Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did n't do many subjects together and were only in the same group for French and history . |
| 2 | The driver 's morals were obviously of the same low standard as his/her driving , as no apology or name and address was left . |
| 3 | Quite suddenly whether Anne worried or what she thought were not of the least importance . |
| 4 | The Roman Church had become very powerful and dismissed the Greeks as impious heretics who were not on the same level as the holy church of the West . |
| 5 | Erm , you could take the as one unit and say , but now a man , wishing to be another , approached that man , and when he found us , for we were not outside the all , he wound himself round us and attached himself to that man who was then each one of us . |
| 6 | Erm but now another man erm wishing to exist or perhaps , but not a man wishing to be other erm approached them er and when he found us , for we were not outside the all |
| 7 | Now I had a pair who were not from the same parents and who seemed fairly suited . |
| 8 | Hard solders , on the other hand , were usually of the same metal as the object they were used on , but alloyed with a few per cent of another metal in order to reduce the melting point . |
| 9 | In contrast , Bangladeshi babies sleeping during the day were always in the same room as other family members , in a relatively noisy , busy environment . |
| 10 | These differences were always in the same direction — more pronounced hormonal responses and more reporting of symptoms with porcine insulin . |
| 11 | The close identity between fans and their club has weakened as football has become big business and as the players , who were once from the same working-class community as the fans , have become rich superstars . |
| 12 | Many of the Kemsley provincial papers were still in the same group in 1987 as in 1947 , but now under a different owner . |
| 13 | Although you were still in the same quarter . |
| 14 | Mark and Clare were still in the same position . |
| 15 | The smooths bore little resemblance to the early skins , although they were clearly of the same descent . |
| 16 | In fact , she was fond of saying that FAMILY and the women 's liberation movement were both on the same side if they did but know it . |
| 17 | It is believed one of the major problems facing the clubs ' proposals then was the fact that they were both in the same league . |
| 18 | Here again , it was easy for the grandchildren to call in frequently : the two houses were both in the same ‘ raw — this ‘ raw ’ was a row of houses . |
| 19 | The boys were also from the same home . |
| 20 | No doubt many more boys were up to the same tricks , but convention ruled that they were better able to look after themselves . |
| 21 | We were not alone in our dilemma , for all the other prahus in the fleet around us were up against the same deadline . |
| 22 | Magic and medicine were often in the same melting pot . |
| 23 | The Doctor had assured them that they were now on the same level as they had started on , but Francis was n't convinced . |
| 24 | In patients with MEN 1 associated Zollinger-Ellison sydrome , howeve , diffuse and linear cell hyperplasia were roughly of the same order ( 53% and 47% , respectively ) . |
| 25 | Yes we had er ships wh we , they call erm these liberty ships come in from America loaded with bombs and when they moved them up there , well they call them down here they call them liberty ships and er the bombs were loaded , so they used to erm put all timber between each layer of bombs and they had proper carpenters who would fix all these and when the dockers went down , they put these bombs out , cos they were n't detonated , the detonators were in the fore end of the ship , right down the lower hull and erm the bombs were loaded into open trucks loaded into , well the dockers they thought it was dangerous , cos we had the Fire Brigade , that 's the fire service down there and standing by with the fire engines and dockers they wanted the , they want a shilling , I think it was a shilling a day extra , well a shilling extra something like that and there they got it the shilling or extra pound , cos us crane drivers we were n't on the same par as them , so we asked for a shilling . |
| 26 | Once we were there at the same time . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | There were gruff mutterings of ‘ excellent story ’ or ‘ very good ’ from the two men , who were never in the same league and knew it . |
| 29 | Oh well Morse was on at the same time . |
| 30 | She felt almost sorry for Professor M. L. Vaughan , who was obviously in the same rank as her self-confident great-uncle , and differed from him on almost every point . |