Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [vb pp] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | The effects of the war locally are explored , as families with differing allegiances were set one against the other . |
2 | However , the body of the report was accepted by the Americans , who if they needed any further confirmation were given it in the form of a 72 per cent failure rate among recently qualified army medical officers who had been given a questionnaire on the venereal diseases and their control . |
3 | Yeah , I think he did er , Rumpole was put him in the big time really . |
4 | And the final tribute was paid them by the Ferrarese organist Luzzasco Luzzaschi ( 1545 ? -1607 ) , a pupil of Rore , in his Madrigali … per cantare et sonare a uno , e doi , e tre soprani ( Rome , 1601 ) in which the lower parts of the madrigal were played on a harpsichord . |
5 | After Imran Khan was ruled our of the tour because of his shoulder injury , Miandad was the obvious choice , and a popular one too from the players ' and selectors ' points of view . |
6 | Another small farm was shown me as the place where the mother of a young baby had forgotten to place the poker over its cradle : as a consequence the child , unprotected by iron , had been stolen by the fairies and replaced by a ‘ changeling ’ . |
7 | Ramsey expected that once the resolution was taken everything in the mind would be peace after doubt . |
8 | My fortune was denied you at the last , and that was the spur . |