Example sentences of "we [was/were] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few yards further in , the lining of the tunnel finished and we were on good ground . |
| 2 | The accommodation differed in , in one respect and that , that was that in the flat we were on one floor , we had one bedroom , we moved into a house with two toilets separate bathroom and three bedrooms , which enabled us to spread our furniture around , enabled us to have visitors to receive members of the family . |
| 3 | We were on poor money , but they were on 15p a day . |
| 4 | How did you know we were on that train ? ’ |
| 5 | One time we were on some stunt on the airfield and the people were encroaching on the ground and we were told to push them back . |
| 6 | You see , I think , although I ca n't prove this , you see what happened , when I was in the , in the glazing shop we were , we were on short time . |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't know we were on first-name terms . ’ |
| 8 | Later on , we were on another job , looking after a defence minister from somewhere or other . |
| 9 | ‘ We always thought we were on another planet . ’ |
| 10 | No-one knew we were on this flight , and we only had eyes for one another , frankly . |
| 11 | ‘ See , we were on this train . |
| 12 | Well we were on orange stone , and we had n't had that depth of soil . |
| 13 | ‘ You could say we were into real estate now . ’ |
| 14 | Soon , however , we were into long stretches of powder and spring snow where Andrew videoed us in action . |
| 15 | Yes , because of , we were in school together in Dutch and on the way home we were with Dutch friends , so we then , and we mostly spoke Dutch and now , since I , so it 's nearly , since now seven years have been , since I have gone to States , first year in eighty three , came back in eighty four , and since then we 've never , ever spoke Dutch . |
| 16 | It 's a problem that shows no sign of disappearing — while we were at Long Lartin there was another skirmish which left two prisoners seriosuly injured . |
| 17 | We were at great pains to explain that we were novices and aware that diving in Barbados was unlike diving in the UK and were told that ‘ courses taken on holiday mean nothing at all ’ and that we should be prepared to snorkel around a pool for six months should he deem it necessary , and that even if we did dive to any standard we would be taken on a dive ( presumably in a pool ) , and ‘ ripped down ’ until we eventually failed a test . |
| 18 | ‘ We were at one time , ’ said Doctor Lanyon . |
| 19 | I know we were at one point . |
| 20 | 1pm The Commissioners told us we were at perfect liberty to go on shore when we pleased . ’ |
| 21 | Well although it was so near , it was really a mining district and ninety percent of the boys We were at separate schools by the way , the ground floors were boys , from the age of seven upwards , till fourteen . |
| 22 | Now we were at 2,000 feet , the grasslands and such trees as there had been were below us . |
| 23 | We were At that time of day the minima the minimum wage was fourteen shillings a day . |
| 24 | We were at different schools ; Andy was a boarder at an all-boys school in Edinburgh and came back only at weekends . |
| 25 | P. E. When we were at Old Swan and had to go to Fairfield , we used to pass the end of one of the little streets there . |
| 26 | erm strike out , interim payment , order fourteen er itself , there 's always still available to them , erm that the other side of the coin is if they get their money and of course they 're going to be threatening bankruptcy for some four thousand odd Names , I mean that 's , that 's equally devastating to individuals , erm my Lord , one would be into a type of argument on balance of convenience if we were at this stage , one would be considering the bankruptcy of the names , whether they have the funds to pay , even if judgment is given against them because vast majority do n't and what would be the point of giving judgment , this order fourteen cases saying one should n't do it in those circumstances , what if the names are right , will they get the money back , will they get a cross undertaking damages and pre er , er and to what extent do now have the funds , to what extent will it actually effect their business in the light of of |
| 27 | Whatever we were to each other , that we still are … |
| 28 | Er I 'd just like to come back on three fairly brief points that er one of which was mentioned by Michael Courcier , two of which er relate to that , and were helpfully stimulated in discussion during the tea break , erm Michael Courcier , I think if I got him right , said , he did say we ca n't produce demographic forecasts for post two thousand and six but I think he was fairly guarded in saying it it would n't be wise or or whatever , erm I would suggest in this context , and in the context of , and I use the word emerging and I look for advice as to when emerging regional planning guidance , and when will be the end date of that regional planning guidance , I say we should be looking beyond two thousand and six , I say we can look beyond two thousand and six , and I would suggest we do it in the way of arrange , which would be highly appropriate way of doing it , not too dissimilar to road traffic forecasts , low medium and high growth , and if , to put the point simplistically , if we have arrived at a requirement figure of nine seven for Greater York for a specific period , if we were to either project that forward by five or ten years , obviously we could n't just simply go rata , but if you took a low figure and you halved it on the basis of the make up , the demographic make up , of how the nine seven had been arrived at it would be possible to produce a range , that then relates to the question of a new settlement , and the alternatives during the period to two thousand and six , and beyond , of that new settlement , and I go back again to the greenbelt , it is vitally important to do that in the terms of a long term defined greenbelt , therefore again in that context , I would say it is highly desirable , if not necessary , to revisit the periphery of York , it has not been examined in a local plan , it has not been examined in terms of environmental impact , with all due respect to the Greater York working party their , the level of analysis of those peripheral blocks of land was fairly cursory , on a limited number of planning criteria , if a new settlement is to be assessed alongside expansion of Greater York we have to revisit it in much much greater detail . |
| 29 | We were of unequal size : the larger one had to be fairer and the smaller one realistic . |
| 30 | I liked that idea : it seemed aristocratic to me , just walking out empty-handed as if we were above all objects . |