Example sentences of "were [prep] the [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My earliest memories were of the fruit trees . |
| 2 | All the other appointments and moves made since Gerstner was appointed were in the works before he arrived . |
| 3 | Well one of you on cleaning fruit , getting all the stalks and stones out of the fruit , we used to have a sieve , not a riddle , a sieve with round , the wires were round in the sieve and you rub it , and the stalks would drop through and then you 'd put them out onto an iron baking sheet and sort out all the stones that and little bits that were in the fruit and you 'd be on cleaning fruit you might be one day , the other whichever one was the you 'd be cleaning and greasing baking tins , ready for the baker to put the cakes in or what have you , and then at night we used to grease all the bread tins ready for men to be allowed to drop the dough into the bread tins , and er stuff like that and cleaning up scrubbing down and |
| 4 | Most of these desirable ‘ town cottages ’ were in the £450-£750 range . |
| 5 | I 've heard that you and her were more than friendly when you were on the staff at the C.B.T.C. ’ |
| 6 | By the time he had got to suggesting that 126 card-carrying Communists were on the staff of the New York Times Sunday supplement , Matusow 's credibility was fraying , and , in 1956 , after a series of volte-faces he found himself on the wrong end of a five-year sentence for perjury . |
| 7 | At that time , radio sets were beyond the means of all but a very limited number of them . |
| 8 | That some of the recommendations were for actions which were beyond the means of the school does not deny the effectiveness of the review procedure . |
| 9 | According to Hecataeus , the Jews were among the people — including the illustrious Danaus and Cadmus — who had been expelled by the Egyptians during a pestilence . |
| 10 | On Humberside , birdwatchers were among the people evacuated from the Spurn Head wildlife sanctuary , at the entrance to the Humber , when the peninsular road was breached by the sea in two places . |
| 11 | The antes were at the $10,000-$20,000 level , and Dastmalchi was well ahead in chips when the crunch hand came . |
| 12 | Rather more skilled crafts , such as fullers , shearmen , cutlers , painters and butchers , were around the £10 mark . |