Example sentences of "we were [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were upstairs in one of the shops . ’ |
| 2 | But , yes , the truth is we were madly in love . ’ |
| 3 | That 's about all really , nothing very exciting , I mean we were probably at Jenny 's an hour . |
| 4 | However , that day , we were also on our way to battle , although of a less deadly kind and with less deadly consequences . |
| 5 | We were also without that rock in defence , Trevor Proby . |
| 6 | The round started off pretty slow and we were even after five or six holes . |
| 7 | When we were well past her Signor fragolli said , ‘ The face of the city has certainly changed . |
| 8 | We were well past him when I heard a bottle smash . |
| 9 | We were well on top by then , but he still expected something to go wrong — he bet his Rolls that we 'd lose the title . |
| 10 | If someone had gone home after 55 minutes when we were well on top and switched on his TV to see the score , he would have thought someone was playing a joke . ’ |
| 11 | It seems ridiculous for me to try and offer excuses why we were so comprehensively beaten , but the fact that we were well below full strength certainly gave Alborne a ten-goal advantage . |
| 12 | Tap , tap , tap , sparks flying everywhere and we were just above it with the cranes , waiting to fill the big ladles . |
| 13 | We were just like your Sean Connery . ’ |
| 14 | We were just like children let loose . ’ |
| 15 | We were just in our early twenties by the time I left The Pistols , beginning to find our way in the world , starting to get more confidence . |
| 16 | We were just in time to watch the evening rush hour . |
| 17 | I was in a wine bar the other day and it was just before the opening of Stanstead , a few weeks before , and I met a chap in there who worked in the airport and we were just in conversation and he said , asked him what he did , and he said , ‘ I 'm basically on temporary contract preparing for the Queen coming to open the airport . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ When the lights went out , we were just behind the stage . |
| 19 | ‘ We were prancing about making a racket in the middle of the night so they had a helicopter up straight away to see what we were up to . ’ |
| 20 | Absolutely I was aware that Graham was very anxious to be involved in this process , er for example he wrote me a note and I think other members and it 's because of those , of those notes that I was anxious that we should inform them of what we were up to and if you want to share any of the papers or agendas please ask . |
| 21 | And that was also why I did n't leave you a note explaining what we were up to as Jeff told me to . |
| 22 | We were up to our necks in running the gallery and it was always ‘ next year ’ . ’ |
| 23 | She said , she turned to Mr Fleming and she said , ‘ Darling , do you mind when we were up at the Uni , and that … |
| 24 | The following morning we were up at 3.00am , accepted slices of bread and jam and joined the line of headtorches walking up the glacier . |
| 25 | We were on remand for about three months and then we were up at the Crown court . |
| 26 | One day we were up at Dunfermline . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | To know we were up with seven games left to play . |
| 29 | To go one down with nine minutes remaining and with only 10 men , we were up against it . ’ |
| 30 | " There was one very difficult principle that we were up against which I did not really know about to start with … that in accordance with the general surrender everyone was supposed to surrender to the Allied Army against whom they had been fighting . |