Example sentences of "were [adv] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this regard it might be added that the permanent garrison included many soldiers who practised trades in the community when they were not on duty , and the smith and storeman were presumably in this category . |
| 2 | They came down , they were altogether like that but at one point those red ones came down the ice altogether . |
| 3 | But Ianthe seemed not to know how to answer Sophia 's remark and soon they were on to another topic — the strangers in the parish and whether it was likely that they would come to church . |
| 4 | When you were on about that love , what pa was saying about , you know , like every night , that our kids , when , they had their pyjamas on , and they 're like , to get hold , I 'm lying watching television , I 'm usually falling asleep , but I put the kids , you know . |
| 5 | God you 'd 've laughed they were on about that as well at same time and he says to Steve what do you reckon to idea , he says it does n't sound bad , he says what do you reckon to idea as I says no . |
| 6 | I were on about that today , I ca n't remember who I talked to . |
| 7 | they were on about that they ship them abroad and th , they were interviewing a lad in London he said oh , he used to get up in the morning and er go down to the phone box and phone this contact they know and he 'd tell you what cars you wanted pinching this day and they pinch them to order ! |
| 8 | I , he asked me the one , you know , we were on about this morning , the only one we looked at , fifty miles an hour and he asked me that one and I knew it . |
| 9 | The lights were on in all the houses up Maple Drive . |
| 10 | Lights were on in all the rooms facing the front and the curtains were drawn . |
| 11 | No lights were on in any of the houses and the only living thing in sight was a brindled cat who froze on the pavement , surveyed the bleak October night , and padded arrogantly across the road . |
| 12 | In the past , choice was more important , and then national groups were much like many other groups of which one might be a member . |
| 13 | Skinhead suits were much like those worn by the mods . |
| 14 | The commandos rehearsed their demolition exercises to the point of boredom , believing they were merely on another training course . |
| 15 | Says a pal : ‘ They were all over each other like a pair of love-struck teenagers . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You were all over each other on Monday morning . ’ |
| 17 | The cows were inside for most of the year , being out for only 4–6 weeks . |
| 18 | The concept would be difficult enough if it were only at this level , where we say that music , dance , painting , sculpture , poetry , drama , fiction , film have crucial properties in common , which suffice to distinguish them , as a group , from other human practices . |
| 19 | Both of them looked at her with apparent concern but Kelly knew with utter certainty that they were together in this . |
| 20 | Clara was astonished ; she could compare the room to nothing in her experience , nothing at all , unless it were perhaps to those studiously , tediously visited ancient homes which she had been round on various bank holidays during her childhood . |
| 21 | We could hear them banging about , shifting things and wondered nervously if we were in for another move . |
| 22 | I should n't be surprised if we were in for some more snow . ’ |
| 23 | I thought we were in for some stability . |
| 24 | Oh yeah , it 's getting quite cold , I reckon were in for some snow . |
| 25 | Theodora got in exactly at nine every day and punctiliously greeted whoever of the clergy were in at that hour . |
| 26 | So Barbara , meself and a couple of the kids came along , , a couple of the kids were in on this , backing away sort of thing , and of course she went on this used car lot , and she 's looking at these Volkswagens , and John was doing his bit , I believe you like Polos . |
| 27 | Almost as many movies were made here , but ‘ shooting days ’ were down by half ; independents on small budgets ca n't afford to waste time . |
| 28 | Operating costs in 1992 were down by some £29 million ( 22% ) compared to 1990 , partly achieved by the continuing redundancy programme which cost the company £1.7 million to implement last year . |
| 29 | To think that during the Blitz , families , stout-hearted folk , were down in these caverns holding hands beneath blankets and whistling the stirring refrains of Dame Vera Lynn . |
| 30 | You were away for all of it ? |