Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [conj] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His reasoning was that none of the men who were conceivable successors were of sufficient stature to reign — he talked privately about his " monarchy " — without the legitimation of popular election . |
| 2 | And the reason it was a landmark was because nothing in the show itself was a cliché . |
| 3 | I 'd grappled up the slope on foot just before and knew how steep and icy its surface was and which of the bigger rocks had to be dodged because they would foul the car 's underside . |
| 4 | And yet his knowledge was as nothing beside the compulsion that drove him to see her again . |
| 5 | Pete 's guess was that everybody in the valley knew something about her by now , and nearly all of them would know that she was staying in his house . |
| 6 | The problem was that nobody from The Smiths camp was prepared to actually inform the band of this decision , and it was left to Easterhouse manager John Barrett to discover the sad truth almost by accident . |
| 7 | The problem was that none of the pilots were really confident of their navigation , the sand storm having obliterated the landmarks they were relying on . |