Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also on the surge , they were quickly face to face with Mallachy and Rory . |
| 2 | And we were also way off beam about unemployment being the greatest political force of the 1980s in the Third World — we predicted riots among the urban unemployed all over the world which simply have n't happened . |
| 3 | We were now face to face with this man of diverse talent — poet , novelist , song-writer , performer — after following his career for nearly two decades , reading his books , playing his records , watching him sing , reading of him through the eyes of his critics — no easy feat when one is not inhibited by astigmatism ! |
| 4 | Poor Elsie had died of the whooping cough just after Harry had gone to America , so now there was only Edna at home in the daytime to help her mother . |
| 5 | Another non-elected member of the Cabinet , Carl Clarke , was hitherto Minister of State for Finance and Foreign Affairs . |
| 6 | Mr Tjongarero was formerly Director of Communication with the Christian Council of Namibia . |
| 7 | Mr Tjongarero was formerly Director of Communication with the Christian Council of Namibia . |
| 8 | Although there was evidence of awareness of the need to adapt training programmes rather than simply abandon them , there was also evidence of lack of any systematic in-service training , justified by inability to employ methods that depend on staff mobility : |
| 9 | There was also evidence of vote-buying on a massive scale . |
| 10 | A Catholic priest and Canon of Digne , he was also Professor of Philosophy at Aix , and of Mathematics at the College Royale in Paris . |
| 11 | However , the Director of the Royal College of Music , Sir Hugh Allen , a pretty terrifying man to a young student , was also Professor of Music in Oxford , so I tremulously consulted him . |
| 12 | There was also talk of demand from private clients , with ShareLink , the execution-only broker , reporting some brisk business among leading Footsie stocks . |
| 13 | He was also instructor in geology at the Royal Geographical Society and lectured aspiring explorers in the subject . |
| 14 | Hearndon was also tenant of land from Thos . |
| 15 | Diana was typically matter of fact in response to this ever-present threat . |
| 16 | Richard was now King by right of birth and seniority . |
| 17 | After ricocheting from one emotional moment to another today , she was now face to face with possible disaster . |
| 18 | League performances slumped disastrously , and there was even talk of relegation for the first time since Chapman took over . |
| 19 | Despite this obstacle , Sturt was determined to press ahead with the expedition , and on 19 May he appealed to Gould to exert any pressure he could on Lord Derby to encourage his son , Lord Stanley — who was then Secretary of State for the Colonies — to back the proposal . |
| 20 | RODERICK BENNETT , NDO for Competence and Validation , has been seconded from Robert Gordon 's Institute of Technology where he was previously Head of School of Home Economics . |
| 21 | Which prime minister was previously secretary of state for administrative affairs ? |
| 22 | He was previously professor of oncology at the Middlesex hospital medical school and a commissioner of the International Commission on Radiological Protection [ ICRP ] . |
| 23 | Mermaz , who had been president of the National Assembly from 1981 to 1986 and was briefly Minister of Transport in 1988 , had been leader of the Socialist group in the Assembly since 1988 . |
| 24 | He was recently quest of honour at a formal dinner at Lake Hall , where he spent his early University days . |