Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [was/were] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am satisfied that there are no grounds on which I can say that these charges are bad , but with regard to the equity of redemption I am satisfied on the evidence that what Mrs. Wardman did was at the request of and in reliance on her daughter , and under her influence . |
| 2 | One of the many design changes Mickie originated was in the exhaust valve , where many production batches had resulted in 100% scrap . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ The only recognition Adrian got was on the day he died . |
| 4 | I have always looked upon you as Theo Daniel said he could not see the pain Frederica said was in the olives , and Alexander , still lecturing , said that Vincent had objected to paintings of symbolic Christs in Gethsemane by Bernard and his compères , had torn up his own , had made do with the olives themselves . |
| 5 | The drivers were Ch'kassians : small olive-skinned men from an island country which Hodai said was on the other side of the Inner Sea . |