Example sentences of "were [adv] [adv prt] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you were right out in empty space — I mean a long , long way from anything else — you 'd expect to go straight ahead . |
| 2 | We were still out in empty space miles from anywhere . |
| 3 | What must be noted here is that much of the strength of the political ethos propagated in prewar years rested on its incorporation and distortion of concepts and assumptions whose origins were far back in Japanese history , and which were broadly unquestioned by the majority of the population ; and that it was firmly integrated with the social system and standard code of morality and behaviour . |
| 4 | John , who is a former stock car racer , said : ‘ Silverstone was so long we were flat out in fifth for most of the way . |
| 5 | His two opponents were safely on in two . |