Example sentences of "they [was/were] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was not allowed to play when Mum and Dad were in because they could n't stand the din , so I had to wait until they were down the pub to enjoy myself . |
| 2 | Instead they were down the road taking part in the pilot for a new Channel 4 indie pop programme , where their contribution to the proceedings was a ‘ spirited ’ rendition of the RIGHT SAID FRED hit ‘ Do n't Talk Just Kiss ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ They were down the side of the armchair in my room . |
| 4 | Though they were as a rule sparing in the use of force , this was for reasons which seem not to have included sympathy with civil disobedience . |
| 5 | He could ask the magistrates to infer that the defendants were actually aware of the presence of bystanders , and that they were as a corollary aware that their conduct was disorderly . |
| 6 | Its little green-booted feet made running motions , though they were about a metre off the kitchens slate-tiled floor . |
| 7 | They were about a foot apart , by themselves , and lying in a pool of blood . |
| 8 | They were about continuity , they were about the desire of Painting to go on living . |
| 9 | ‘ They were about the same ’ , she writes , ‘ as the principles used in painting — get to the point as directly as you can ; never use a big word if a little one will do ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ They were about the only way people could see and hear and know about things outside the scope of their own town . |
| 11 | You see the i it was er we used to make curtains then for Littlewoods , Littlewoods as it is now , they 're still , you know , the they were about the forerunners of the er tt this er catalogue business , and if they gave us an order that would last us a long time , and that usually the eight points , which was meant to say there were eight threads to an inch . |
| 12 | They were about the same size and thickness as credit cards . |
| 13 | They were about the same age , but the embalmer seemed older . |
| 14 | Mr Hurd has talked about these articles as if they were about the imposition of old East European ‘ socialism ’ ( with Chancellor Kohl leading the way ? ) . |
| 15 | I bought the fish from a local breeder when they were about an inch long . |
| 16 | They were about an inch to one and a half inches in thickness and nearly two feet square . |
| 17 | Bursting into this , the main apartment of the castle , lit still by the flickerings of two large log fires , they were into a scene of confusion . |
| 18 | But when people like Norman Jay and Omar said they were into the track , it sort of backed up in my own mind that it was a safe tune — they 're not the sort of people who give you compliments just to make you smile . ’ |
| 19 | Each time I 'd wondered how they carried such a heavy load : how the pine-needles even stuck together , bound as they were with a single length of rope . |
| 20 | Rather , they were with the events of August 1968 and , in particular , with the self-immolation of the young philosophy student , Jan Palach , in January 1969 . |
| 21 | Both Mr Souness and Jim Smith , the Portsmouth manager , emphasised how delighted they were with the overall quality of yesterday 's tie . |
| 22 | Of course , it was useful to both Romania and China to let Moscow know how deeply involved they were with the Americans , because such knowledge could deter Moscow from interfering in their internal affairs . |
| 23 | After all , if a fellow was not allowed below waist level — and the all-in-one pantie girdle was impregnable without traitorous and lustful help from the inside — then what else was there but hours of despairing mauling of the mammaries , offered up as they were with the aid of uplift-under-wired-half-cup-sponge-rubber-lace-nylon and steel display cases . |
| 24 | She opened her mouth to say they were with the police , but abruptly changed her mind . |
| 25 | He remembered the release he had felt when he had first heard the teachings of Akhenaten , which had cut away the rotten trappings of the old beliefs , festooned as they were with the cynical speculation of the priests . |
| 26 | In addition , they will question a sample of complainants to determine how satisfied they were with the response . |
| 27 | Ah , somebody was oh they were with the gyppos or something . |
| 28 | Stones spurted from the horses ' hooves and then they were on a wide stretch of sand , galloping full speed , flying in the face of the wind ; the sea , the sky , the cliffs streamed past Sara 's stinging cheeks . |
| 29 | They had no idea They were on a totally different wavelength from us . |
| 30 | But , under the system now envisaged by Mr MacGregor 's officials , higher education students would get a certificate proving they were on a recognised course and apply by post to the Glasgow-based Student Loans Company for a loan . |