Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] was [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( In Artillery Lane , nearby , there is a warehouse which was originally a Huguenot chapel . ) |
| 2 | Past Hut 3 , turn to the left , past the gate and Administration which was now a darkened hulk , past where the roof of the camp 's prison peeped over the fences , turn to the left , past Hut 4 , past the old Kitchen which was now a sleeping hut , past the Bath house and then Hut 6 , past the Store , turn to the left , past the Guard Room , turn to the left , past Hut 1 … three hundred and eighty-five paces … |
| 3 | And once again Ric is attempting to go beyond the normal boundaries of cricket-writing : ‘ If I wanted to write a biography which was simply a record of CTB 's achievements I would have finished it some time ago . |
| 4 | Craig had fielded twice as many candidates and won fewer seats ; a result which was probably a combination of public reaction to Vanguard 's lack of clear policy and a lack of enthusiasm for some of the Vanguard candidates . |
| 5 | A boat which was once the pride and joy of Lawrence of Arabia is to sail again . |
| 6 | They wanted this colossal rent which was just a recipe for bankruptcy , ’ said Mr Anderson . |
| 7 | In 1899 , when there was a sharp increase in the number of reported cattle thefts , H. W. Brodhurst , the Government Agent , attributed it to false cases which were instituted because the magistrate was inexperienced : ‘ I therefore attach little importance to this apparent recrudescence of a crime which was once the curse of the Province , but has been little heard of in late years . ’ |
| 8 | I wonder if I could answer that in a in a different way because clearly rather there 's the option , rather than reduction the operational capability which was really the er initiative that had begun in nineteen ninety two , there is the option of course of er adjusting the total numbers and that would er have an overall bearing on the total programme cost but cert because certainly the judgement of the er the chiefs of staff was that er as far as the U K was concerned then we we should retain the operational capability as I explained earlier an n and not decrease it in any significant extent because if we did that then we could end up er with an inferior capability against a potential threat . |
| 9 | Mick Ronson : ‘ After the tour , we recorded the album , ‘ Pin-Ups ’ , an album which was just a collection of songs that David really liked from the 60's period , and shortly afterwards , we went to Italy for a holiday . |
| 10 | All the women were , and that 's true of of the hosiery industry , of course you 've got a a there 's a big distinction between the hosiery industry as such and the hosiery finishing industry which was then the , they 're amalgamated now , but there were two entirely distinct unions , in tho Er as a matter of fact they n n they never met together . |
| 11 | They could n't hold one with a defendant who was just a mangled lump of flesh . ’ |
| 12 | — instructing an expert witness who was previously a client albeit in a matter totally unrelated . |
| 13 | But luckily help was at hand in the person of Anna-Lisa Hammer , a blonde , Norwegian freelance journalist who was also the Press Officer for the Bislet Games in Oslo . |
| 14 | The biography suggests that Eliot was never to lose the divided sense of his youth that human life is futile and meaningless — that man is ‘ a finite piece of reasonable misery ’ , in the words of William Drummond of Hawthornden , a good poet who was also a great plagiarist , and a great seeker of shelter in books — but that an eternal order might be felt for , or invented . |
| 15 | Thorn , the big defender who was also the hero of the midweek Coca-Cola Cup triumph over Liverpool , powered the Eagles ahead with a 29th minute header and Steve Coppell 's men grimly fought tooth and nail to claim their fourth successive victory . |
| 16 | Klimt 's Jurisprudence , a ceiling painting for the University of Vienna , showed , not a belief in legality , but portrayed a central figure who was instead a helpless victim of the law . |
| 17 | In this condition she was hardly a siren , she thought with an ironic little smile . |
| 18 | ( According to the Japan Industrial Robot Association there was only a 10% increase during 1991 . ) |
| 19 | On Pippin 's side there was also a crucial non-participant : Bernard " though he was only about 8 km away from the battlefield , gave no help to either side " . |
| 20 | Beneath their opposition there was often an undercurrent of admiration and fellow-feeling . |
| 21 | The valley ended quite suddenly in a massive amphitheatre of surrounding mountains rising to 7,000 ft , and as it had been a cold spring there was still a lot of snow . |
| 22 | He did n't think it was a case of God 's being vindictive , more a case of rules being rules and God having to administer them , like a caning head , and where there was Adultery there was always a Death , that was the way it was . |
| 23 | As a result there was only a vestigial junior management system . |
| 24 | To the rear of the dome car there was only the Lorrimores ' private car , which I could hardly enter , so I retraced my steps , intending to retreat to my own roomette and watch the scenery do its stuff . |
| 25 | But of fat fairies bearing hot sweet tea there was never a sign and the fingers of the station clock jerked away the minutes with maddening languor , the tedium of their watch being broken only by the intermittent arrivals and departure of train . |
| 26 | With the growth in industry there was also a significant development of trade , particularly in the early Tudor period , and with it came the increasing dominance of London in the English economy . |
| 27 | While he was enthusing about future advancements in the industry there was perhaps a hint of sadness in leaving it behind — but thoughts of the ‘ challenges of my new career ’ soon put back the sparkle in his eye . |
| 28 | When these characters were combined with letters in a third experiment there was again an increase in reaction time with set size for the RVF but only for letters , not for the typological characters . |
| 29 | He found that by giving the salt in low potency there was often an improvement in the patient 's well-being . |
| 30 | By the time we left the Parrot there was only an hour left to closing time . |