Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [noun prp] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were off Burnmouth by sunrise , where the rowers rested awhile , for Ramsay had bargained with the fishermen to take them onward to Dunbar , in a repetition of the previous escape . |
| 2 | They were past Jedburgh by noon , and Ramsay , who now was in country he knew fairly intimately , pointed out that in another ten miles they would be out of Teviotdale , with Teviot joining Tweed at Roxburgh and Kelso . |
| 3 | Papal legates were with Ealdred in England in 1062 to see this implemented , and on 8 September he consecrated Wulfstan [ q.v. ] bishop of Worcester . |
| 4 | ‘ We have seen a steady rise with figures just over three times what they were in September for adults seeking advice , ’ Mr. Barnes added . |
| 5 | We were in London for rehearsals at the Globe , and the actors put on the new play for the first time on the 29th of June , 1613 . |
| 6 | As the nights grew darker and colder , dinner parties grew scarcer and most nights Alexandra spent by her own fire , doing her meticulous accounts , writing faithfully to her father or answering George Langley 's breezy and frequent letters from Cambridge , Rose and Grace Langley were in London until Christmas , their hunters idle in the stable and Alexandra 's life was both peaceful and satisfying in their absence . |
| 7 | This group of NFL stalwarts were in Scotland as part of the World Partnership programme which has been set up to assist in the development of American football at amateur level in Europe . |
| 8 | She also had quite a few things two small Picassos and a picture by Robert Delaunay called ‘ The window ’ that Taírov was given when they were in Paris on tour together , and a very fine Yakulov . |
| 9 | The responses of the 228 visitors from outside Edinburgh are set out in Table 4 , below , and show that most of these individuals were in Edinburgh for leisure purposes . |
| 10 | The United Kingdom Championships were in Antrim in Northern Ireland that year . |
| 11 | You wrote to her father when we were in Normandy with Stephen in ‘ 37 , after he granted you the barony , and got a letter back saying she was already betrothed , about to be wed . ’ |
| 12 | Members of the Campaign for Real Yorkshire were in Middlesbrough on Saturday gathering signatures on a petition . |
| 13 | The wealthy Liverpool businessman never intended to rebuild the complete castle , but to recreate the ruined remains as they were in Liverpool before demolition in 1725 . |
| 14 | We were in Verbier in March 1990 with our two sons aged 9 and 11 , both good skiers , and a daughter of 4 who was skiing for the first time . |
| 15 | He said that two Americans , whom he did not identify , were in Srebrenica with General Philippe Morillon , commander of the UN Protection Force . |
| 16 | To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many unemployment benefit claimants there were in York in June 1987 and currently ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 17 | We asked a random selection of women who were in Darlington for market day to tell us how old they were . |
| 18 | Both were from Witney in Oxfordshire . |
| 19 | The route has also changed , for the first walks were from Bradford to York , the winner of the first race taking 7 hours , 7 minutes and 50 seconds to cover the thirty-nine and a half miles . |
| 20 | this , when we were round Tetleys at Toddington , er , you have a few drinks at the bar |
| 21 | These were at Bradwell in Essex , Fulbeck in Lincolnshire and Killingholme in South Humberside . |
| 22 | The chosen premises were at Rawdon near Leeds and were named the " Ernest Ayliffe Home " , in recognition of his service to the BDDA . |
| 23 | Corporate liberty , even of the most exalted kind , could never be for Anselm , as it was for Hugh of Lyons , the mainspring of his whole life . |
| 24 | A 2,000 lb van bomb , left outside the Forensic Science Laboratories , wrecked 750 homes in the Belvoir estate — although the biggest repair bill was for Coleraine at £14m . |
| 25 | Scotland 's first game was against Chile in Santiago . |
| 26 | ‘ It was against Preston at Burden Park , ’ he said . |
| 27 | I was with Lucian of Samosata , adventuring on the Moon ! ’ |
| 28 | Whether this Luke is the same as ‘ Luke the Doctor ’ , who was with Paul in Rome while Paul was in prison ( Colossians 4:14 ) , is less certain , but most commentators are prepared to accept that he is . |
| 29 | So it was with Noah in God 's second beginning , and so it is now with Abraham in his third . |
| 30 | It may even be that the Eadwulf who challenged the accession of Osred , son of Aldfrith , in 704 , and whose son was with Wilfrid at Ripon at the time ( Vita Wilfridi , ch. 59 ) ( see below , p. 146 ) , was of royal Deiran extraction . |