Example sentences of "they were [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead they were down the road taking part in the pilot for a new Channel 4 indie pop programme , where their contribution to the proceedings was a ‘ spirited ’ rendition of the RIGHT SAID FRED hit ‘ Do n't Talk Just Kiss ’ . |
| 2 | I was not allowed to play when Mum and Dad were in because they could n't stand the din , so I had to wait until they were down the pub to enjoy myself . |
| 3 | ‘ They were down the side of the armchair in my room . |
| 4 | Mr Hurd has talked about these articles as if they were about the imposition of old East European ‘ socialism ’ ( with Chancellor Kohl leading the way ? ) . |
| 5 | You see the i it was er we used to make curtains then for Littlewoods , Littlewoods as it is now , they 're still , you know , the they were about the forerunners of the er tt this er catalogue business , and if they gave us an order that would last us a long time , and that usually the eight points , which was meant to say there were eight threads to an inch . |
| 6 | They were about continuity , they were about the desire of Painting to go on living . |
| 7 | But when people like Norman Jay and Omar said they were into the track , it sort of backed up in my own mind that it was a safe tune — they 're not the sort of people who give you compliments just to make you smile . ’ |
| 8 | In addition , they will question a sample of complainants to determine how satisfied they were with the response . |
| 9 | Ah , somebody was oh they were with the gyppos or something . |
| 10 | Of course , it was useful to both Romania and China to let Moscow know how deeply involved they were with the Americans , because such knowledge could deter Moscow from interfering in their internal affairs . |
| 11 | She opened her mouth to say they were with the police , but abruptly changed her mind . |
| 12 | After all , if a fellow was not allowed below waist level — and the all-in-one pantie girdle was impregnable without traitorous and lustful help from the inside — then what else was there but hours of despairing mauling of the mammaries , offered up as they were with the aid of uplift-under-wired-half-cup-sponge-rubber-lace-nylon and steel display cases . |
| 13 | Rather , they were with the events of August 1968 and , in particular , with the self-immolation of the young philosophy student , Jan Palach , in January 1969 . |
| 14 | They were on the ramparts with you during the battle . |
| 15 | They were on the dashboard of his getaway van , which he crashed after the £2,000 raid in Leigh-on-Sea , Essex . |
| 16 | Jenking said he thought they were on the Dean and that they would soon beat over it into deeper water . |
| 17 | No she 's only staying tonight and they think , they just phoned me up then and they were on the square , I think she 's going home phorr what 's that smell , it stinks what ? |
| 18 | The concert required considerable stamina from both players , as they were on the platform virtually throughout the concert , with Craig alternating between the organ and harpsichord continuo parts and Paul playing orchestral parts when he was not playing solo . |
| 19 | are old and tired songs a hundred years ago they were on the go . |
| 20 | Thus by the 1770s they were on the threshold of a national discipline-orientated community . |
| 21 | They were on the phone for an hour , not really speaking , a few words scattered among the silence . |
| 22 | Gloucester missed some chances but they were never in with a shout … they were on the retreat for most of the game as Bath piled forward … |
| 23 | Twenty minutes later they were on the Salzgitter Autobahn , heading for Nordhausen , some one hundred and ten kilometres to the south . |
| 24 | And then all the , all the little children , some of them with very serious illnesses , but seeing how brave they were on the wards , it was a very moving six months . |
| 25 | It was lunchtime and they were on the river . |
| 26 | They were on the sofa , all curled up together , kissing , really kissing and her mother was making strange noises . |
| 27 | On the most mundane level , repayment of any debts they owed was postponed until their return ; while they were on the crusade their property was taken under the protection of the church . |
| 28 | They had known they were on the knife edge , and interest rates had been at 8 per cent . |
| 29 | The lady was very talkative , and I gathered that they were on the edge of a big estate . |
| 30 | They were on the inside . |