Example sentences of "the [noun] [was/were] [v-ing] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Last season they won the Fourth Division title and Corden believed the club were heading for second division football . |
| 2 | DROPPING your aitches is something of a crime if My Fair Lady is anything to go by , and the game that her fair ladyship the Queen was playing in last week 's Echo Memories had indeed committed that crime . |
| 3 | Late May , the sun was returning at last , but it was still cold . |
| 4 | It was clearly a case of arson , but the motive was puzzling at first . |
| 5 | ‘ The beast was terrifying at first but after a while you realised he was a big softie underneath . |
| 6 | The cannabis was working at last . |
| 7 | The lack of apparent activity in the factory was startling at first , but not when you remember that Caterham makes as much money in a year as General Motors does in half an hour . |