Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For reasons which are too complicated to bother with , I had left Scotland , where I was for Christmas , on December 30th to go to the Isle of Wight and spend that most braw , bricht , moonlicht and Caledonian of celebrations , Hogmanay in the Deep South . |
| 2 | I can remember several policemen being reported missing at the police station where they were on duty . |
| 3 | Rural Britain is full of retired brigadiers and industrial captains , chaps who got where they were through diplomacy , cunning and an instinct for knocking heads together when the bugle blew . |
| 4 | My sister buried all her valuables showing me the spot so that I could tell her children where they were in case she was killed . |
| 5 | One of the problems , he said , was that staff were resisting a plan to relocate them from local offices , where they were in touch with industry , to remote district offices . |
| 6 | The Mirror discovered she was involved in allegations against Stephen and told police and his lawyers in Wolverhampton , West Midlands , where he was in custody . |
| 7 | If you asked him where a particular coin was he would be able to tell you exactly where it was on display , even to where it was pinned in a case . |
| 8 | Although I was at art school for four years , I was hardly ever there , I always worked at home . |
| 9 | Although I was in pain I was conscious and can remember seeing Callanish itself . |
| 10 | So what if I am an even worse footballer now than I was at school . |
| 11 | I never expect to be more moved by a man and a horse than I was by Winter and Mandarin this afternoon . |
| 12 | It is suggested that she did not appreciate the legal position , although she was in receipt of legal advice at the time . |
| 13 | Although she was in favour of keeping the lily garden all white , the awesome echo of Miss Jekyll 's ‘ Chaste ! ’ faded and , in place of unrelieved arum lilies , a plethora of white alternatives was installed . |
| 14 | Sheila lives in a council maisonette and has not been involved with social services recently , although she was in care for two years from the age of 14 . |
| 15 | Although she was in pain , there was no evidence that the arm was broken and so two days later she went skiing to Switzerland . |
| 16 | She was no more a disciple of Churchill than she was of Heath . |
| 17 | Well , anyway , thought Julia , she could n't be worse at waiting than she was at typing , so she 'd asked what the rate of pay was . |
| 18 | The famous high temper which no one , not even her formidable papa , knew how to cope with , once she was on fire , was being controlled by a man whose outward-seeming was mild and pleasant , although beneath Dr Neil 's bland exterior she was beginning to sense a will as strong and resolute as her own . |
| 19 | Once she was in bed with Edward Bear , the light out , the night shut safe outside behind the drawn curtains , Melanie cried a little because she was not tucked into her bed with the satin headboard and the striped coverlet . |
| 20 | Although we were in fact exempt from this , our management wisely decided that we should fall in line with the principle of the new regulations . |
| 21 | Once we were at Arrancay together , I thought we 'd be able to talk it out — decide what was best for the future . |
| 22 | Although they were in vogue she could not abide them : ‘ What beats me is when an unsentimental artist like Modigliani says : ‘ Oui , très joli ’ about them . |
| 23 | The composer 's words are now a little clearer in the rehearsal recording than they were on LP . |
| 24 | Ruth told herself that once they were at sea things would be better . |
| 25 | Once they were under way Charlie pulled out his pipe and lit up . |
| 26 | She no longer came in to kiss them once they were in bed . |
| 27 | Once they were in place , not only could peasants buy ( rather than just occupy ) their dwelling-places , but also in certain circumstances they could " acquire in full ownership " the land which the charters assigned them . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's not a bad place , ’ he said , once they were in reception and the smoked glass shut out the small hut where they searched the hand-bags , and she 'd laughed and said ‘ All right ’ and they 'd signed in . |
| 29 | As a result BSL never committed large amounts of money , although it was under pressure to do so . |
| 30 | Representation of shires and boroughs had also been determined : the King no longer had discretion to decide which communities might send up M.P.s , although it was of course open to him to make new enfranchisements by royal charter . |