Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [adj] was [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fighting went on in New France for another twelve months , but after the fall of Quebec this was more a matter of moving forces over long distances than of confronting threats that the French might retrieve their position . |
| 2 | For Jay that was only a start . |
| 3 | This being so , the famous final and belated discussion of the problem at Rockingham in February 1095 was largely a display of shadow-boxing . |
| 4 | After Joseph 's death that year : ‘ … the journey of the Holy Crown from Vienna to Buda in February 1790 was almost a triumphal procession . |
| 5 | The ‘ lights out ’ issue in December 1984 was just the tip of the iceberg . |
| 6 | The British were dismayed but a further memorandum from the Americans in January 1943 was virtually a declaration of dissociation . |
| 7 | With a new rabbit and a short-haired piebald guinea pig in a box , Victoria arrived at a once-grand Queen Anne house in Wiltshire that was now a school devoted to raising the daughters of the gentry . |
| 8 | But his appointment as steward of the royal household in November 1318 was both a snub to Lancaster , who claimed the right of appointment , and a mark of his growing association with Hugh le Despenser the younger [ q.v. ] , the chamberlain of the household and the rising star at court . |
| 9 | De Gaulle 's assumption in June 1940 was precisely the opposite : that Britain would survive and that sooner or later Germany would be defeated . |
| 10 | As she 'd returned everything he 'd given her before he 'd left for Japan this was quite a surprise . |
| 11 | Anyway , thanks to Peter I was now a little more secure . |
| 12 | Only with respect to SSAP 16 was there a specific mention , at paragraph 51 , of an exemption from compliance . |
| 13 | In Colorado the season that ended on April 14th was probably the second-best ever : it attracted nearly 10m skiers . |