Example sentences of "they were [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | It would mean a longer walk for them round the northward coil of the river , but that was a small matter once they were out of the town . |
| 32 | And within three minutes they were out of the house and into the car , and only then did Henry ask , ‘ What 's it all about ? ’ |
| 33 | They were out of the wilderness . |
| 34 | They never spoke until they were out of the prison , the wicket gate slamming shut behind them . |
| 35 | By 1971 , the tension was so great that Kapwepwe broke with Kaunda and formed the United People 's Party ( UPP ) which depended on a flimsy alliance between the Bemba and other tribal groups who at that time felt they were out in the political cold . |
| 36 | They were out in the street now and Aggie , for once in her life , stood helpless , knowing not what to do . |
| 37 | ‘ You have beautiful children , ’ he said when they were out in the cold . |
| 38 | They were out in the street and making their way back to Cotton Lane , and Billy had obviously decided to walk beside her as far as possible . |
| 39 | But while they were out in the garden during the afternoon they began talking to the man next door who had a motorbike and was leaving for the City on it at seven . |
| 40 | It was heard by the men in the inn , and in a second they were out in the road , running into the darkness of the fields . |
| 41 | We actively encourage them to take on tasks out with the role of resident to give them some leaning to their life , to give them some creativeness to actively tap some of the skills they have had as a housewife or when they were out in the community . |
| 42 | They were out in the street now . |
| 43 | Roman signed the register the man handed him and , telling him to send the luggage up , took Claudia 's arm , and they were out in the street before she could speak . |
| 44 | Maybe they were out in the garden , walking around stiffly , expressionless as vacuum cleaners , as they prepared the Giant pod for Argol of the planet Tellenor . |
| 45 | The road to Rimini by-passed the town and in a few moments they were out in the wilds again , labouring up a steep , tortuous medieval track on which modern civilization had done no more than slap a layer of asphalt and a road number . |
| 46 | Once they were out in the fresh air , away from this green tomb , their blood would cool . |
| 47 | I thought they , they were out by the time this book was published that er Maggie Thatcher was out , was , I mean this |
| 48 | He would come exuberantly into the office after ops with his crew tagging along behind him , to tell us that our weather forecast had been spot on , it had all been a piece of cake , bombs went down — Wham ! — right on the target , no trouble at all , good show ! , and here they were back on the old tarmac , cheating death again , etc . |
| 49 | The Greeks did very little during the winter because of bad weather but each spring they were back on the water , checking that everything was nautika or boatworthy . |
| 50 | They were amber as she swung the car round to the right and through them , heading down a side street , taking another right then another until they were back on the street where they 'd started . |
| 51 | They were back on the broad but darkened thoroughfare of Holborn . |
| 52 | in the fifties the team won the marathon race five times … they were back on the winning trail in 88 and again in 90 … |
| 53 | Once they were back on the train there was yet more waving of handkerchiefs from pin-hatted ladies who would remain spinsters for the rest of their lives . |
| 54 | As soon as they were back at the auberge , Iris vanished into their minuscule en suite bathroom . |
| 55 | Maxim said nothing more until they were back at the inn . |
| 56 | When the Oxford players ran on the pitch , they must have felt they were back at the Manor so warm was the welcome . |
| 57 | Since 1984 the relative incomes of workers in the non-productive sector have been allowed to recover ; and by 1987 they were back to the position which they occupied in 1979 . |
| 58 | Three grates and half a ton of jackdaw muck later , they were back to the colossal 17th-century hearth . |
| 59 | Now they were back among the sodium , passing yellow pre-war flats — Keeps , Courts , and Mansionses , with yellow gables and yellow weatherboarding . |
| 60 | ‘ Get in touch with Hearne , ’ he told Sister Cooney , when they were back in the office . |