Example sentences of "[be] [pron] [prep] the [noun sg] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her mother told her that there had been nothing on the wireless all day except music and news bulletins . |
| 2 | And e e e even if it 's not general th there may be something in the argument this , this , this was what was happening in |
| 3 | There 's generally one in the main parents ' bedroom , perhaps there 's one in one in er one of the youngsters ' bedrooms , there could even be one in the kitchen these days . |
| 4 | ‘ There is nothing in the world that lieth so heavily upon my heart ’ , he writes , ‘ as the thought of the miserable nations of the earth . |
| 5 | Erm here 's a here 's something from the Sun this morning just on the subject of who 's going to be king . |
| 6 | I do n't think there 's anything behind the question this time but nostalgia . |
| 7 | According to Plutarch , writing in highly refined Greek circles in the early second century AD : ‘ Before this , Rome neither had nor even knew of these exqusite and refined things , nor was there in the city any love of what was charming and elegant ; rather , it was full of barbaric weapons and bloody spoils . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Was he in the kitchen all the time we were talking to Miss Harker ? ’ |