Example sentences of "and [was/were] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett and Ranulf immediately took their leave and were through the abbey gates travelling north to Leith just as the sun rose . |
| 2 | The United States expert sought to re-assure the Commission that pre-trial discovery procedures in his country were all after the commencement of proceedings ( the relevance of this being , presumably , that it picks up the requirement of Article 1(2) of the Convention ) and were under the control of a judge . |
| 3 | You see , to let you understand , this was maybe about four or five years after nationalization and prior to nationalization of course , was under the L M S , Street Station and were under the L M S and was under the L N E R. But when I arrived at , I heard them talking about the Callie see , the Callie railway . |
| 4 | These unfavourable contrasts were commonplace at the beginning of the decade and were at the heart of the centrist critique of two-party politics as then played . |
| 5 | We said good-bye to Stoyaeka and were at the warehouse at 07:30 where we were introduced to Josef who would co-ordinate the unloading of the trailer . |
| 6 | The United States and Japan , who spent less than 0.04 per cent and 0.07 per cent respectively on ODA to LDCs and were at the bottom of the league table of aid donors , undertook to increase their aid . |
| 7 | They heard the siren and were at the entrance ready to take over as soon as the boy was carried out of the ambulance . |
| 8 | During the war the Savoy Players were the resident drama group , and were at the theatre for the duration of the black-out . |
| 9 | Two years later , by the time the second edition was published , most of these had been rescued and were off the danger list . |
| 10 | Bright Yorkshire prospect Adil Ditta scored 58 for Middlesbrough but they too had to fight hard for runs and were into the last over before they achieved their win by a four wicket margin . |
| 11 | The full-time farms surveyed were mostly given over to grass and were on the higher ground . |
| 12 | At last they decided to withdraw from the square and were on the point of departure when they were suddenly surrounded by a group of tough-looking soldiers , helmeted and armed . |
| 13 | It is easily done as both his acute psychiatry ward and the alcohol unit looked similar and were on the same site , but he was adamant he wanted our service . |
| 14 | Hypocrisy is a key element in this plot , too , with the difference that while they started near the top of society and were on the verge of receiving power at the very beginning , he — as a bastard son who is only just back from having spent nine years abroad ( the typical occupation for one who has no prospect of inheritance in his own country ) and is due to go again — starts very much lower down in society , virtually at the bottom . |
| 15 | George I and George II were Germans by birth and upbringing , and were on the throne simply because all the heirs with better hereditary claims were disqualified by being Roman Catholics . |
| 16 | A core staff of assistant manager , guest services director , food and beverages manager , head chef and housekeeper had already been appointed and were on the payroll , helping with preparations for the hotel 's opening . |
| 17 | We worked a wee half a week and were on the dole , Monday , Tuesday and Wednesday we 'd be on the dole , then work Thursday , Friday and Saturday morning . |
| 18 | They lived in Gordon Square , and were on the fringe of the Bloomsbury set . |
| 19 | Finally we climbed a bank and were on the road again , the smoothness of it lulling me into such a deep sleep that I never saw the barrier at the railway crossing , did not even hear them telling Ward the Jequetepeque had broken its banks a little further on . |
| 20 | There was evidence that passers-by were annoyed , and were on the verge of resorting to violence when the police intervened . |
| 21 | By now they had walked some distance along the Haymarket , and were on the edge of Piccadilly Circus where Dr Neil was relieved to see that Stair 's party had disappeared and the crowds there had grown less . |
| 22 | Originally many cattle in Ayrshire were black with a white stripe on the back and white flanks and faces , and were of the Highland or Galloway type , but these were locally displaced by Dutch cattle imported between 1750 and 1780 , with ( it is rumoured ) a few Alderneys coming into Scotland in 1756 . |
| 23 | They had blue-chip credit standing , and were among the few counterparties with plenty of fixed-rate interest payments to swap for floating-rate ones . |
| 24 | Mr Govind said the finance minister had announced that 100% equity would be allowed on some developments if they utilised advanced technology and were in the country 's interest . |
| 25 | In Paris , where she and her husband performed for refugees , the theatre was so crowded that there was no room for many parties of children who had lost their parents and were in the care of relief organisations . |
| 26 | ‘ The men involved in the rescue were in the most danger and were in the worst condition , because of heat and fatigue , when it was all over . |
| 27 | Great was the smiting and slaying in short time ; but by reason that the Moors were so great a number , they bore hard upon the Christians , and were in the hour of overcoming them . |
| 28 | They had now almost finished Exodus and were in the middle of The Wind in the Willows . |
| 29 | The cabinets are closely related to a pair in the Getty Museum and were in the collection of Baron Alphonse de Rothschild at the Schloss Schilldersdorf , Silesia , earlier this century . |
| 30 | A group of revolutionary officers had been drinking and were in the room with her , some in a state of undress . |