Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] were [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My ankles were like tree trunks and I could just about reach the model because I was so big . |
| 2 | But I told you once what my views were on marriage . |
| 3 | The laundered clothes had fallen every which way and my cases were in a jumbled heap in the back , but we did n't stop . |
| 4 | Once we went on screen , some of my programmes were among the serious early successes , including Keating , and in the next summer , Janis Robinson and The Wine Programme . |
| 5 | I am particularly afraid of strange dentists , so before I went into the RAF I made sure my teeth were in order . |
| 6 | And all the time , when my eyes were on him , I desired him . |
| 7 | My eyes were on the far side of the valley where the track was clear and unbroken to the next turn above the main gorge . |
| 8 | I could see her now that my eyes were in the shadow of a branch . |
| 9 | I was twenty-one , I had just come out of Sweden and my eyes were like saucers . |
| 10 | I was a stocky baby with good bone , but perhaps my ears were on the large side — but then so were Clark Gable 's and he did n't do so bad . |
| 11 | But my words were to no avail . |
| 12 | He said my words were of pellucid clarity and great wisdom , but he knew nothing of poison , and if I wished to complain , he would be glad to take sherbet with you , or with Zacco . |
| 13 | My presents were in the cupboard … they 've all gone ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ My legs were in a right mess from blows which I took from Tony Cordle and I could hardly bowl for all the strapping when we took the field , ’ grinned Robinson . |
| 15 | ‘ I was greatly heartened and told myself I must previously have misjudged the situation — that my subjects were after all behind me and would see that right was done . ’ |
| 16 | She said : ‘ He wanted me over his lap , so my feet were off the ground . |
| 17 | I could n't find out anything about him , not even where he lived , though I told him my entire address ( 17 Daffodil Cottages , Bourton-on-the-Water ) and my age ( nineteen ) and that my parents were in Saudi Arabia where my father was computerising oil production . |
| 18 | After that we became disinterested in each other and I only had three weeks to the deadline , a last-minute decision to make , but I suppose I 'm one of the lucky ones because my parents were behind me all the way . |
| 19 | My parents were from a long line of good people with a strong sense of duty , living at peace with their neighbours , quick to be helpful when it was in their power , understandably a little feudal in their outlook , with a cautious eye on the squire for whom they worked , liking a glass of beer or homemade parsnip wine , and not above a bit of rabbit poaching . |
| 20 | my concerns is , my concerns were at the time that we , we might not be able to continue with that statement because it might become inaccurate |
| 21 | Could , could I just say that Homeward , I mean there the , the parking is obviously a problem , that that is something that could go by , but I mean , I went to , the last time I went to Homeward , and walked out , and it 's before we had all this rain , my shoes were under water . |
| 22 | And he was right , the moment my shoes were in a defined area I felt better . |
| 23 | Feeling a little like I imagined a tomb-robber might feel , but knowing that my motives were of the very best , I relocked both doors and left without a backward glance . |
| 24 | It had been an exercise without much in the way of results , but then many of my days were like that , and it was only by knowing the normal that the abnormal , when it happened , could be spotted . |
| 25 | All my muscles were in trauma . |
| 26 | My muscles were in trauma and I was trying to get away . |
| 27 | As an undergraduate my sympathies were with the Left , with the Republicans in Spain , with the anti-Fascists in Italy and Germany , but always with a nearly corresponding hostility to the extremes of political thought on the other side . |
| 28 | ‘ Over the year , my averages were among the best against world-class riders . ’ |
| 29 | That I did in fact think this way , and that her assumptions about my assumptions were in fact correct , is borne out by the fact that I interpreted her words quickly , and that she seemed perfectly satisfied with my interpretation . |
| 30 | So , it came as something of a disappointment when a Ms Mel Chevannes , who ran a black supplementary school in the West Midlands , wrote to the Wolverhampton Express and Star to protest at my testing ‘ hypotheses that black people are ‘ happy-go-lucky or very physical in their outlook ’ ’ and that my aims were to ‘ damage even further the life chances of black children ’ ( 25 June 1980 ) . |