Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're gon na go in through that door the second it goes down , they were n't loitering at the end of the passage , they were right by the door were n't they ? |
| 2 | Besides , they were down by the river now , and she wanted to see the bridge … |
| 3 | His great days were over by the middle of the 1830s , although he was still active , on a much reduced scale , until at least the middle of the next decade . |
| 4 | That doll — that knitted gobshite — when that thing spat at you , you were n't anywhere near the window , you were over by the statues , on the other the of the room . |
| 5 | Okay erm Jim and Si were over by the trees having a fag and walked |
| 6 | Keith and John were over by the time Paul met John . |
| 7 | I wished I 'd had a poke round when we were up by the cliff — he probably had a little cave in there behind the brambles . |
| 8 | ‘ One minute she were up by the carriage , the next she were down on her back like a tumbled ewe . ’ |
| 9 | We were out by the pool and she said , ‘ Now , we do n't have to talk about it , but have you had suction , and tucks all over your body ? ’ |
| 10 | I thought they , they were out by the time this book was published that er Maggie Thatcher was out , was , I mean this |
| 11 | With that settled , they were back by the outbuildings near the house when she again remembered her car and thought she had better find out where it was garaged before she again forgot to bring it up . |
| 12 | A traveller or two , pedlars and shepherds , were persuaded to join the few hundred who were there by the weight of glowering disapproval from dozens of faces when they showed signs of passing by . |
| 13 | There are loads of Leed supporters in Goole but they seemed to be more i interested in the young kids chucking themselves in the water jump on the running track which was right by the pitch ! |
| 14 | I have a suspicion that somehow the heating was on by the time they reached their new destination . |
| 15 | Now when I was down by the river at half seven … ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I had some time off while I was working in Los Angeles and I was down by the hotel pool . |
| 17 | And he said he 'd had a whiskies and he was down by the station and he said he jumped on the train and he landed up in De Detroit , and then the South African War broke out |
| 18 | The shipmaster was down by the mast , ready to lower the cross-spar with its square sail , and the crew were flexing their muscles and setting oars in the rowlocks to slide out for the turn up against the wind into Duart Bay . |
| 19 | It would seem , however , that it was only by the intercession of the two kazaskers , and indeed by virtue of an imperial decree , that he was able to do so . |
| 20 | However , although early Greek literacy must therefore also be labelled ‘ restricted ’ , the foundation was nevertheless being laid for future developments of the ‘ full ’ potential of literacy : ‘ It was only by the time of Plato that the language had changed sufficiently to express new ideas ’ ( ibid . ) . |
| 21 | Donny O'Brien , the ancient typesetter inherited from the original Advent , swore each day that it was only by the grace of God that the paper ever got launched in the taxi which delivered it to the newspaper boys . |
| 22 | It was only by the grace of God I could afford to buy it . ’ |
| 23 | Perhaps there had been a gust while he was over by the engine ? |
| 24 | ‘ My spirits , too , ’ agreed the old lady , throwing a wry glance at Theda , who was over by the windows . |
| 25 | Rafiq was over by the window , reading a technical magazine . |
| 26 | I waved to the toddling girl who was over by the window again , banging a fist on the pane and watching the rain drizzle down . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll say , ’ Ven snarled , and was over by the door , blocking out the light from the sitting-room when , ‘ I never did like my women that clinging ! ’ he barked brutally . |
| 28 | The local boom in copper was over by the year of Waterloo , but mining continued until 1883 , and a windmill , whose tower remains , was built to help pump water from the quarry . |
| 29 | Meg was over by the fire . |
| 30 | I was over by the Orchard and then this . |