Example sentences of "was [vb pp] the [det] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I in the past th Granville mentioned these letters that used to work their way down from on high which might have just been a , a bit of a twinkle in somebody 's eye with no money at all to spend on physical work but even so it was given the same status within the R C E's organization of five or ten years ago a a as an investment item was , it was almost authorized . |
| 2 | Dissident middle-ranking army officers staged a coup attempt in April , which was foiled the same day after heavy fighting [ see p. 37367 ] . |
| 3 | She was born the same day in 1877 that Alexander Graham Bell launched his first telephone company and became a teacher when just 13 . |
| 4 | On Feb. 18 the North suspended the fourth round of Premiers ' talks which had been scheduled for Feb. 25-28 , but agreement was reached the same month on joint sports teams [ see p. 38010 ; see also pp. 38341 ; 38437 ; 38529 ; 38576 ] . |
| 5 | ‘ Laurence Taylor died at Stubbylee of Asiatic Cholera , having arrived from Liverpool only on Saturday last ; he was interred the same day at the old Baptist Chapel . ’ |
| 6 | George Mtafu , Malawi 's only neurosurgeon , was arrested the same month after refusing to apologise for challenging public criticisms of northern Malawians made by Life-President Banda . |
| 7 | On it was inscribed the same text in three different scripts — Egyptian hieroglyphic and demotic as well as , most importantly , Greek . |
| 8 | The trial was suspended the same day after the 19 defence lawyers walked out , and then postponed until July 12 . |