Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Incest and necrophilia were as nothing to the amorous Egyptian gods . |
| 2 | ‘ Good taste ’ , ingenuity , intelligence , and energy — the sharply honed attributes of the would-be successful survivor — all were as nought in the absence of one other ingredient : hard cash , and lots of it . |
| 3 | Bock and Grigoriev were behind him on the main section of the catwalk . |
| 4 | ‘ Sir , how come you were behind us in the corridor and now you 're in front of us here ? ’ |
| 5 | The odds were against us from the start at Lincoln — and he knew it . |
| 6 | The grown-ups were above her in the stairwell . |
| 7 | War Vets who were with me on the march-past on Saturday , our thanks to all those who made it possible the R.N. , the R.N.A. , the police , the Sea Cadets , the catering staff in St George 's Hall and the youth band who played such lovely tunes all afternoon . |
| 8 | The two lads that were with me at the end , they were being truthful . |
| 9 | You who were with me in the ships at Mylae ! ' |
| 10 | Mrs Swales 's friends Liz Metcalfe and Gail O'Keefe said they were with her on the night and had never seen her assaulting Mrs Wilson . |
| 11 | They have appealed for people who were with her on the night of October 22 to contact them . |
| 12 | You were with her in the days and weeks that led up to it . |
| 13 | ‘ Yet you were with him at the presentation . ’ |
| 14 | During his time in Brazil he was sheltered by Wolfram and Liselotte Bossert , an Austrian couple introduced to him by Gerhard , who were with him on the day he died . |
| 15 | We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain … |
| 16 | Those who were with him on the tour of Dark Summer at the time were equally astounded . |
| 17 | cattle were with him in the Ark , and God made the wind blow , is it upon , upon the earth and waters and the fountains the windows of heavens were opened . |
| 18 | And God remembered Noah , the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the Ark . |
| 19 | God remembered Noah , the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the Ark . |
| 20 | If you were with us at the last occasion of this sort , the last centenary lecture on Gerter , given by Professor Corby , you will remember on that occasion erm he provided a focus of illumination in a period of power cuts , economic gloom and all the rest of it . |
| 21 | The clouds that were with us on the climb had gone , opening the way to spectacular views , views helped by the air being free of dust and haze . |
| 22 | Others were with us for the first time — students from the Darlington area . |
| 23 | ‘ We are toasting missing colleagues who were with us in the buffet and who would have preferred us to do it this way , instead of being sombre , ’ said Mr Christopher Reeves , a consultant engineer who joined the train at Southampton Parkway station . |
| 24 | The familiar house , the carpeted hall , were before him for the last time . |
| 25 | you got yo would have to take and hour or take two hours , or take three hours and if you take up to three hours or if you got three separate hours that was detention and if we were in our in the junior part of the school in the first three forms erm , you then had to go into school on Saturday morning . |
| 26 | And I would want to know what the health effects were on them of the conditions in which they had to work . |
| 27 | Hayling got huge enjoyment from introducing the two sides , and he and others were beside themselves at the incongruity of the meeting . |
| 28 | When I came back from fishing yesterday you were beside me in the lean-to gutting the catch with me . |
| 29 | The final information turned up late and we were at it till the small hours . |
| 30 | They were at it in the house , then in Felstead 's car on the way to the Club , all the time he was away from the bar . |