Example sentences of "were [adv] [prep] hand " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now they accepted Tina as a daughter , and were constantly on hand with advice and assistance . |
| 2 | When he did encounter problems , remedies were easily to hand . |
| 3 | Sir Robert last night rejected calls for his resignation and explained that 50 of the recommendations made by Sir Anthony were already in hand or implemented at an estimated cost of £20 million . |
| 4 | The players ran on to the field and the roar was heard five miles away at Kelvin Park , where preparations were already in hand for another Great Exhibition to be held in 1901 . |
| 5 | By now £4,500 was promised and it was formally moved that the venture be proceeded with ( the land purchases were already in hand ) . |
| 6 | Christmas plans were already in hand , said Mr Small , who hoped to rival the Gateshead MetroCentre with a stunning display of automated models . |
| 7 | And the Shelley party were near at hand — though the fluctuations of the time scale made it hard to determine whether they would recognize my name if they heard it . |
| 8 | The day Station Guide Tricia Connor brought her baby son Gregor in to meet her colleagues , the Ukrainian visitors were also on hand , so baby Gregor was introduced to them . |
| 9 | Now , the means whereby the standards of the higher courses , devised by the new polytechnics , could be validated and monitored were also at hand , with the Council for National Academic Awards ( CNAA ) , granted its Royal Charter in 1964 , and charged with ensuring that the courses approved by it were of a standard at least equivalent to similar courses in the universities . |
| 10 | Operations were also in hand at Tilberthwaite . |