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

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1 She said , she turned to Mr Fleming and she said , ‘ Darling , do you mind when we were up at the Uni , and that …
2 We were on remand for about three months and then we were up at the Crown court .
3 We were up on the top floor and Ralph Horton came up to listen to us and was impressed , although I think he was more impressed with David than us .
4 Yeah , we er , we won the , the losers trophy twice , we got first round trophy , got knocked out the first round to go to that , me , half , half the decent teams were knocked out in the first round , you know , we were , we were playing sort of , that , that was , nine times out of ten that was the real cup , I mean we , we were up against the league champions once
5 I was able to take controls of the aircraft when we were up in the sky .
6 And I was very naughty I , I felt like saying well some of their , they , them are n't er do you remember the very last time we were up in the hospital at the waiting area , there was those two nurses that walked up and down
7 I wished I 'd had a poke round when we were up by the cliff — he probably had a little cave in there behind the brambles .
8 We were on to the pudding course by now and I was attacking a delicious crème brûlée with great gusto , while Sally sensibly preferred the fresh fruit salad .
9 ‘ This is the end , ’ he said , as soon as we were out of the kitchen .
10 Then , quite suddenly , we were out of the jungle and into the daylight and the walls of the great fortress , as solid and immobile as stone elephants , were rising up all around us .
11 Then we were out of the prison .
12 I asked as soon as we were out of the chamber .
13 Both Benjamin and I wisely kept our mouths shut until we were out of the main hall .
14 I said that was a brilliant idea and by the time we were out of the car park and in the thick of the traffic , I was asking her what she was doing later .
15 When we were out on the street , we followed section by section , and each section went to its own beats .
16 We were out by the pool and she said , ‘ Now , we do n't have to talk about it , but have you had suction , and tucks all over your body ? ’
17 She talked almost all the way down through the forest : and then , when we were out in the open she started again , ‘ Do you see those trees over there ? ’
18 His voice was surly , but suddenly he twisted round to face me and took off the headphones , and I thought he was going to apologise for his rudeness of the previous night , but instead he demanded to know if it was true that we were out in the open ocean and were not planning to make a landfall for some days .
19 Soon we left the town behind us , and we were out in the country .
20 Then we were off down the hill .
21 I put on my kilt , picked up my bagpipes , clambered aboard the truck , and we were off to the beach .
22 ‘ Carter was the first guy I sat down with to discuss this thing ’ , he told The Art Newspaper , ‘ and as soon as I did , we were off to the races ’ .
23 However , within a few overs of the start , we were off to the newsroom , and cries of disbelief were audible from living-rooms all around the country .
24 So we were off to the races .
25 Next day we were off in the train to Bath .
26 Having settled Rachel in a corner and piled our luggage round her and left you , Mig , on guard , I struggled back against the refugees and climbed the gangway again to find Tim looking a little bewildered in the midst of a seething mass of humanity but remarkably calm , and soon we were back on the small boat .
27 I knew where we were now — we were back at the Avon Gorge .
28 Two hours later we were back at the Aiguille du Midi .
29 Three weeks went by and we were back at the vet 's surgery .
30 We were back at the university , sitting on the bench as if nothing had happened .
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