Example sentences of "was [adv prt] by [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I have a suspicion that somehow the heating was on by the time they reached their new destination . |
2 | Now when I was down by the river at half seven … ’ |
3 | ‘ I had some time off while I was working in Los Angeles and I was down by the hotel pool . |
4 | And he said he 'd had a whiskies and he was down by the station and he said he jumped on the train and he landed up in De Detroit , and then the South African War broke out |
5 | The shipmaster was down by the mast , ready to lower the cross-spar with its square sail , and the crew were flexing their muscles and setting oars in the rowlocks to slide out for the turn up against the wind into Duart Bay . |
6 | Perhaps there had been a gust while he was over by the engine ? |
7 | ‘ My spirits , too , ’ agreed the old lady , throwing a wry glance at Theda , who was over by the windows . |
8 | Rafiq was over by the window , reading a technical magazine . |
9 | I waved to the toddling girl who was over by the window again , banging a fist on the pane and watching the rain drizzle down . |
10 | ‘ I 'll say , ’ Ven snarled , and was over by the door , blocking out the light from the sitting-room when , ‘ I never did like my women that clinging ! ’ he barked brutally . |
11 | The local boom in copper was over by the year of Waterloo , but mining continued until 1883 , and a windmill , whose tower remains , was built to help pump water from the quarry . |
12 | Meg was over by the fire . |
13 | I was over by the Orchard and then this . |
14 | Since the bombing raids began over Iraq , Britons have flocked to join the army ( inquiries in London have quintupled ) ; to give blood ( in Plymouth alone , more than 1,600 people volunteered in the first few days , and 110,000 followed suit across the country ) ; and to say their prayers ( Winchester Cathedral reported that the congregation for Matins last Sunday was up by a half on the usual number ) . |
15 | Yeah I , I , I think , I think it was about by the time he , he 'd had this allowance from you know going to College , I , I think it left him with about twenty seven bob a week , which was n't bad you know . |