Example sentences of "were [adv prt] in [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lights were on in all the houses up Maple Drive . |
| 2 | Lights were on in all the rooms facing the front and the curtains were drawn . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Instead , he lost 9-1 , 9-0 , 10-9 , and all three encounters were over in little more than two hours . |
| 6 | Not long after that they were back in each other 's arms . |
| 7 | The whole thing , the whole spectrum that went with it , y'know , as you know yourself , if you were around in those days and going to concerts and one thing and another . |
| 8 | It would be a shame , but if the balance is not redressed , I would be surprised if Bunty were around in another 10 years . |