Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says well I , we were on about sort of and he says bring it up at the next meeting , I says |
| 2 | Massey 's were on from Canada about those gear chains . |
| 3 | There was no rest for the wicked as John Gribbin told New Scientist 's readers that the results of a Chinese study of the alignment of the planets meant we were in for years of terrible weather . |
| 4 | Earnings per share were down at 0.81p against 1.05p . |
| 5 | Comparing like with like , Concept says that consolidated 1992 revenues were down to $62.5m from $71.5m ; its net loss of $11.9m was only a fraction of 1991 's whopping $107.3m deficit . |
| 6 | By 1957–58 only a quarter of male students were manual workers and men were down to 42% of the total student body . |
| 7 | In the US , profits for the full year were down to £83m from £155m , while the company 's activities in the rest of the world saw losses of £60m against £364m profits in 1990 . |
| 8 | Lately , trouble has appeared on the radar screen : last year 's profits were down by 15% from 1991 , despite a sharp rise in tourism to Israel . |
| 9 | At the full year , losses were down by 40% from $113.9m to $68.5m , despite some additional reserve strengthening on the account . |
| 10 | A question I would ask is that given the product which you had in June and the fact that presumably you have to take what goes , presumably the fact that they do n't send you the strongest stuff erm are you surprised that the figures were down in view of the quality of what you had , or are you surprised it might not have been worse ? |
| 11 | Losses in Australia , where there was some reserve strengthening during the year , were down from $22.1m to $12.9m following another good result in the fourth quarter . |
| 12 | In Australia , losses at the half year were down from $7.0m to $5.2m following a deficit in the second quarter only marginally better at $3.4m ( 1992 : $3.5m loss ) . |
| 13 | Losses in connection with General Accident 's property services operation were down from $4.5m to $3.7m , as measures designed to reduce operating costs began to take effect . |
| 14 | The consolidated accounts of MEPC show at the September 1991 year-end , group cash balances were down from £265m to £139m and no longer covered the total capital commitments of £189m . |
| 15 | Receipts were down from £1,406 to £863 and a net loss of £160 on the year was returned . |
| 16 | The reduction in borrowings , however , meant that interest charges were down from £240,000 to £86,000 , and that the group was well on course to becoming cash positive by the end of the current year . |
| 17 | The days of immediate response and speedy marches were over for Charles with such a complex and expanding realm to govern ; two years passed before he invaded the Avar lands in retribution . |
| 18 | Further financial advances were made to Cornish gentry , many of whom were off to London in search of fortune . |
| 19 | Within weeks the pair were off to Phuket in Thailand with the Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie , with Bryan still claiming ‘ financial advice ’ as his forte . |
| 20 | After tea — more washing up with Dad at the helm and little time was left before the whole family were off to Evensong at St. Martin 's where my father was a sidesman for a number of years . |
| 21 | The first of Jonathon 's wooden ships were up for sale at ten guineas each ; Jonathon was earning his keep and so was Melanie , in the shop on her feet all day . |
| 22 | Just before Christmas , when they were up for interview from their respective schools . |
| 23 | Zetex increased its pre-tax profits to £2.1m this time from £1.1m in 1991 , while sales were up to £15.9m from £12.1m mainly due to doubled revenues from surface mount products . |
| 24 | Creditors due to be paid within a year were up from £261m to £337m , while the gross interest payable was £158m against £130m — and that after capitalising £39.6m of interest . |
| 25 | Net written premiums in sterling terms were up from $1,909.7m to $2,107.0m . |
| 26 | New annual premiums were up from $51.6m to $57.2m and single premiums from $189.3m to $334.4m . |
| 27 | Written premiums for the quarter were up from $282.0m to $333.6m reflecting some volume growth and a significantly higher average premium across the whole account . |
| 28 | Written premiums for the full year were up from $1,172.0m to $1,251.2m , largely as a result of a significantly higher average premium across the portfolio . |
| 29 | Yesterday it announced figures for the first half of 1989 so late in the day that the London market had mostly packed up and gone home by the time the screens showed that profits had risen from Ir £109m to Ir £121m and earnings were up from 21.7p to 25.4p basic . |
| 30 | Net written premiums in sterling terms were up from $914.7m to $1,019.8m . |