Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] were [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once we went on screen , some of my programmes were among the serious early successes , including Keating , and in the next summer , Janis Robinson and The Wine Programme . |
| 2 | My eyes were on the far side of the valley where the track was clear and unbroken to the next turn above the main gorge . |
| 3 | I could see her now that my eyes were in the shadow of a branch . |
| 4 | I was a stocky baby with good bone , but perhaps my ears were on the large side — but then so were Clark Gable 's and he did n't do so bad . |
| 5 | My presents were in the cupboard … they 've all gone ! ’ |
| 6 | She said : ‘ He wanted me over his lap , so my feet were off the ground . |
| 7 | my concerns is , my concerns were at the time that we , we might not be able to continue with that statement because it might become inaccurate |
| 8 | Feeling a little like I imagined a tomb-robber might feel , but knowing that my motives were of the very best , I relocked both doors and left without a backward glance . |
| 9 | As an undergraduate my sympathies were with the Left , with the Republicans in Spain , with the anti-Fascists in Italy and Germany , but always with a nearly corresponding hostility to the extremes of political thought on the other side . |
| 10 | ‘ Over the year , my averages were among the best against world-class riders . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ He and my father were in the army together , friends . |
| 12 | My lodgings were in the comfortable Kirkapol Guest House which fronts on to a marvellous tempting beach . |
| 13 | Nearly all my friends were down the pit . |
| 14 | I was n't exactly selling drugs to teenagers : most of my friends were in the music business in London , and you ca n't find a business which goes more hand in hand with it . |
| 15 | The well-fleshed ghosts of my imaginings were like the insistent daimones of classical times who , if neglected , drove their victim to ever-greater follies . |
| 16 | Although the award was made to me , my thoughts were with the CCG crew that were on board the Tharos that night — I really was collecting it on their behalf ’ . |
| 17 | Sated with a whole morning of freedom and indulgence , work seemed almost a pleasure , the more so in that my students were in the same post-prandial daze as myself All serious business was dispatched in the morning . |
| 18 | The Foreign Ministry announced on April 19 , 1989 , that the Soviet press agency Novosti would be allowed to reopen its office in Berne on condition that its activities were within the normal range of a news agency 's functions . |
| 19 | Her head beat from side to side and she said , ‘ Yes , yes , yes , yes , ’ again , then Lachlan — wiry , athletic-looking , skinny shanks ramming back and forth like some skinny bull — reached under her , pulled her up , his legs spreading , kneeling ; she hung onto him , arms round his neck , then after a few vertical stabs he threw her down , back onto the bed ; she grunted , arms still tight round his back , then she brought her legs up , right up over his thin , plunging , globe-buttocked behind , until her ankles were in the small of his back , rocking to and fro , feet crossed one over the other , locked there ; with one splayed hand she held onto his back , pressing him to her , and with the other hand she felt down the length of his body , over ribs and waist and hips , and with another grunt reached round and under , taking his balls in her hand , pressing them and kneading them and squeezing them . |
| 20 | Just when their creditors were on the point of issuing writs the Tecks left England for the continent , insolvent and heavily in debt . |
| 21 | Their debts were on the verge of managing them . |
| 22 | Up on Albert Hill in all likelihood its operations were on the banks of the eponymous river where the Cleveland Industrial Estate is now it had a massive and profitable operation covering 22 acres , employing 1,000 men and boys and working 90 furnaces . |
| 23 | Curates in deacons ' orders did not ask evangelical Bishops how many of their clergy were of the catholic persuasion at half-past nine on August evenings , or indeed at any other time . |
| 24 | As they walked along , their heads were in the sun while their feet were in the shadow of the hedge . |
| 25 | Their eyes were on the Miracle-Worker , the Angel Gabriel , perched in motionless splendour on a silver-gilded cloud , his hair awash with sunlight and his magical face worn like a mask that concealed some greater magic . |
| 26 | The movement 's unofficial leader , Akilisi Pohive , and his ally , Laki Niu , were among the four commoners re-elected to the Legislative Assembly , and their supporters were among the five new members elected to the nine seats reserved for commoners . |
| 27 | As they walked along , their heads were in the sun while their feet were in the shadow of the hedge . |
| 28 | Beryl and her freind were in the living-room , across the passage . |
| 29 | Areas where the workforce extended their influence were in the procedures for promotion , where the power of managerial prerogative was weakened and increasing weight was given to seniority and skill tests ; in joint determination of rosters tor footplate and train staff ; in the ending of split shifts ; and in the reform of the authoritarian disciplinary system . |
| 30 | Her shoes were of the kind then called ward shoes , with low heels , one strap , and a little metal star on the front for ornamentation . |