Example sentences of "[noun] was [adv prt] [coord] the " in BNC.

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1 For years , he had pitted himself against it , aware that it would mean the time for worrying about the future was over and the time for action had arrived .
2 By the time Tetsu reached the Loop — the stretch of holes between the 7th and the 12th — the wind was up and the scene unsettling .
3 The sun was down and the night wind boomed in the great hollow shell of the estuary .
4 Tipperary were to see controversies eventually over the waste disposal habits of the mining companies , but these controversies arose after the mining was over and the companies had packed their bags and gone .
5 When evening came , or rather when lousing-time came ( lousing-time was when the day 's work was over and the horses were loosened from the yoke ) , they were then handed over more or less to us children .
6 However , it turned out to be a very relaxed meeting , so much so that when the private session was over and the press were invited in to take photographs , the Prince said to the Pope , ‘ Let me introduce you to my press corps . ’
7 Normally , she thoroughly enjoyed her Thursday afternoons ; today , she was thankful when the session was over and the aspiring authors trooped out , clutching their masterpieces and chanting their thanks .
8 The battle was over and the future she had dreamed of lay all about her in hopeless ruins .
9 By 1818 , when the War of Independence was over and the Republican Revolution can be said to have been won , America had rejected both the Crown and religious establishment , and had accepted a creed that granted religious toleration and the ‘ natural rights of man ’ .
10 The Boer War was on and the first sort of major conflict erm in the period of movie history , and naturally people wanted to see what the war was like .
11 Like the crooks pursued by the hero in Calling Bulldog Drummond ( 1951 ) , for whom ‘ life in peacetime seemed unbearably flat ’ , or the ex-officers who take over their old ship for smuggling runs across the Channel in the Ship that Died of Shame ( 1955 ) , or The League of Gentlemen ( 1960 ) , for whom robbing a bank promises their ‘ finest hour ’ , many filmmakers seemed to feel that there was nothing to do , now the war was over and the hopes of peace had faded , than go back to the site of old glories .
12 In 1649 the war was over and the king executed , but that summer a surprising turn of events took place in the Fens .
13 His feelings reached their bitter climax a few months later , when the war was over and the defeated French were in the throes of the Commune rising .
14 The war was over and the Empire had won — or that is how the politicians presented the result of the match between Britain and Germany .
15 I mean the deep fat fryer , the lid was off and the pots are sitting
16 Damn Miles for wanting the information suppressed until the crisis was over and the shock could be minimized .
17 After the meeting was over and the main demonstration had dispersed , some civil rights supporters succeeded in infiltrating to Market Square by a roundabout route .
18 The canvas was down and the tapes gone .
19 After the funeral was over and the bereaved student returned to college , instead of going up to him and holding him — or even just politely commiserating with him — most students ignored him .
20 The rain was over and the night was now clear .
21 Charlie found that he enjoyed the responsibility of having to organise the section for seven days and was only sorry when his week was up and the task was handed on to someone else .
22 I realised that once the tour of the assembly area was over and the lunch began my chances of nosing around would be minimal .
23 The girls took advantage of the boys ' sudden inability to catch or shoot and before long the game was over and the girls won 12–8 .
24 Once supper was over and the retainers had withdrawn , the wine jug was passed round and introductions were made .
25 The little knots of people that formed as usual outside the church after Mass was over and the bells were tumbling out their soft dismissal song had plenty to discuss .
26 The secret was out and the magistrates issued a warrant to arrest the illegal mint .
27 The honeymoon was over and the reality of what she had taken on began to dawn .
28 My fears were to be unfounded as the nurse chatted to me and before could stop fantasizing about women in uniform the needle was in and the blood was pumping .
29 On the day they had gone , when the summer was over and the skies grey and a wind blowing , he had thought of that image .
30 Once the meal was over and the thanksgiving intoned , Corbett whispered to Ranulf to return to their chamber while he sought an interview with the Prior .
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