Example sentences of "they were in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were in the foyer of a country hotel . |
| 2 | If an attempt is to be made it would be wise to approach those organisations with whom the dead person , or their spouse , had some link , eg. Royal British Legion , 48 Pall Mall , London , SW1Y 5JY , Tel. 071–930 8131 ; or the Soldiers , Sailors and Airmens Families Association , 19 Queen Elizabeth Street , London , SE1 2LP , Tel. 071–403 8783/071–962 9696 if they were in the services . |
| 3 | Mr Lawson is right to say that deficits are more sustainable than they were in the 1970s . |
| 4 | ‘ I would n't say they were in the same field , ’ he says dryly . |
| 5 | But what was suddenly seen as extraordinary was that the supernatural , the miraculous , and certain doctrines were just as present in the layers now believed to be the earliest as they were in the layers believed to be later . |
| 6 | And they were in the audience . |
| 7 | When they moved , every muscle ached but by midday they were in the fields again . |
| 8 | They were in the office , reviewing charts and assessing progress . |
| 9 | The celebrations of selflessness and sacrifice are much as they were in the wartime films , but this time there seems little point in asserting them , nothing to be argued for . |
| 10 | They were in the hands of vested interests , not in possession of the facts , ’ said Mr Roberts . |
| 11 | They were in the car , preparing to drive off , before she spoke . |
| 12 | Despite recent improvements , unemployment is more than 20% , and real wages are lower than they were in the early 1980s . |
| 13 | The savings were major but they were in the future ; the costs would arise now . |
| 14 | Once you gained their trust , they became affectionate when they were in the mood , and were capable of gratitude . |
| 15 | They were in the glass-roofed , glass-sided room which Mrs Hollidaye called the conservatory . |
| 16 | They were in the other direction , at what Marie 's mother called the ‘ common end ’ of the prom . |
| 17 | The curious thing is that though the facts are the same as they were in the Fifties and the risks are higher , the level of anxiety about them has markedly fallen . |
| 18 | Now they were in the home stretch , and Sir Ivor seemed hopelessly hemmed in as the American horses pushed for the wire . |
| 19 | But that same quality , of political self-delusion , was also clear as they were in the making . |
| 20 | Other cabinet members made sure they were in the same position . |
| 21 | In the eyes of the principals , Congress and the prying media had already lost Vietnam ; now , with their spineless voting first for and then against aid to the contras , they were in the process of losing Nicaragua , too . |
| 22 | The Magharba leaders resisted this : they thought they were in the majority , and feared that after such a confrontation the Zuwaya might muster more voters for a second encounter . |
| 23 | They were in the family room . |
| 24 | The debates which raged round their building programmes were themselves healthy signs , showing that they were in the mainstream of Victorian life which is where they wanted to be . |
| 25 | Though Christie 's says that the Vung Tau sale is lotted to encourage private buyers , with sets of between five and nine matching vases offered per lot ( and designed to be shown , as they were in the 17th century , massed together on a chimneypiece or high shelf ) , Cohen believes buying is more easily done through a dealer . |
| 26 | Now they were in the end-of-class ritual of thanks , part of ballet 's insistence on grace not only of body but also of spirit . |
| 27 | It is not that prospects for earnings are 10 p.c. better that they were in the middle of last week , but it is possible to argue that prospects are that much better than they would have been under a Labour government and that the market was discounting such a result . |
| 28 | Both jazz enthusiasts , they were in the city for the start of the world-famous New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival . |
| 29 | Many said they would feel shy if they were in the minority on a mixed course so there might well be opportunities for all-women courses . |
| 30 | And when they were in the field , Cain rose up against his brother Abel , and killed him . |