead roles has been denied |
| 15 | Keith and John were over by the time Paul met John . |