Example sentences of "[subord] we [was/were] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we also need the broad generalizations that help show whether we are closer to meeting the basic needs of all the world 's people than we were at the start of the 1970s . |
| 2 | ‘ It is all a bit overwhelming and we are more frightened now than we were at the start because we know so much more about her condition . |
| 3 | ‘ We consider training to be crucial and we are spending more on it now than we were during the last recession , ’ he said . |
| 4 | At least we are much nearer than we were in the era your rose-coloured glasses have alighted upon . |
| 5 | Certainly , one theory as to why crime appears to be going up is that as a society we are more intolerant of certain types of violence than we were in the past . |
| 6 | In consequence we must grow harder , more ruthless than we were in the days of ease . |
| 7 | My mother 's home was an ordinary set up and every holiday we spent half our holiday with our mother so we were in an environment of relative normality for much of our time . ’ |
| 8 | we had our alarm ooh after five , William called us just in case we laid late , so we was on the move ten , ten past five , so I mean we 've been on the go perhaps two hours more than anybody else and eh , and then cos when , it was just like that , but it was down here now I thought to went to that down on his and a little |
| 9 | Once we were on the fairly flat back of the hill , I clambered back into the cart and we were away past the farms , Y Llechwen , Y Garth Fawr , Y Garth Fach through winding lanes bordered by low stone walls . |
| 10 | Once we were past the village on the road up to the major , Sir Edmund , recalling my story about the ambush , ordered the soldiers to fan out before us . |
| 11 | Once we were inside the car , Quiggers allowed himself a full-blooded sneer . |
| 12 | Once we were in the main concourse , I put down my suitcase and turned to say goodbye . |
| 13 | ‘ Butler , ’ he said , once we were in the hall , ‘ I wonder if I could have my feet changed . |
| 14 | Once we were in the raft with all our life jackets and equipment we had to learn to control the raft and respond to commands , then we were ready to hit the rapids . |
| 15 | Slate we wanted to produce we want , you know if there a lot a bit of waste going over the tip , we were n't so much worried bout the waste , cos we was on the bonus we were making the slates and that . |
| 16 | and there was a lot of waste , but these new tables did bring that , it was something for the company it was more than anything , you know cos we were on the bonus system . |
| 17 | Cos we were off the road a wee bit you see . |
| 18 | Anyway it did n't worry us cos we were behind the coach . |
| 19 | My dad 's friend though okay cos we were in the back of this car when we were shooting at the enemy okay ? |
| 20 | Cos we were in the fourth year and the upper dorm grew up |
| 21 | ‘ It was not until we were into the season that the transfer went through and then the price was £2.1m . |
| 22 | We knew the German signals for the night , so we tricked them into holding fire until we were about a mile out , then all hell broke loose . |
| 23 | Our flight was announced over the loud speakers and we made our way through lots of small passages until we were on the plane . |
| 24 | But it was not until we were in the playground that they could tackle me . |
| 25 | Murphy waited until we were in the Polo Lounge to break the bad news . |
| 26 | ‘ Whatever you think , Dutch Intelligence are convinced they 'll try , and we do n't want to be caught with our trousers down like we were by the Nazis . ’ |
| 27 | This would be all very well if we were on the high road to eliminating death altogether ; but this is a claim that not even the boldest scientist can make . |
| 28 | We did n't go in always , we used to If we were on the top of the hill we used to watch from the top . |
| 29 | Heaven forbid I would n't talk to you like this if we were on the air would I ? |
| 30 | The minute we got settled down in the bottom of our Kalamachka , rocking as if we were inside a boat and ‘ talking about Baghdad ’ , we felt transported to another country . |