Example sentences of "were [prep] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Green 's mountains are and were for him unlike those of Scotland with their purple grandeur and exotic shapes , nor did they have their awesome desolation . |
| 2 | Mr. Mahmoud thought they were worth something like £60,000 , although he admitted that to realise that sum would require careful and skilled marketing . |
| 3 | Incest and necrophilia were as nothing to the amorous Egyptian gods . |
| 4 | ‘ Good taste ’ , ingenuity , intelligence , and energy — the sharply honed attributes of the would-be successful survivor — all were as nought in the absence of one other ingredient : hard cash , and lots of it . |
| 5 | though they were after something under us ; |
| 6 | A previous lodger had departed on receipt of a message that the rozzers were after him on account of a jeweller 's broken window . |
| 7 | My dad would say , Stay well away from them , he was always afraid they were after him for all the taxes he had n't paid . |
| 8 | Bock and Grigoriev were behind him on the main section of the catwalk . |
| 9 | ‘ Sir , how come you were behind us in the corridor and now you 're in front of us here ? ’ |
| 10 | The odds were against us from the start at Lincoln — and he knew it . |
| 11 | The grown-ups were above her in the stairwell . |
| 12 | War Vets who were with me on the march-past on Saturday , our thanks to all those who made it possible the R.N. , the R.N.A. , the police , the Sea Cadets , the catering staff in St George 's Hall and the youth band who played such lovely tunes all afternoon . |
| 13 | ‘ Some friends who were with me on holiday in Romania talked about the idea and when they contacted me this year saying they were going to do the ride I told them I was more than willing to join them , ’ said Karen , who teaches at Applegarth Primary School , Northallerton . |
| 14 | The two lads that were with me at the end , they were being truthful . |
| 15 | Both my sisters were with me at this kindergarten school . |
| 16 | Geraldine [ a close friend of judy 's ] and the midwife were with me at home . |
| 17 | You who were with me in the ships at Mylae ! ' |
| 18 | ‘ You were with her for around five hours , were n't you ? ’ |
| 19 | Mrs Swales 's friends Liz Metcalfe and Gail O'Keefe said they were with her on the night and had never seen her assaulting Mrs Wilson . |
| 20 | They have appealed for people who were with her on the night of October 22 to contact them . |
| 21 | You were with her in the days and weeks that led up to it . |
| 22 | I could see how things were with him at home ; his wife was no good at her job . |
| 23 | ‘ Yet you were with him at the presentation . ’ |
| 24 | During his time in Brazil he was sheltered by Wolfram and Liselotte Bossert , an Austrian couple introduced to him by Gerhard , who were with him on the day he died . |
| 25 | You were with him on board the Princess and before in Jamaica . |
| 26 | We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain … |
| 27 | Those who were with him on the tour of Dark Summer at the time were equally astounded . |
| 28 | He summoned all the archbishops and bishops who were with him in Sicily and flung himself to the ground at their feet . |
| 29 | cattle were with him in the Ark , and God made the wind blow , is it upon , upon the earth and waters and the fountains the windows of heavens were opened . |
| 30 | And God remembered Noah , the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the Ark . |