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

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1 But more people were coming on to the paper .
2 It was raining softly and , because it was early evening , lights were coming on around the airport .
3 Just as we were coming up to the laundry , Kaptan broke free of the Corporal and ran down the side of the building .
4 where they were , Howard and Pete right were coming up to the erm football
5 Of course , that sort of thing has a really limited audience and , because we were living in Hawaii , there was nobody there to watch us anyway , so we were coming up with the most insane stuff we could do , basically just to please ourselves !
6 Some figures were coming up from the road to meet him , a girl and a couple of boys .
7 All went well until we were approaching Ramsgate and about to cross ahead of two coasters that were coming up from the south .
8 Daffodils were coming up in the garden but it would be dark when his guests came to the house to eat their meal .
9 All their backs were coming up like the clappers .
10 Fearful anticipation had proved somewhat worse than the event , and most Viennese were coming round to the opinion that , whatever the failings of Napoleon 's men , they were at least an improvement upon the Hapsburgs ' Russian allies , whom everyone loathed .
11 Third did he ? the first which was the Sunday and he had to get it ready because they were coming in on the Tuesday , on the third .
12 On the far bank white oxen were coming down to the water .
13 and it went up into those they were coming down in the minibus and er we stopped so the I ca n't remember where we stopped .
14 They were coming down from the Quarry , bigger engines .
15 An NCO clutching a grenade marched up to the barrier and Kahane told him that they were coming back from the front and were in a hurry .
16 One evening when they were coming back from the hunt , he pretended to be someone else and , all alone , jumped on Albuin pretending that he was going to steal by violence the horse Albuin was mounted on .
17 Pete and Mum were coming back from the shops .
18 Because when we were coming back from the park at er , no not the park where was we ?
19 Yes , worried folk were coming along from the Tower to Billingsgate , some carrying a few possessions .
20 And then it was over , and they were coming out into the grey , windy day , the mothers trying not to look at the white-capped sea beyond the point , the boys suddenly gruff and silent now that the moment of parting was come .
21 On the other side of the yard , the first of the City 's homeless were coming out of the union .
22 I think he was convinced the green was fast , but maybe he had forgotten we were coming out of the rough and the topspin ran us through the green .
23 But as we were coming out of the doorway , running across there , sidling round the side was the inspector .
24 They were coming out of the end of the hangar now .
25 Then I felt the post begin to slide upwards through my hands , as if more of it were coming out of the ground .
26 And they used to bring us girls chocolates ; because when they were coming out of the dining-room , anything nice ( they had n't time to take off their gloves ) anything nice that was left in the dishes they used to pinch a piece and eat it .
27 Jotan and the others were coming out of the audience chamber now .
28 Er men were coming , young men were coming out of the forces and er they wanted their jobs back and er I began to wonder what was going to happen to me , if , because I was on the temporary staff and erm there was no guarantee that I 'd be able to stay erm , and then of course erm I was thinking of probably getting married and erm er the salary at that stage was n't er , was n't very much to get married on .
29 Well , my gran had told me that she 'd gone down to see her friends who 'd get the Brown Lion after them by this time and er I decided to go down and tell them as I could see if they had n't got the radio on they would n't have known so as I walked from Burchells down Road I could see doors throwing open lights were coming on , people were coming out in the street and dancing and I got round down to the Brown Lion and it was all in darkness , and I rang the bell on the side door and I heard a few bumps and bangs and Mr who 'd kept it then came to the door , and I said do you know the war 's over and er he said oh no come on in that 's w now his son was a prisoner of war and they had been , he 'd continually tried to escape so much that he had his photograph taken in the Sunday paper , the , the Germans had had kept chaining him to the wall and other prisoners , other soldiers had got these photographs of him and smuggled them out and got them back to England , to the nearest papers , and er he he 'd said to my nan cos he knew she 'd always worked behind the bar , he said will you serve if I open the pub now , which was about eleven o'clock at night and she said yes of course , and the they opened the Brown Lion at about eleven o'clock at night in next to no time the place was full of people drinking , celebrating and of course the next day was really it .
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