Example sentences of "we were in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once we were in the main concourse , I put down my suitcase and turned to say goodbye . |
| 2 | A good proportion of our work concerned our availability to act as an unacknowledged arm of the social welfare service to drug users in crisis situations , providing a front-line service for the ‘ speed freaks who 's OD 'd on the results of a bent script ’ , or the ‘ acid heads having a bad trip ’ , for we were in the streets , the pubs , the clubs , the crash pads , and communal houses frequented by the new ‘ alternative society ’ . |
| 3 | We were in the kitchen together when Caroline said I should meet Colin . ’ |
| 4 | Today we were in the Ogwen valley , in indifferent weather , wondering what to do . |
| 5 | We were in the forest to try to get less deep snow , he was told ; we were going to a campsite that Odd-Knut had prepared . |
| 6 | ‘ We were in the business of giving the public what it seemed to want in entertainment , ’ Balcon later recalled . |
| 7 | He went on : ‘ Looking back , the fact that we were the first to say Thatcher should go over the Lawson affair meant that we were in the game . |
| 8 | After Calgary ( population : 400,000 ; rail service after January : one train a week , summer only ) we were in the mountains , and people crowded into the dome car for the high spot of the trip . |
| 9 | George Underwood : ‘ I do n't know what year it was — I think it was the year when Tom Hark was No.1 ( 1958 Ed. ) — but we went to the Isle of Wight with the 18th Bromley Scouts ( we were in the Cubs then ) . |
| 10 | At least we are much nearer than we were in the era your rose-coloured glasses have alighted upon . |
| 11 | By most standards this was a peculiarly non-threatening document but we were in the middle of a general election . |
| 12 | The train pulled out of Skipton and soon we were in the Yorkshire Dales . |
| 13 | They said , ‘ this is how we were in the past ’ , and they made their image out of historical facts . |
| 14 | And that could have happened when we were in the workhouse . |
| 15 | We were in the First Division far too fleetingly and this is an opportunity for everyone to show what a big club Portsmouth really are . ’ |
| 16 | WE WERE in the West Country . |
| 17 | ‘ Butler , ’ he said , once we were in the hall , ‘ I wonder if I could have my feet changed . |
| 18 | On another occasion , she wrote : ‘ We were in the bedroom and I said to mother : ‘ What is that ? ’ , referring to an overmantel mirror . |
| 19 | ‘ That 's not what you said last night — when we were in the bar . |
| 20 | Because we were in the car on Saturday , when you met Mr Plumpton ? ’ |
| 21 | He must have known we were in the doorway . |
| 22 | But we may expect in the long run to become as comfortable in the new clothes as we were in the old . |
| 23 | We were in the show King and Country and had never done anything on stage before . |
| 24 | We were in the happy position of being able to pass the buck . |
| 25 | I ca n't remember now whether in fact we were allowed any at all while we were in the Waaf , but I know that for the few years after I became a civilian again and clothes rationing still went on , the ration allocation was so small that the prospect of buying , for instance , a new winter coat was exceedingly small for most women , especially those with children , whose needs had to come first . |
| 26 | Our canoes were loaded on the trailer and we were in the van and on our way by 7.30am for a 5 ½ hour drive to the Allagash Wilderness Waterway . |
| 27 | Legally , though , we were in the clear . |
| 28 | In the bar that evening we felt as if we were in the movie Top Gun as U.S. Navy pilots sang , ‘ You 've Lost That Lovin' Feeling ’ to us . |
| 29 | At the forward end of that we came to a glass-panelled door , which needed no key , and suddenly we were in the comparative quietness of the drivers ' cab , right at the front of the train . |
| 30 | When we were in the meadow opposite the Grotto and Father was talking about Bernadette I felt as though I could see her . |