Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [adv] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The custom — like that of the maypole — was revived in some areas , but at Cragg Vale in the nineteenth century , adornment of the springs was never part of the celebrations . |
| 2 | It has perhaps been too readily assumed that fear of death among Victorians was primarily fear of hell-fire . |
| 3 | Only on some dairy farms was there evidence of well designed housing . |
| 4 | But any thought or consideration given to working men was only part of a larger strategy of appealing to the public generally . |
| 5 | The little girl to whom Wolfgang had impudently proposed marriage when they were children was now Queen of France ; and tales of her extravagant lifestyle at the glittering court of Versailles were stirring up murmurs of discontent among ordinary Frenchmen , setting alight a fuse which 11 years later was to blow not only France but much of Europe apart . |
| 6 | The only non-civilian member of the Council of Ministers was now Minister of Defence and Chief of Defence Staff Lt.-Gen. |
| 7 | For Camus the beauty of the women was just part of the rapturous wealth heaped on the senses here . |
| 8 | To my mind the acquiring and delivering of the wrappers was certainly part of the consideration in these cases , and I see no good reason for drawing a distinction between these and other cases . |
| 9 | That the kindred of Osbern of Eu and the kindred of William fitzOsbern with their friends had succeeded in carrying Duke William to a resounding victory against the invasion of his combined enemies was therefore news of more than ordinary importance . |