Example sentences of "they [was/were] [adv prt] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even at White Castle and Alton Towers , both of which recorded record attendances last year , they were up by fourteen percent and sixteen percent respectively . |
| 2 | I thought they , they were out by the time this book was published that er Maggie Thatcher was out , was , I mean this |
| 3 | With that settled , they were back by the outbuildings near the house when she again remembered her car and thought she had better find out where it was garaged before she again forgot to bring it up . |
| 4 | , we went in the August and they were back by September , so he could start back well school and I 'd been in , in the summer holidays and they said and I felt poor little bastard , got to start a new school , he ai n't gon na know anybody |
| 5 | Yes , they were down by six thousand seven hundred and eighty six pounds . |
| 6 | Besides , they were down by the river now , and she wanted to see the bridge … |