Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [indef pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | CTL were detected to none of the peptides from the three sporozoite antigens , but three out of six individuals tested responded to the ls6 peptide from LSA-1 ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 2 | S1 always stood out as a unit and these boys , who were always together , were known by everybody in the sample . |
| 3 | Tolkien shrank from that last , and recorded ( UT , p. 385 ) a rival theory that the orcs were bred from something like the Drúedain , the pûkel-men . |
| 4 | ‘ He 's still working on the theory that they were killed by someone from the neighbourhood who resented them and their prosperity . ’ |
| 5 | The rise in the share of fixed investment , from 19 per cent of GDP in 1955 to 33 per cent in 1961 , was paralleled by one in the share of ( pre-tax ) gross profit incomes , up from 31 to 39 per cent . |
| 6 | She turned the heavy , white porcelain door knob and pushed gently , then switched off the torch in case she was seen by someone at the back of the house , and entered the bedroom . |
| 7 | Have a look at that , I mean , it would have been better if Jemma was here , because I do n't want to criticise , I mean , I used Jemma 's because it was actually probably the best one that was done by anyone in the group . |
| 8 | It 's not known with any degree of certainty , erm , there was some indication by someone writing at the end of the last century , that it was written by someone in the time of the Queen Elizabeth , hence , perhaps it was God Save The Queen . |
| 9 | From 21 March 1988 , this future was replaced by one on the Value Line Arithmetic index , which is the arithmetic equivalent of the VLCI . |
| 10 | Before the war , foods such as butter and cheese were given two layers of wrappers by the counter hand , but this was reduced to one under the restrictions . |
| 11 | Nothing was entered by anyone under the fifth , ‘ Other ’ choice . |
| 12 | The petition was accompanied by one from the magnates , who also sought the withdrawal of the tax on wool : it appears that for the first time since the Ordinances of 1310–11 the commons and the magnates were joining together to seek concessions and measures of reform from the king . |
| 13 | He poured himself more whisky , pressing Herr Nordern to have another , too , and saying that he was leading the Norderns into bad ways but that they must forgive him as it was n't very often they saw him , ha ! ha ! and Herr Nordern , while not prepared to accept that he was led by anyone except the leaders of his country , took the whisky , thinking , what the devil , he had worked like a dog all day , and it was true , Karl would not be with them much longer and they would probably never see him again and , he had to confess , he would n't mind if he never saw him again as long as either of them lived . |
| 14 | Convinced that education was the prime path to political formation , he became a schoolmaster and , although his socialism made it hard to find a place , he was appointed to one by the Govan school board . |
| 15 | The deferential tone , and the fact that it 's couched as a letter rather than as a minute , suggest that it was directed to someone outside the Civil Service . |
| 16 | For December 14th 1804 he writes : ‘ finished the three drawings for Mr. Knowlys — Mrs. Green delivered of a dead daughter the child full grown ’ , and on January 23rd 1808 he wrote tersely ‘ My wife was delivered about one in the day of a daughter . ’ |
| 17 | She did n't know any of the names ; she smiled and shook hands and was passed from one to the other like a parcel . |
| 18 | That view was expressed by everyone on the Opposition Benches and a few Conservative Members , but was ignored as the Government arrogantly used the power of an artificial majority to force the poll tax through . |
| 19 | Director Tay Garnett took Beery aside and pointed out that Rooney was loved by everyone on the set as well as at the studio , and it would be ‘ most unfortunate if someone decided to part your hair with a sun arc . |
| 20 | Despite this disastrous beginning , however , Giovanna would be there in the morning , her own family circumstances permitting , and she would be much obliged if the Signora would make sure that her children were up and dressed , and the breakfast eaten , so that she could see that the house was returned to something like the order which Signor Kettering expected of it . |