Example sentences of "were [adv prt] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Masts , sails and cordage were down in tangled confusion , the proud ships suddenly mere lumbering hulks of wreckage emitting the screams of injured men . |
| 2 | To think that during the Blitz , families , stout-hearted folk , were down in these caverns holding hands beneath blankets and whistling the stirring refrains of Dame Vera Lynn . |
| 3 | We showed the Germans our passports and Feed the Children/Red Cross documentation and were through in ten minutes . |
| 4 | For the first round it was a nice day in the morning , but we were out in late afternoon and we played eighteen holes in drizzle . |
| 5 | I sometimes think that if we were back in biblical days and John the Baptist was running around looking for a wilderness he would n't go to the desert he would come to Creggan ! |
| 6 | Not long after that they were back in each other 's arms . |
| 7 | It was as if I were back in Roman times . |
| 8 | Three patients who had been receiving specialist care were back in ordinary wards last night after the unit closed . |
| 9 | The French were back in 6th place and the applause died as they crossed the line . |
| 10 | The Messerschmitts were back in full cry early on 1 May , attacking Hurricanes over the Hal Far area . |
| 11 | The whole thing , the whole spectrum that went with it , y'know , as you know yourself , if you were around in those days and going to concerts and one thing and another . |