Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [art] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Forgot a lot o' things , did old Blackberry ! ’ observed Forest , addressing Richard as if he were of a sudden a force to be reckoned with . |
| 2 | Before the time of Irenaeus , the sacred books of the Christians were in the main the Hebrew Bible , ‘ law , prophets , and writings ’ or ‘ Old Testament ’ . |
| 3 | For all of them limits to possible action were set by economic , social , political or military necessities which were in the main the legacy of the past . |
| 4 | Although certain other lines had their own Royal vehicles and carried our own and foreign Royalty more frequently than the LNWR , it was in the main the Wolverton LNWR and later LMSR train that carried the Royal family on long railway journeys . |
| 5 | Bernard was on a round the world trip and he had a system worked out for the South American leg that seemed to be based on the storming of Himalayan peaks . |
| 6 | Dermot says : ‘ My brother Ken was on a round the world trip and went to Nepal after spending some time in India . |
| 7 | ‘ It was at a photo-shoot a couple of days before a charity gig at the National Stadium in Dublin , ’ he says . |