Example sentences of "[noun] they [was/were] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Lambert found Kimberley and Killion they were out on the field , looking at a map laid on the bottom wing of a plane . |
| 2 | Karen Reilly ( 18 ) and her friend Martin Peake ( 17 ) died when soldiers opened fire on the stolen car they were in at Upper Glen Road . |
| 3 | Karen Reilly ( 18 ) and Martin Peake ( 17 ) died when soldiers opened fire on the stolen car they were in at Upper Glen Road . |
| 4 | In other words they were n't in the |
| 5 | So in other words they were just like any other sibling , just happens to be they were erm conceived at the same time and er developed in the womb together . |
| 6 | The Greeks did very little during the winter because of bad weather but each spring they were back on the water , checking that everything was nautika or boatworthy . |
| 7 | During moments of acute royal weakness they tried to re-establish their influence , but as a political force they were clearly in decline . |
| 8 | Sir William ) Clarke , a solicitor , on condition they were not to be shown to anyone without the consent of himself and the syndicate . |
| 9 | It was heard by the men in the inn , and in a second they were out in the road , running into the darkness of the fields . |
| 10 | But you had to remember the circumstances they were there under — they should never have been there at all . |
| 11 | Obviously the scum are an exception and we all want them to loose , it was a shame they were up against a more charitable defence than ours . |
| 12 | When they went through the first gate at the bottom of the hill they were out of people 's eyes for the first time since they had met . |
| 13 | By the time he got his foot to the brake pedal they were down among the mud and the car slid on for several yards before coming to a halt . |
| 14 | One evening they were out for a long , long time . |
| 15 | and er they used to come to me and say how much does this man owe now and if he 'd been paying quite a bit next time he came in the shop they was all round him trying to persuade him to buy |
| 16 | The brothers looked like moderns , acted like moderns , but in truth they were not of this age . |
| 17 | He was stationed in an old chapel in Chuckery because the Americans once they 'd started they were putting them everywhere or anywhere they could just get to be with them before V Day they were even in little chapels , churches , outhouses anywhere they could possibly and there were guns and bits of trucks on every spot of land where they could get them the er , I 'm getting out of context I was just thinking about a tank , a First World War tank that they used to have those as well in the field gun in the er arboretum which were disappeared soon after the war they went for scrap and they came and they used , people used to have a lot of wrought iron railings as well they took those as well they came along with burners and went off to the war effort , but er like I say the Americans and of course as kids they were very generous with kids and we absolutely loved them . |
| 18 | In general , children stay in the same percentile band they were in at birth . |
| 19 | For many years they were barely on grunting , let alone speaking terms . |
| 20 | Every day the Prince and Princess went off on official business , to look at churches , visit hospitals and meet people , and the minute they were back on board the royal yacht , Charles would quickly change into some comfortable clothes and sit on deck with his sketchbook and teacher , until the very last minute before the bell for dinner . |
| 21 | After their first year of service they were normally on active duty for only two months in each year . |
| 22 | By the third day they were out into the Atlantic . |
| 23 | And then the daft things they were up to : ordering booksellers to destroy their maps , and ordinary folk an' all , as if the Germans when they landed would n't know where they were going . |
| 24 | Every week they were out on the streets of Highgate or Chalk Farm preaching , and Eva belonged to the cadet 's singing brigade . |
| 25 | At one stage in the game they were down to 11 men , but their shortcomings should not be allowed to detract from Warrington 's impressively positive performance , the home side contributing much that was memorable in a thrilling and thunderously received encounter . |
| 26 | But by a kindly error of the doorman 's watch they were just in time . |
| 27 | The law demanded that they attend school for the few hours they were not in the theatre , but time spent on education was minimal as the pantomime was so popular that there were matinées most days . |
| 28 | Within the hour they were out into the countryside , following the track which would lead them down to the old Roman road . |
| 29 | As Mahmood , the secretary of the strike committee , put it in the tenth month of the strike : ‘ When the women first joined Grunwick they were just like ordinary women . |
| 30 | And within three minutes they were out of the house and into the car , and only then did Henry ask , ‘ What 's it all about ? ’ |