Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result of this intrusion the Nganasans were pushed farther north into the tundra , and a lasting enmity between them and the Dolgans was created . |
| 2 | Yet if a poll were taken tomorrow morning on the corner of West Broadway and Prince St to determine who was the most politically incorrect artist in town , Steve Gianakos 's name would surely zoom to the top of the list . |
| 3 | The weather cleared too , and they were rowed diagonally south-west across the Sound of Sleat . |
| 4 | The bodies were discovered yesterday morning by the family 's nanny . |
| 5 | At Stanmer , the earlier Pelhams created a well-balanced ‘ Palladian ’ house in the 1720s ; in order to preserve a sense of proper grandeur , the village was moved further north in the downland valley to hide it from view . |
| 6 | He was saved further embarrassment by the rustling approach through the fecundity of his garden of his wife , accompanied by two of the children . |
| 7 | After three years there I was head-hunted by a marketing agency , D. F. & L. Associates , which was based just north of the City . |
| 8 | My eldest daughter Ailsa was staying there part of the time , studying art at the Byam Shaw College of Art , and falling in love with her tutor , whom she later married . |
| 9 | He was spared further speculation by the descent of Miss Harker , candle aloft , like a vengeful ghost . |
| 10 | Group 1 was to land at Hollevik on the island 's south shore , to clear a known defence point and villages a mile to a mile and a half from the town of South Vaagsö , and then move in support of Group 2 , which was to land just south of the town and capture it . |