Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [vb past] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philippa was ousted by her uncle , William IV 's younger brother , but in the eyes of her descendants she had been the rightful Countess of Toulouse and periodically they went to war to re-assert that claim . |
| 2 | Rotherham has an Asian presence , but most of the places I visited are the old , white , axis of the English working class , immunised from the input of England 's new nationalities . |
| 3 | No more than that , for we were all on renewable annual contracts and Clive never tired of reminding us just how many eager applicants there had been the last time he 'd had to ‘ let someone go ’ . |
| 4 | One of the most bizarre things I saw was the lengthy and intricate preparation for the blessing of a new furniture store . |
| 5 | However , environmental regulation was only one of the reasons for the closures , for many firms which closed were the older inefficient or obsolete plants ( Harris , 1981 ) . |
| 6 | Increasingly , skilled counterfeiting has led to some high street stores selling goods they believed were the real thing , only to find they 'd been had . |
| 7 | Among the things they criticized were the arrogant behaviour of Party leaders , their lenient treatment when misdemeanours came to light , the fact that ‘ the awaited purge in the Party had not taken place ’ , the wringing of money out of the people in constant collections , and the ‘ large , elegant cars ’ in which Party functionaries travelled to and from work . |
| 8 | The only sounds he registered were the faint rumblings of hangar doors and the occasional roar of powerful engines as his fellow-pilots tested their jets . |
| 9 | They only possessions they had were the travel-weary clothes they stood up in . |
| 10 | He is little known as a teacher , or as a local preacher , but in fact his first choice of occupation upon leaving school , in Holland , was — to use his own words — ‘ School-mastering and the Church ’ , which occupations he thought were the only professions worthy of consideration . |
| 11 | Even as the people run away in terror , the fire of God 's anger , which destroyed parts of the camp in Numbers 11 , now consumes the 250 men who had been the closest supporters of Korah in his bid for power . |
| 12 | At home , his writings and dramatic appeals stirred the churches : among volunteers who responded was the celebrated C. T. Studd [ q.v. ] in 1885 . |
| 13 | But er he never asked me , put it that way , what I thought was suitable machinery and he , as far as I know he never asked other rock men what they thought was suitable for the rock and other slate makers what they thought was suitable for inside the mill , or the diamond saw operators , what sort of saws they thought were the best . |
| 14 | Thousands of years ago , horses were grazing dinners for the carnivores which stalked them through the grasslands , and the horses which survived were the fittest , fastest , strongest , and most alert . |
| 15 | His hall was built on a north-to-south axis , so that the wind blew through it constantly , keeping the air fresh ; but the odours of the spices and scented oils he used were the only ones a visitor might smell . |
| 16 | Now whether it made a lot of difference or no , I could n't tell you , but they believed it er the set of tools they had were the best in the yard , you know , so obviously they took a wee bit of pride in them and looked after them . |