Example sentences of "was [adj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Section 24 may also be used by a hotelier who is prosecuted under s.14 where the overbooking was due to the actions or default of the receptionist or reception manager and was not part of the hotelier 's policy . |
| 2 | But loyalty to the House of Stewart was strong in the highlands and Graham of Claverhouse raised an army from the clans in support of the restoration of King James . |
| 3 | Communist influence was strong in the police and army and they controlled the International Brigade . |
| 4 | She was polite about the leeks and lumpy cheese and said a similar thing could be done with endives and it looked at first as if the lunch was going to prove a slightly awkward affair . |
| 5 | The whole place was alive with the wings and calls of sea-birds . |
| 6 | The whole specimen was alive with the wretches that are the polio viruses , at their very worst , attacking the whole spinal column and the brain tissue . |
| 7 | Gerald Flood , co-starring as astronaut pilot Conway Henderson , remembers clearly a panic in the studio control room when it was realised that another character , dressed in full space suit , was inaudible to the microphones once he had latched down his space helmet . |
| 8 | She blew her nose as daintily as was possible in the circumstances and handed the handkerchief back with a wan smile . |
| 9 | Henry O'Bree was depressed about the exams and left behind a suicide note . |
| 10 | Real income per head of the UK population was lower in the mid-1980s than in eleven other advanced capitalist countries , while even in 1953 only three ( the US , Canada and Sweden ) had been ahead of the UK . |
| 11 | She had what was termed a comfortable figure , but her face was thin , her nose sharp and her voice seemed to take its pattern from her features , just as Mick had described her on the way here ; although his Aunt Alice was sharp of nose and of tongue , she was broad in the shoulders and warm in heart , he had said . |
| 12 | The older one was that of the Evangelicals and Dissenters , of whom more will be written in chapter three . |
| 13 | Manufacturing employment decline reached the level of 29.7 per cent in Greater London , from 1981 to 1987 , and was prevalent throughout the cities and other districts of metropolitan counties . |
| 14 | His desk was clear of the papers that were memorized and locked in his personal safe . |
| 15 | Head of fisheries David Jordan said : ‘ It was clear from the responses that opposition to the proposed scheme was widespread . ’ |
| 16 | It was clear from the reports that he was an insanely jealous man who , for example , ‘ made [ his wife ] walk with her head down so she could n't see the bulge in men 's trousers ’ . |
| 17 | It was clear from the representations that had been made to the Chief Whip 's office that there were many on the back-benches who would oppose my succession ; there was no similar anti-Macmillan faction . |
| 18 | They had large capacity halls — maybe three or four thousand people there , which was funny for the boys because they were n't used to that . |
| 19 | This was another of the instructions that would be repeatedly announced , ignored and forgotten over the next decade . |
| 20 | Deception was another of the subjects that they knew rather a lot about at the Foreign Office . |
| 21 | Like so many of the visitors , though he was dressed in the bright overalls of the Men he stared for long periods into the Cages , but it seemed to Creggan that his staring was different from the others and less cruel . |
| 22 | This tree was different from the others because it had branches hanging down very low . |
| 23 | He was popular with the grooms and the coachmen and yet they respected him and his discipline was firm . |
| 24 | He was interested in the hamlets and villages on the fringe of the deer country , the cottages and the farmhouses that might provide bases for dedicated stalkers . |
| 25 | I was interested in the points that the hon. Gentleman raised . |
| 26 | Even after marriage , even in the bed in which she was now trying to lie disturbingly still , Tom was embarrassed by the caresses that brought Rita such pleasure . |
| 27 | ‘ I was afraid of the Africans because I thought they would take over my farm . |
| 28 | you know trying to find an assistant cos there was n't one walking about cos there was some at the tills but there were n't any walking around and it was very busy , there were lots of people going through the tills . |
| 29 | I think what put me off in th and certainly em embedded was some of the comments as around control of our lives . |
| 30 | Mind , I have always appreciated wild life , even if I was unaware of the names or importance in the ecological sense , and it was also apparent that our farm attracted some lovely butterflies , particularly on warm days . |