Example sentences of "they were [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They were about the only way people could see and hear and know about things outside the scope of their own town . |
| 2 | Both Mr Souness and Jim Smith , the Portsmouth manager , emphasised how delighted they were with the overall quality of yesterday 's tie . |
| 3 | He remembered the release he had felt when he had first heard the teachings of Akhenaten , which had cut away the rotten trappings of the old beliefs , festooned as they were with the cynical speculation of the priests . |
| 4 | They were on the front doorstep , or round the front doorstep , probably say on the front doorstep , trouble is they found the front doorstep on the side |
| 5 | They were on the other side of the bed , crossed over , shaped like a swastika . |
| 6 | But today they were on the defensive . |
| 7 | In the first half they were on the defensive for all but five minutes . |
| 8 | If they needed further proof of their belief that they were on the right track , they were given it when they went to arrest Griffiths and were met by a hail of bullets ; after a chase in which Griffiths killed one man and wounded others , he was shot dead while resisting arrest . |
| 9 | Optimistic that they were on the right track , but aware that much still had to be done , first thing on the morning of Monday , 13 March Fleischmann sent a fax to Harwell and then talked on the phone the next day remarking that their information was incomplete , that they had much more to do before they would be confident enough and expressing irritation that they were being ‘ rushed into premature publication ’ . |
| 10 | As soon as Luce had been helped in and settled the gondolier plied his oar , and in less than a minute they were on the Grand Canal . |
| 11 | They were on the dusty painted dresser , on the shelves , and on a tin tray before a freckled old mirror that had been hanging in the bathroom . |
| 12 | They were confident that they were on the winning side of history and did not need to take precautions against exile in the autumn of their lives . |
| 13 | They are just as wrong on this occasion as they were on the previous one . |
| 14 | I looked through the hole again and saw that they were on the top step . |
| 15 | They were on the choppy , wavelike hills before Milford , a narrow road with too much Friday evening traffic heading south , against them , for Maxim to risk trying to overtake an elderly truck in front . |
| 16 | All three quickened their pace to a near run and nobody spoke until they were on the safe side of the orchard wall . |
| 17 | They were on the lovely island putting together the whole package ; visiting tourist boards , airlines , exclusive hotels , doing their utmost to get the best at the best rates for their clients . |
| 18 | Although they were at the agricultural policies undoubtedly continue to be relevant , still have a significant part to play in many current situations . |
| 19 | Now they were at the elegant pavement café beside the library . |
| 20 | They were at the Labour Party conference together last year and that 's when it began . |
| 21 | They were at the sharp end of an operation conceived at the Oxford based company Unipart . |
| 22 | They were at the deep end of the pool and both trod water to keep afloat . |
| 23 | Of course , they were at the opposite ends of the price range . |
| 24 | In ritual status they were at the very top of the system and ranked higher even than the kings . |
| 25 | We have some wry wry smiles from some of the older people er in the group here because they er did n't get much when they were at the formative stages of their careers . |
| 26 | They were at the High Council under the guidance of Cod . |
| 27 | But there were undoubted benefits to both church and state in this set of policies , for they were to the mutual advantage of nationalism and catholicism as these were perceived by their respective institutional representatives , namely the politicians and the hierarchy . |
| 28 | In the final quarter of an hour more than forty parties drew up in this same agitation ; and the closer they were to the final minute , the wilder their excitement to give in their cards . |
| 29 | They were for the gentle grey shirehorse , whose death he blamed on himself . |
| 30 | That particular luxury did not appear until M. Georges Nagelmackers had copied Mr Pullman and introduced them in 1883 , and even then they were for the rich who could afford to travel on the ‘ Orient Express ’ . |