Example sentences of "they were under the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I lay on my nail scissors by mistake — they were under the rug — and just at the moment , well , to be graphic , an awful pain from outside was all I could feel . ’ |
| 2 | Now I had never before tried to regress anyone to a time when they were under the influence of anaesthetic , but I decided to do so on this occasion . |
| 3 | By mid-forenoon they could see Dunbar 's towers ahead ; and by noontide they were under the outer castle-bridge , with Ramsay shouting up his name to the watch and asking for the Countess Agnes . |
| 4 | They were very conservative in their political outlook and wanted things to remain exactly as they were under the Romans . |
| 5 | The ROK army had been occupied throughout the winter in containing guerrillas ; they were under the direction of North Korea and occasionally obtained arms supplies from the north , as with a recent arms shipment landed on the east coast , the bulk of which was confiscated before it could be used inland . |
| 6 | Perhaps they were under the influence of drink ( 10:9 ) . |
| 7 | Cottam suggested that he too should have been paid for his fortnight 's service , but the Governors replied that they were under the impression that " his services had been tendered on behalf of and as the personal friend of Mr. Hamilton " . |
| 8 | A few moments later they were under the silver birches and as the sun rose , striking flashes of red and green from the drops on ferns and twigs , they scrambled through the hedge , across a shallow ditch and into the thick grass of the meadow . |
| 9 | They were under the patronage of Marshal Chang Fa-kwei , the commander of the units of the KMT army throughout the area . |
| 10 | Here they were under the direction of Obergruppen-fuehrer Globocnik , the SS commander responsible for security in the area known as the Adriatic Littoral . |
| 11 | However , the experience in New South Wales so far suggests that sentences under the new dispensation are certainly no lower than they were under the old regime . |
| 12 | But more often than not , whenever they were under the same roof together , he shared her bed and , now that her initial awkwardness had abated — for she had never seen a naked human being of either sex before and had always been discouraged from looking too closely at herself — he made love to her with a straightforward vigour she found attractive . |
| 13 | Until 1988 , they were under the control of LEAs ; now they are ‘ free-standing statutory corporations ’ under the direction of boards of governors , half of whose membership consists of people experienced in industry , business , commerce and the professions ; the other half consists of representatives of staff , students and LEAs , together with co-opted members . |
| 14 | In this House it has been easier for Conservative Members in particular to take a dispassionate view of the matter than was possible for them in the previous Parliament , working as they were under the shadow of a General Election and in the aftermath of a traumatic change in leadership . |
| 15 | We will make sure , too , that imports are reduced to the same levels as they were under the Labour Government . |
| 16 | The present arrangements for representations are as they were under the Labour Government , which means that publicly funded representation , as opposed to advice , is available only from the UKIAS . |
| 17 | It would seem many misunderstood the form and responded to the following points as if they were under the heading of organisation . |
| 18 | They were under the direct command of Lieutenant-Colonel Yagüe who , as an africanista , could be relied upon to conduct the campaign in the manner of the frontier war Franco himself believed it to be . |
| 19 | I mean there were four or five knocking on door of er a friend of mine the other day , who said y They were they were under the age of ten . |
| 20 | In terms of nursing homes , we do n't issue fire certificates anyway , we only issue certificates to offices , shops , building premises because they were under the Act , Hotels and Factories . |
| 21 | But the , I mean I came home and they were under the hedge they were n't going through but there 's a big piece of netting has come down and it needs erm stitching up and then it needs sewing , not sewing erm |