Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 They were straying back into the realms of evidence , and that would be a matter for the court when the Proof was heard .
2 and they got chaff from the farms you see , they were sent down before the fishing and they filled that and they lay on that .
3 We wo n't know till tomorrow what sort of dog 's breakfast they 'll dish up out of it , but they were waffling on about the poor little guinea-pig baby .
4 Well they were hung up on the board in O S D on Friday when I went down there
5 Although many of the yeniçeri forgot all about their origins and became fanatical Muslims , behaving oppressively to their former compatriots when they were posted back into the Balkans , others , like Sokolović , kept in contact with their people and tried to help them .
6 Much of liberal politics before they were snuffed out by the Dej regime had been dominated by the Bratianu family .
7 Since they were cut off from the mainstream anyway , both sexually and socially , they had nothing to lose by outrageousness in their clothes ’ .
8 In the few moments they stood looking at each other , both were acutely aware they were cut off from the rest of the world .
9 Hutchesons/Aloysians ' victory by 31-13 at Union Park against Corstorphine was not enough and they were edged out of the race on points difference .
10 Entitled Swizzlewick , it ‘ starred ’ a Mrs Smallgood , a Councillor Salt — the chairman of the NVALA committee was a Birmingham councillor by the name of Pepper — and Ernest the postman , Ernest being the name of Mr Whitehouse and ‘ Postman 's Piece ’ the name of the house they were living in at the time .
11 They were flapping round on the
12 They were broken up on the spot and only the saloon seats retained for further use .
13 As the first group of pulses were directed to the satellite high above the Indian Ocean , mixed up with all the other transmissions going out to the Far East , they were snatched out of the ether by the NSA 's giant aerials at Morwenstow 60 miles up the coast to the east of Goonhilly , and compared with the watch lists of ‘ interesting ’ numbers on their computer memories .
14 Vangmoor came up on the screen as if they were looking out of the window , but Vangmoor in summer without the wind and with leaves on the trees .
15 They were looking down at the new Japanese car factory , Sakata , which had just opened in Humberside .
16 RUGBY Union rookies Tony Underwood and Martin Hynes received a boost to their England hopes yesterday when they were called up for the today 's game against Leicester .
17 It was n't until the ninth week that orders finally came through and they were called back to the man-made square .
18 Last night I opened my eyes when it was dark and feeling a sudden want of air opened the window when to my astonishment I was in time to see Oreste carried past in the arms of an angel and I wept and called out to him but there was no reply and soon they were gone up to the heavens and lost sight of .
19 The loss of innocence marred their communion with the divine love , and terror entered their hearts as they were cast off from the sustaining life of God .
20 When they were riding up in the lift , Damian said , ‘ I think we should go over the minutes together . ’
21 There was a great crowd , singing , shouting , all very good-humoured — not , I think , because they were taking the situation lightly but because they were buoyed up by the feeling that here was something quite above ordinary political argument , a clearly defined moral issue on which people could stand up and be counted .
22 It was absurd for her to be going on such an expedition She and Matthew sat at the back of the bus , and while they were bowling along into the country , with a beautiful view of the landscape , Matthew explained the history of the school forest .
23 They were togged out to the nines . ’
24 It was an uneventful drive to Ravens ' Bridge , past the steamer pier and the small wooden jetties before turning sharply to cross over a shallow , slow-moving stream ; a final view of the calm and sparkling waters of the lake and then they were swinging around into the village 's centre — a wide area off the road painted into parking spaces , a couple of tea rooms , several small hotels and a marine shop with a yard for pleasure boats alongside .
25 Extraordinary as the two operations were , they were propelled along by the belief of many players — both principals and walkers-on — — that the ends were just .
26 ‘ Do n't mention him again ! ’ he said thickly , and a moment later they were stepping out into the sunlight at the Royal Hong Kong Cricket Club , the colonial sanctuary of Hong Kong Island with its Tudor pavilion , sweeping green lawns and the Union Jack flying against a halcyon blue sky .
27 Remarkably , they were given back by the owner without payment .
28 Everything seemed to be settled when Taiwanese and Indonesian officials agreed that the animals would be sent to the orang-utan rehabilitation centre run by Dr Galdikas at Tanjung Puting in Kalimantan ; and in November 1990 , they were seen off at the airport by BBC cameras , reporters from around the world and a hundred singing Taiwanese children .
29 They were turned down at the one where they were married and christened because they 'd moved five miles outside the parish .
30 They were turned down by the Minister of Traffic and Waterways , Mrs Maij-Weggen , and it seemed that the idea , which was abandoned .
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