Example sentences of "were in the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were in the same hotel . |
| 2 | In 14 of the 21 , morning and evening papers were in the same ownership , and some of these were themselves in national or regional chains . |
| 3 | The activities of the chains , however , meant that only a third of the mornings still published in 1988 were in the same ownership as in 1945 . |
| 4 | In the local Nag 's Head pub , Tony recounts his musical history with laddish brazenness , explaining how the four elements of East 17 ( including singing dancer Brian Harvey , dancing keyboardist John Hendry and rapping dancer Terry Coldwell ) were in the same gang , spending their schooldays bodypopping and bunking off , and generally going f— nowhere . |
| 5 | Suppose two electrons were in the same state , let us say both " here " . |
| 6 | ‘ You see , ’ he went on as though they had been talking all afternoon , ‘ I had no idea until this morning that you were in the same state as I. ’ |
| 7 | Plasma CCK concentrations reached during infusion of CCK-33 were in the same range in the three experiments , thus excluding the possibility that differences in gall bladder contraction between the hyperglycaemic and normoglycaemic experiments are related to differences in plasma CCK concentrations . |
| 8 | Quite a few leading conductors have started life as orchestral players : Münch and Kempe were in the same orchestra , the Leipzig Gewandhaus , at the same time . |
| 9 | By this time , Celia had the same throat and both were in the same bed for company . |
| 10 | They were in the same bed . |
| 11 | And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field , keeping watch over their flocks by night . |
| 12 | And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field , keeping watch over their flock by night . |
| 13 | And the army veterinary call were in the same barracks . |
| 14 | ‘ I would n't say they were in the same field , ’ he says dryly . |
| 15 | Other cabinet members made sure they were in the same position . |
| 16 | Advocates of localization were in the same position as the explorers of the sixteenth century ; they knew there was something out there but they did n't know where it was or what it might look like . |
| 17 | Not only were nearly three-fifths of the people here unable to scrape together sufficient personal property to reach the tax threshold of £2 , but none got the alternative of 20s. wages in the year , as did many in the Midland and southern counties who were in the same position . |
| 18 | Because Joe and I were in the same position of being scolded by Mrs Joe , we were good friends , and Joe protected me from her anger whenever he could . |
| 19 | The men were in the same position , but now they were looking at each other . |
| 20 | Their contract had come to an end ( see Chapter 14 , Frustration , below ) and they were in the same position as any other free seamen in Port Philip : ‘ they might stipulate for any amount of remuneration ; and , considering the circumstances , £40 might not have been an exorbitant sum ’ — per Erle J. |
| 21 | And my mother came from the farm along the shore and they were in the same position they worked with boats too . |
| 22 | Oh they were in the same dormitory were n't you ? |
| 23 | The agreements were in the same form save that the periodical sums payable under one agreement did not correspond to the sum payable pursuant to any other agreement . |
| 24 | The latter came in to the same platform and so two trains were in the same section , in conflict with Rule B. |
| 25 | And she too has a ‘ sporting background ’ in that she is one of about 500 people at the last count who were in the same class in the Primate Dixon PS in Coalisland as snooker superstar Denis Taylor ! |
| 26 | An example I quote is of two particular members of staff who had been there a long time , and so , when I walked into the staff room , they were in the same seats . |
| 27 | just now they were in the same place , like Wayne and the trucks , but sometime soon they 'd be miles apart . |
| 28 | So we were in the same group together for a couple of years . ’ |
| 29 | An Armenian whose family came from Erzerum or Kars is neighbour to other Armenians whose parents or grandparents came from the same towns , just as Palestinians from Haifa — or from Mrs Zamzam 's village of Um Al-Farajh — now live in refugee camps next to those whose homes were in the same places , sometimes in the very same streets , in what was Palestine . |
| 30 | Although they were in the same show and of the same age , they were a world apart as women and performers . |