Example sentences of "were [adv] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 He just stopped the car on the top of a small hill , for they were right out in the country now .
2 they were somewhere out in the North Road
3 His tools were all over in the cafeteria , there had to be something that he could use to open himself up .
4 It lasted , like that with Elizabeth , for over a quarter of a century , though the five meetings between us were all over by the autumn of 1947 .
5 Heber 's grants from the federal government for raising IQs totalled in the millions of dollars , much more than the usual federal funding level , and the results he claimed were comparably out of the ordinary .
6 After a brief stay at Kyle we were soon up to the house and burn near Sandaig Lighthouse , the undisclosed setting , I suspect , of Gavin Maxwell 's otter book " Ring of Bright Water " , later to be filmed .
7 After an early start we were soon out of the city and climbing .
8 Particles were just in with the carp lads and we decided to transfer the philosophies to bream .
9 On the night I turned up in my red leotard and dippy skirt with a heavier than usual coat of paint on , to find , to my horror , that Cleo Roccas of Kenny Everett fame and a young lady much featured on Page 3 , called Gilly , I think , were already up on the stage , surrounded by a sixty-strong swarm of Street of Shame photographers , all climbing up each other 's anoraks and screaming ‘ Lean forward , Cleo — a bit further , give us a smile , lick your lips , Gilly — lovely , lovely — hitch that skirt up a bit … ’
10 Both sides struggled to find their rhythm during that opening 45 minutes , perhaps a legacy of the fact that they were already through to the quarter-final stages .
11 When I got there they were already out on the beach sizing up the surf .
12 Some were already out on the lake , quiet and dabbling .
13 The bins were already out by the time Cornelius reached home .
14 Her parents were always up at the front .
15 Cathy when I was in hospital in er a physiotherapy bit , where they , where they brought children in , erm there was this little girl and like she was riding round on a little bike , you know , so she 's quite , quite old and she had er , in , in brace , but her legs were like out at the side and her feet were pointing down and they 're pointing up , I 'm just a bit confused .
16 The most notable conditions were low down in the West , particularly in the Glencoe area , where every stream formed a mini icefall and icy crags like Beinn Udlaidh were in excellent condition .
17 Even the way he looked at them was enough to assure her that they were way down on the social scale .
18 Despite the sceptics who were still around in the 1980s , the science now ranks in the top ten technologies ( in terms of US patents issued 1992 ) alongside medical products , electronics and advanced materials .
19 ‘ When I left you last night you were positively down in the dumps ; today you 're — you 're … ’ she made a helpless gesture with her hands , searching for the right adjective ‘ … you 're sizzling !
20 They qualified 17th and 20th and were both out of the race within 15 laps .
21 Rest days from Ullapool were really out of the question so we either had to take the ship on the long sea passage to Aberdeen or down to Ardrossan .
22 The new industrial centres were , in fact , quite small at first , and as they were mainly out of the way in unfashionable parts of the country , many people ignored them completely ; one or two distinguished men even had the impression that the population was declining .
23 They were now back at the beginning of their conversation , which was not very helpful .
24 Both Norman Tebbit and John Wakeham were now back after the Grand Hotel blast and the opportunity had been taken to arrange a Cabinet photograph .
25 Air lifts were now out of the question , but trains were still a practical proposition — as Chadwick discovered when he came to deal with the Nazi official in charge of emigration .
26 They were far back from the bar .
27 The tree frogs were far out on the branch now .
28 We were immediately back into the ambience of the nursery where , if anything even vaguely indiscreet was in danger of being said , it would instantly be muffled by the warning whisper : ‘ Hush , not in front of the children ’ .
29 When they were well out of the way we made tracks for home and I looked forward to a quiet evening .
30 And if you were well in with the staff and the owners of the quarry you 'd have more bonus .
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