Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defendants were presumably outside the class of people who were likely to have access to the information publicly . |
| 2 | But the country areas and particularly the West were overwhelmingly against the proposal . |
| 3 | Although the SIMM sockets ( eight in all , four with 1Mb SIMMs fitted ) were right over the back of the board , against the power supply , access to them was n't too bad . |
| 4 | On the other hand when the Goigama made money payments in return for services or labour it was always to people who were right outside the system such as shopkeepers or Tamil labourers hired on a casual basis . |
| 5 | ‘ In view of the fact she was a young girl and the lacerations were right across the cheek I decided she needed plastic surgery . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ In view of the fact she was a young girl and the lacerations were right across the cheek I decided she needed plastic surgery . ’ |
| 7 | Teacher : If you were right at the top of the tower would the people down below you look like ? |
| 8 | They were right at the top when doorman Cecil barred their way . |
| 9 | The they er even in the dining room you , you sort of , there were long tables , well when you came in as , as a student nurse you were right at the bottom of the table , and as you , you know , the second year , third year , fourth year , you gradually moved up and then the , the State Registered Nurses they all sat together . |
| 10 | Alan Clements , Trafalgar 's chairman , persistently repeated the company 's view that the accounts ‘ were right at the time they were published' , a view supported by David Jenkins , Touche 's partner in charge of the audit . |
| 11 | They were right on the bottom of the boat |
| 12 | We got a call saying we were right on the money last issue with the rumour that DEC will scrap up to 10,000 people on Monday December 7 , Pearl Harbor Day . |
| 13 | We passed through the col , with the main peak of Koitobos towering up to our right , and then suddenly we were right on the edge of the rim with the giant bowl of the crater itself spread out below us . |
| 14 | Pubs , clubs and sport were right down the fist . |
| 15 | It was n't we were right against the window , cold backs , I mean we were I was freezing ! |
| 16 | And that were right till the end of January . |
| 17 | Sailing along quite the thing and we were right down I du n no how far , if we were right in the middle of them or just on the edge of them , but we were not far from them . |
| 18 | Mattan and the yellow jersey were right in the middle of the pack as it peddled hard in the blistering heat . |
| 19 | And in the evening I looked for them , and then I saw them of course , I knew where they were and I thought quite longly we were right in the front . |
| 20 | And I I said , he said ooh yes , the two girls come the alley on their own this is the their birthday cake ma , and I really jumped I said , cos we were right in the front , I thought what the hell 's he doing ! but what they were dressed in and she said , so I said , oh yeah well I did n't like it that I do n't know what 's wrong cos all the time they did . |
| 21 | They 're gon na go in through that door the second it goes down , they were n't loitering at the end of the passage , they were right by the door were n't they ? |
| 22 | At the beginning of this century it was thought that atoms were rather like the planets orbiting the sun , with electrons ( particles of negative electricity ) orbiting around a central nucleus , which carried positive electricity . |
| 23 | They were rather like the red-bands or trusties in British prisons . |
| 24 | Equally , the solutions to the problems were rarely of the government 's devising . |
| 25 | As they were rarely in the office together , he found his orders constantly changing . |
| 26 | I simply thought I should warn you that they were effectively in a garret … |
| 27 | Eventually , the management decided they were on to a loser , and the matter was allowed to sink into history . |
| 28 | Sir Nicholas Fairbairn , a former Solicitor-General for Scotland , said some lawyers were deliberately spinning out cases and were on to a meal ticket . |
| 29 | We were on to the pudding course by now and I was attacking a delicious crème brûlée with great gusto , while Sally sensibly preferred the fresh fruit salad . |
| 30 | When you rang up that Saturday and checked the registration of the Rolls , I thought the police were on to the Theale murder . ’ |