Example sentences of "we were [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When the lights went out , we were just behind the stage . |
| 2 | We were somewhere near the centre of town . |
| 3 | Here for the first time he found something of what the pilgrim on his bicycle had sought : ‘ the sense of mystery , and awe , and of another world at once far and near … a sense that we were vividly in the presence of the passion of Jesus and also vividly near to heaven , to which the passion mysteriously belonged , so as to be brought from the past to the present ’ . |
| 4 | We were nearly on the beach and I was looking over the side of the ship . |
| 5 | we were nearly under the table |
| 6 | And eh , Simon got all the mud all and he said you know when I was young , we were ahead of the , but now we 're well behind |
| 7 | In fact , we were ahead in the last game until a tactical error by one of the players ( he knows who he is ! ) caused the sad downfall . ’ |
| 8 | An official from the Region had a post with a Cycleway sign attached ; this was duly knocked into the ground beside the river for the ‘ photo opportunity ’ and then removed , as we were nowhere near the actual Cycleway route . |
| 9 | We were nevertheless off the ground in around an estimated 500 metres and the initial rate of climb at 90 knots settled down to around 1100 feet per minute . |
| 10 | However — the coach screeched to a halt in the station yard and the Guides quickly formed a human chain to move the equipment and some kindly passengers realizing our predicament came to our aid , joining in the chain and we were soon aboard the train heading for London . |
| 11 | The walk-in is easy and we were soon at the foot of the icefall . |
| 12 | ‘ Being quit of this obstruction , we were soon on the Bridge … |
| 13 | We were soon alongside the small vessel as she pitched uncomfortably in the short Channel seas at about six knots , and we requested her in our usual polite manner to divert into Folkestone for a customs examination . |
| 14 | We passed through the col , with the main peak of Koitobos towering up to our right , and then suddenly we were right on the edge of the rim with the giant bowl of the crater itself spread out below us . |
| 15 | We got a call saying we were right on the money last issue with the rumour that DEC will scrap up to 10,000 people on Monday December 7 , Pearl Harbor Day . |
| 16 | It was n't we were right against the window , cold backs , I mean we were I was freezing ! |
| 17 | Sailing along quite the thing and we were right down I du n no how far , if we were right in the middle of them or just on the edge of them , but we were not far from them . |
| 18 | And in the evening I looked for them , and then I saw them of course , I knew where they were and I thought quite longly we were right in the front . |
| 19 | And I I said , he said ooh yes , the two girls come the alley on their own this is the their birthday cake ma , and I really jumped I said , cos we were right in the front , I thought what the hell 's he doing ! but what they were dressed in and she said , so I said , oh yeah well I did n't like it that I do n't know what 's wrong cos all the time they did . |
| 20 | And we were right in the front row and that ruddy music she had ! |
| 21 | He moved round the room — in so far as it was possible in such cramped quarters — glad to he relieved momentarily of desk work but perhaps by way of indicating that the interview must be conducted as if we were both on the move ; and this meant that certain remarks were addressed to the window or the mantelpiece . |
| 22 | I wanted to say to him , ‘ I mean , I know we were both in the Footlights , but do you realize how many thousands of us there are ? |
| 23 | We were both in the upper IQ bracket ; we could 've used channels , pulled strings , bypassed the system . |
| 24 | ‘ We were both in the photograph . ’ |
| 25 | We were both in the travel business and neither of us much enjoyed working for someone else . |
| 26 | Once we were on the fairly flat back of the hill , I clambered back into the cart and we were away past the farms , Y Llechwen , Y Garth Fawr , Y Garth Fach through winding lanes bordered by low stone walls . |
| 27 | ‘ I figure he went over the fence here , ’ said Prentice when we were outside in the rain once more . |
| 28 | even this time of the year , over Christmas and January we were outside in the morning having our breakfast every day were n't we Alec ? |
| 29 | Our Rally was just super — more people than before — But what they did n't know was that they had a treat in store : The National Display Team came for the afternoon To show their special item — we were all over the moon ! |
| 30 | I think the last time you were here we were actually in the bottom half of the table but shot up to about seventh and since then once we got close to the people with games in hand and catching on the extra games we 've come up into the top three sometimes . |