Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [was/were] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He accepted a position in a dealer 's gallery , where Matisse was among the artists who benefited from his judgement . |
| 2 | Saatchi & Saatchi was among the hidden persuaders and such niche retailers as Next and the Body Shop made looking and feeling good availiable to all . |
| 3 | ‘ We have to remember that Ferguson was in the under-21 side the day before that match and that Ibrox on Wednesday night was his home debut at full international level . ’ |
| 4 | Speculation that Hawke was in the grip of the left increased on June 18 when he forced the majority of the Cabinet to endorse a permanent ban on mining at Coronation Hill , in the Northern Territory . |
| 5 | It also ensured that Patrick was in the deepest shadow and not immediately visible from the street . |
| 6 | Once Ratcliffe was in the side on a regular basis , he cemented a partnership with Andy Moles . |
| 7 | We know from archaeology that Birka was at the northern end of a flourishing trade route which was beginning in the 830s and 840s to bring in huge quantities of silver from the Muslim-controlled trade routes between Byzantium and China . |
| 8 | When Swan heard that Harvey was at the Ministry of Transport , he tried to draw him out on the subject of motorways in Warwickshire , but the junior Minister in charge of roads said that this was not the time or place to discuss the subject . |
| 9 | Once Lucy was in the cot you could just squeeze in the door . |
| 10 | One afternoon , when Aunt Lilian was lying down , I told Aunt Kit that Richard was on the ‘ other side ’ over Suez and that I had decided to leave him . |
| 11 | It was said that Arkhina was among the most influential women of the Kha-Khan 's court , but she was too like her sister-in-law , his father 's wife , for him to be on good terms with her . |
| 12 | In fact , he was already discussing it in his office when he discovered that Paramount were in the middle of a feud with Redford and were just about to serve him with a writ . |
| 13 | Various other reports suggest that Wise was at the mill up to 1890 . |
| 14 | On 30 August , Amery was saying how glad he was that Hailsham was outside the government ; ‘ I can look to him as an ally in helping to bring the thing to a conclusion reasonably soon . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ He 's a better prospect than Gazza was at the same age , ’ said McDermott after the 19-year-old tormented Cambridge . |
| 16 | She rushed indoors , using her choicest language , not realising that Erica was in the orchard . |
| 17 | Further , although Marseilles was under the rule of Childebert by this time , the latter 's governor Rathar , arrested Theodore and sent him to Guntram . |
| 18 | The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) reported in mid-February that Kurdistan was on the point of collapse and that hundreds of thousands of people were facing starvation as a result of the Iraqi blockade and the cutting of supply lines to Iran by snow and to Turkey by a lorry strike . |
| 19 | All the managers knew that Karen was on the Committee because she always had a notebook in her hand . |
| 20 | M.J. talked a lot , and Donald said I encouraged her too much , and that I.C.B. was on the point of being more personal and interesting if I had let her — but I was rather shy of it . |
| 21 | When United held the upper hand , which was for most of the first half , they were more dominant than Aberdeen were after the interval . |
| 22 | His hand-picked President , Francisco Rodriguez , said the government had ‘ all kinds of proof ’ that Washington was behind the coup attempt . |
| 23 | In a number of decisions , involving the Spanish oil refinery industry , the Commission took account of the fact that Spain was in the process of liberalising what was currently a highly regulated market . |
| 24 | Now Kennedy had a dilemma although Cuba was in the Caribbean , and although the United States had the biggest navy in the world , and the biggest airforce and was easily able to exterminate Cuba if it wa if it wished to , it was vulnerable , however , in other areas , in particular it was vulnerable in Berlin and it was vulnerable in Indo-China . |
| 25 | Now Kennedy had a dilemma although Cuba was in the Caribbean , and although the United States had the biggest navy in the world , and the biggest airforce and was easily able to exterminate Cuba if it wa if it wished to , it was vulnerable , however , in other areas , in particular it was vulnerable in Berlin and it was vulnerable in Indo-China . |
| 26 | He reined in when he saw that Alexei was in the garden , watched for a time , and then spat expressively to left and to right and rode on . |
| 27 | When he was sure that Zhukov was in the right position , Kirov let him go . |
| 28 | Uncertain of the kind of climate which awaited her , she 'd consulted her hastily purchased travel guide , to be informed that Copenhagen was on the same latitude as Newcastle-on-Tyne in England and shared similar weather patterns . |
| 29 | The deceased 's solicitor , Eustace Tolby , attested that Newley was on the verge of instituting divorce proceedings against his wife . |
| 30 | And the Classic Anthology shows , therefore , that Williams was in the right when , to close his sour and justifiably contemptuous statement of 1945 , he wrote : |