Example sentences of "was [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was down the pasture near Lartington on a day during the last war , when the weather was very bad and I was going for the bus to Barnard Castle . |
| 2 | One day Howard came on the set and Brando was down the beach talking to a pretty girl . |
| 3 | — He was down the prom on Sunday . ’ |
| 4 | He was down the basement steps before Lily could stop him . |
| 5 | The court heard that after the men were arrested the RSPCA returned to the land to try and retrieve a third terrier which was down the sett . |
| 6 | I sat in many a night myself when you were all younger , waiting for that piss artist of a father of yours to come home , knowing in my heart that he was down the Bayswater Road , spending desperately needed money on old brasses . |
| 7 | I sympathized and threw in a few choice obscenities and ‘ hanging 's too good for ‘ ems ’ but made a note to pick up a few watches next time I was down the Brick Lane midnight market . |
| 8 | The most impressive wound was down the length of the upper part of his right arm , where the flesh had been sliced away . |
| 9 | And I 'd say I was down the docks last night trying to rob the life-rafts , getting the first aid kits and trying to get the Omnopon and all that , and I nearly got caught , ca n't you help us out ? |
| 10 | I was down the market every day with my shopper , dear , for veg . |
| 11 | I was down the market with this other girl , and we saw her mum there . |
| 12 | I knew something was up the minute Tod started selling all the furniture . |
| 13 | Such as that I was trying to use the priesthood as an escape from my personal frustration , that I was dramatizing my own situation , that I was proud and vain , that my idea of Catholicism was up the creek . |
| 14 | The next minute I was up the tree with him . |
| 15 | The toilet was up the hall , with a broken window through which the wind whipped directly up your arse . |
| 16 | Sitting there , above him , watching him slowly keel over and close his eyes , Marie was remembering something else : ‘ Our Mam said Simon 's Dad was up the factory on Friday , did n't she ? |
| 17 | They were a group of twelve , mainly Icelandic , but with two Norwegians and a Canadian , and now joined by an English cyclist who pretended , when convenient , to be Welsh , The intended route was up the south-west side of the Öræfajökull , the glacier being climbed during the night , although in June the sun only barely dips below the northern horizon at midnight . |
| 18 | little duck who was out the water and there 's a piece of bread , honest to god this big thing come running over like this and she come running down to me like mummy a big duck 's coming after you , they 're coming |
| 19 | When the fire was out the hut grew cold and the two boys settled down for the night under their blankets . |
| 20 | Before 1905 was out the spectre of social upheaval thus enabled the Tsar 's government to regain the initiative . |
| 21 | Erm my metabolism was out the window . |
| 22 | ‘ Thought its bum was out the window so went outside to have a look . ’ |
| 23 | And er the aerial was out the window and up the side of the tower . |
| 24 | Halifax was out the window , yes |
| 25 | Because I did n't have time , but er they started geography course work today and I was out the lesson |
| 26 | Yeah yeah a good Da Dave manages Doncaster now he 's an ex manager of Walsall as well We lived at the Brown Lion at the time and er , I , I was out the front on the Saturday evening and I er manager 's just been to fetch his Sunday joint from the local butchers and he shouted across the road to his pal how have they got on , cos there was no radio in those days , and er he says they 've won two nil and the man dropped his meat in front of him and dribbled it all the way down the road , it was such excitement it was of course all people over the moon . |
| 27 | made with all milk you see , and I put this on the other day , it was Monday , and I put it on for a cup of coffee , well Jim was out the front with Tom cos Tom fixed the front door |
| 28 | eight o'clock this morning , who the hell that was from , I do n't know , I was out the washing line I come flying in but I never got it , and nobody 's rung . |
| 29 | Maybe because the teddy boy fashion was just beginning to edge back in ; it was around the time of Roxy Music 's Spaceman Ted look . |
| 30 | This was around the time he first started seeing me as more than just an employee . |