Example sentences of "were [adj] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would , after all , only be for a week or so , after that they were due back at Purley . |
| 2 | On the day that his master and mistress were due back from London , he was determined to have as much as possible completed , in order to impress Stephen with the amount done during his absence . |
| 3 | They were due out on December the second and as members will know I 'm involved in those discussions on behalf of the . |
| 4 | but they were right out in the open breakfast and all the meals out here . |
| 5 | They show that those tests have nothing to do with the amount spent per pupil in individual authority areas — some of the biggest spenders were right down at the bottom . |
| 6 | Erm it may be that the people who were right down at the bottom like that were people who were doing other things as well and were say blacksmiths or whatever |
| 7 | Second , and more important , they were mass-produced out of durable materials and so have survived in large numbers . |
| 8 | ‘ They came to an uninhabited hut where they made a fire to dry their clothes , for all of them were wet through to the skin , and an old sail was spread upon the bare ground , which served as a bed for the Prince , who was very well pleased with it and slept soundly . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We were fresh out of art school , we had nothing , no money , we were alone in the world , but we knew that we were artists , and we wanted to make that the artwork , ’ says George . |
| 10 | The injustice of life stung her bitterly — Sylvester getting them Bones and co as if they were straight out of the champions ' parade at the Horse of the Year Show and not even knowing that some horses jumped and some did n't , and thinking that all weedy little Hoomey needed was motivation to become Seb Coe the second … |
| 11 | Under identical circumstances antelopes were visible up to 200 yards away . |
| 12 | But that day , all of a sudden , you 'd never know we were hard up for business . |
| 13 | Portakabin , manufacturers of portable buildings , were once again the major sponsors of the event and the managing director Mr Patrick Shepherd and his wife Chris , were present along with other representatives from Portakabin . |
| 14 | They were black round like little tiny erm cashews you know , little black thing , just ca n't remember the name of them now . |
| 15 | The Medical Research Council were helpful up to a point , but even Mellanby rapidly found Florey 's demands tiresome and support from that quarter dwindled . |
| 16 | By the time of the 1988 tour of England , there were signs that the fans were realizing this , for Test attendances were well down on those of the 1984 tour . |
| 17 | The revenues of both companies were well down on the same month in 1991 , showing a large proportion of their sales coming form the cheaper ranges . |
| 18 | Sales varied but were well down by the end of the 1980s , and the paper remained a rather marginal venture . |
| 19 | After the Croats , who had been halted around Bleiburg , had been disarmed ( they also included many civilians ) , they were force-marched out of Austria into Yugoslavia . |
| 20 | Grants were available up to 20 per cent of capital costs or 50 per cent of the aid supplied nationally , and loans were available through funds directed via the EIB at reduced rates of interest ( 3 per cent below market rate ) . |
| 21 | With Regis replacing John , and Adam again shaking off his injury worries , the British foursome were runners- up behind Nigeria in last night 's second semi-final . |
| 22 | Two prices were far out of line with Sotheby 's predictions . |
| 23 | Under his face , half overlaid by a crag shaped like a mushroom growth on a tree trunk , entirely obscured until his eyes were close up to it by the thick vegetation , was the open fissure which for thirty days they had searched for in vain . |
| 24 | They were close up to the car when the brown-haired man of average build left his car and Ven Gajdusek halted to exchange a few words in Czech with him . |
| 25 | They were terrified out of their wits when the supposedly dead owner appeared through the gate in the wall and shouted at them to go away . |
| 26 | Changes were significant up to 45 minutes after HCl stimulation . |
| 27 | They were alright up to Christmas . |
| 28 | Well I think Boy 's High were active in between were n't they ? |
| 29 | They said things were bad up at Chilete with several houses already fallen into the river . ’ |