Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did they tell you about that nanny I was ? |
| 2 | She was in first thing , I mean I sent it off that evening she was in first thing the next morning yes that 's fine . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ During that year it was decided that there was life beyond Impact 92 and that it was time to look at a total economic development strategy for the city rather than just a one year one . ’ |
| 4 | My family and I had to wait for three weeks in Bombay before getting a boat for England , but during that time I was able to do some useful PR work with newspapers and radio . |
| 5 | During that time he was ordered by gang members to shave off his beard to change his appearance and was again threatened that his family would be harmed if he did not do as he was told . |
| 6 | The idea was not new ; it had been first put into operation in the preceding reign of Louis-Philippe , but during that period it was made clear to France that she must play second fiddle in the European concert otherwise Britain would turn her out of the orchestra . |
| 7 | One was the failure of the self- regulatory body I M R O and the second one was really the fact that he was able to change his financial year end from April ninety-one to December ninety-one and during that period he was able to do things with those erm those funds in his accounts and er and really there was , there was no check on that , and I do n't see that the that was in er Good would have changed much of that situation at that end . |
| 8 | I was off for a week which is alright , but during that week I was heavily doped on downers . |
| 9 | It was a song with everything : baroque references , long sombre organ solos , and words so opaque that they could mean all things to all people , unless they actually asked what they meant-which was , unless one was very stoned , nothing which was why , for eleven weeks , during that summer it was high in the charts . |
| 10 | He wanted to settle , once and for all , the question of whether Riddle had made his last journey inside the Wheel and for that reason he was resolved to have it closely examined by an expert . |
| 11 | The office in question was not minor patronage , for as Scott remarked , it had a value of from £300 to £1,800 per annum , and for that reason it was unlikely to be given to gratify a town council . |
| 12 | For that reason it was probably in those districts where consensus management had worked well that general management succeeded most . |
| 13 | His sleep , he knew at once , must have been unusually deep , for he had no clear idea how long it had lasted nor where for that matter he was . |
| 14 | No , for that job I was doing last night . |
| 15 | About this time it was announced that pensioners whose means were insufficient to pay their rent were to have the amount made up by social security allowances even if they were living in a private home , so with a light heart I set about making application . |
| 16 | At about this time I was able to discard the dread of the " chop " from Halton and a balm to my ego was a gain in my outdoor activities , particularly in cross-country and track , I felt very comfortable at the workshops , I also adored the evening sessions at school when we were lectured by such great names of the day as Churchill , Trenchard , Beaverbrook , General Smuts , a host of politicians , and near our own held , such fine names in aviation as Handley Page and others ; splendid names in their day . |
| 17 | ‘ I learned it off this actor I was in jail with once . |
| 18 | Returning about tea time , he 'd then gone out once more to deliver some computer disks for another project he was running in Heanor . |
| 19 | He stated that during this period he was interrogated and beaten on a daily basis . |
| 20 | During this period he was active in public service in Wales , and devoted himself to the development of scouting , and became a friend of Sir Robert Baden-Powell , the founder of the Boy Scout movement . |
| 21 | As coordinating primary nurse on most shifts during this period I was reasonably satisfied with having spent 40 per cent of my time delivering nursing care , but would hope to increase this by an analysis of my other activities . |
| 22 | During this period it was recognised by the local planning authority as a building of considerable local importance , and , accordingly , was listed Grade II . |
| 23 | At one time the village was owned by the Wilberforce family and during this period it was a thriving community . |
| 24 | The aircraft was left for two hours while the pilot was arranging for its recovery , and during this period it was extensively damaged by vandals . |
| 25 | During this period it was impossible for the government to introduce legislation that was unacceptable to both Liberals and the Nationalists . |
| 26 | During this process it was suggested that a dummy engine be installed to save time and weight , but this idea was rejected on the grounds that the idea was for the Norseman to be as live an aircraft as it could be , and for it to taxi from the hangar in which is was being restored , across Howey Bay , to its position on the shoreline , adjacent to where it would be mounted on the pole . |
| 27 | During this time she was involved in various local organisations . |
| 28 | During this time she was introduced to John Stuart Mill [ q.v. ] , the Utilitarian philosopher , with whom she began a long-term unconventional platonic relationship . |
| 29 | During this time I was able to develop some understanding of the sorts of backgrounds my interviewees came from , what their hopes , fears , values and experiences of life had been like before they joined the movement and how these might have changed since . |
| 30 | My men , whom I had instructed to keep close together and sing from the time they left the camp until they joined me on the forest road , were not due for an hour and a half , and during this time it was more than likely that the tigress would break cover and try to stalk or rush me . |