Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you rang up that Saturday and checked the registration of the Rolls , I thought the police were on to the Theale murder . ’ |
| 2 | Lights were on on the Kingston road bridge soaring over the murky river . |
| 3 | In one of her favourites , she and Simon were down at the Lock , picnicking on one of the half-buried concrete blocks . |
| 4 | For a while it seemed as if all the woes of Welsh rugby were down to The Gnoll — though this theory was eventually disproved by the World Cup . |
| 5 | They were off to the Nile to seek a new life , |
| 6 | Oh were up at the Safeway ? |
| 7 | By the third day they were out into the Atlantic . |
| 8 | The Express , by contrast , detects unsheathed Conservative blades : ‘ Tory knives were out for the BBC … the Prime Minister is said to have told friends : ‘ my views on the BBC 's coverage are not printable . ’ |
| 9 | When the Oxford players ran on the pitch , they must have felt they were back at the Manor so warm was the welcome . |
| 10 | I knew where we were now — we were back at the Avon Gorge . |
| 11 | Two hours later we were back at the Aiguille du Midi . |
| 12 | Another Methuselah of Lutomer Riesling later , it was on to the Safeway own-brand cod fish fingers served on a bed of baked beans , accompanied by large dishes of McCain 's oven chips and Findus frozen peas , with a choice of HP sauce or plain ketchup . |
| 13 | Cos she 'd been wanting to do Aladdin for a couple of years but it was on at The Playhouse |
| 14 | Yes , but Ross gave up his job as a uhum , he was in with the Leeds , which was a bit stupid because he must of got a cheaper mortgage I should think . |
| 15 | ‘ And you think Parks was in on the Livesey case too ? ’ |
| 16 | He was down in the Queen Victoria Hotel for two hours , plucking up courage on Double Diamond . " |
| 17 | My friend Simon Jones was over from the States and I 'd promised him seats that night , and then forgotten all about it . |
| 18 | By 1962 the boom period of Canberra usage was over in the UK as the bomber squadrons disbanded or re-equipped with the trio of V-bombers . |
| 19 | Caitlin was off at the BBC studios , he was appearing on Crimewatch later in the evening . |
| 20 | If the Co was up on the Tuesday you had to have it paid for the Saturday , at least . |
| 21 | If you If you paid it The Co was up on the Tuesday , you had to have it paid Most people tried to pay it for the Thursday and that was the turn of the leaf , on the Thursday and if you paid that then you could go straight away that day and get your new quarter stuff , for the next quarter . |
| 22 | However , so erm she asked me if I 'd go up and give her hand to sort things out , so I was up on the Friday morning and I said well you better phone the corporation and tell them that you 're moving out on Saturday morning . |
| 23 | ‘ I was up at the Grange last night treating ingrowing toenails . |
| 24 | If it was up to the NUM , we would still be working under arrangements made years ago . |
| 25 | They insisted that the massacre was China 's internal affair , that China had done nothing to harm the United States ' interests , and that it was up to the US to take the initiative in repairing relations . |
| 26 | He said that the PLO was pushing hard for a role for Arafat in Monday 's ceremony and that President Clinton believed that it was up to the PLO to choose its delegation . |
| 27 | That was up near the Arsenal football ground . |
| 28 | I was up in the Voltaire Suite in time to see the Princess of Wales , looking radiant in white , arrive with the Hon. |
| 29 | Monday dawned , as Mondays will , and it was back to the Soho Laundry . |
| 30 | On a typical evening , and sometimes in the small hours , it was back to the Caxton House HQ in London for strategy meetings . |