Example sentences of "they were [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The business with the whore had proved that they were up to no good . |
| 2 | In November 1987 they were up before the court on badger digging charges — one got off due to inadequate evidence . |
| 3 | This was always going to be a difficult match for Hammer to win , as they were up against a ‘ Mill side eager to take the trophy for the first time since 1974 . |
| 4 | Obviously the scum are an exception and we all want them to loose , it was a shame they were up against a more charitable defence than ours . |
| 5 | They were up against a side encouraged by a large , partisan crowd but kept their discipline and got a good result . |
| 6 | They were up against the absolute certainty of guilt expressed by all the parties weighed against them . |
| 7 | ‘ It was funny to see those agents ’ faces when they discovered they were up against the famous Marc Vila ! |
| 8 | Chorlton , mhm , he examined me , erm , he , he said now they were on about a slide on my heart . |
| 9 | oh well whatever , no it was n't , they were on about the B B C |
| 10 | Eventually , the management decided they were on to a loser , and the matter was allowed to sink into history . |
| 11 | Now er I could make a point here that when they introduced one man operated buses , they thought they were on to a new thing but one man operated buses were in this town before the war . |
| 12 | They were on in the funfairs on the prom |
| 13 | They were out for a walk . ’ |
| 14 | It was a Sunday afternoon and they were out for a stroll in the park . |
| 15 | When they were out , they were out for a drink . |
| 16 | One evening they were out for a long , long time . |
| 17 | You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints . |
| 18 | When I was nine and they were out for the evening I stayed up late to watch a horror movie and had nightmares . |
| 19 | Erm yes , they er , they felt they 'd been let down by the Railway men , I think , or someone else at the beginning at the Strike , and they were out on a limb but er they 'd got to make the best of it . |
| 20 | As they walked to the hotel car park across the road , two young art student types , thin girls with long black hair and western eyes , stopped and asked him if he could help them work their camera , they were out on an assignment and it would n't go at all , and Rory fiddled something on the side and gave it back and said : ‘ That should be it now , the poor ould thing should be in a museum ’ , and as they went away looked back at him , and back again . |
| 21 | Look them two women up at Malden and , and , and the bloke came in and they were out on an extra |
| 22 | The Firth was much broader here than at Dalmeny and , if it had not been a clear day , Corbett could have almost believed they were out on the open sea . |
| 23 | ‘ What was that about then , ma'am ? ’ probed Dexter , once they were out on the pavement , puzzled by his chief 's foray into the kitchen . |
| 24 | Every week they were out on the streets of Highgate or Chalk Farm preaching , and Eva belonged to the cadet 's singing brigade . |
| 25 | They were out on the anonymous A40 ; George pulled into a lay-by and gingerly fingered through the wallet with renewed twinges of horror . |
| 26 | When Lambert found Kimberley and Killion they were out on the field , looking at a map laid on the bottom wing of a plane . |
| 27 | They were out on the villa forecourt and Guido was loading the car , the same racy-looking open-top red Alfa Romeo that he had brought her to the villa in on the day of her arrival . |
| 28 | By the third day they were out into the Atlantic . |
| 29 | Within the hour they were out into the countryside , following the track which would lead them down to the old Roman road . |
| 30 | " When they were out of a ship they were more or less in a state of intoxication , during which time they were in the society of the very lowest description that could be found . |