Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [noun sg] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed to me that hardly any left the building in those weeks of May without murmuring apologetically that they were only leaving in order to get some baking done at home ! |
| 2 | Important though these duties were , they were fairly routine in character ; they did not bring Clanvow to the notice of a wider public . |
| 3 | In some patients , there was four-fold increase in antibody response before the first sputum culture of P cepacia . |
| 4 | He was also instructor in geology at the Royal Geographical Society and lectured aspiring explorers in the subject . |
| 5 | In return for this support in times of need , it demanded contributions from everyone , in labour and in wealth , although the latter was often payment in kind . |
| 6 | ‘ I was really getting stuck into him , but it was mainly tongue in cheek . |
| 7 | Indeed their protest against restrictions on the individual was almost anarchist in tone . |
| 8 | Jesus who Himself spoke of ‘ the creation ’ could also have rightly spoken in terms of ‘ my creation ’ for as the apostle Paul wrote ‘ by Him were all things CREATED that are in heaven ( was there evolution in heaven ? ) and that are in earth … all things were CREATED by Him and for Him . ’ |
| 9 | That was why investment in training would be the ‘ most important ’ priority of all . |
| 10 | But the rhetoric of those who defended government policy in the early 1680s was explicitly legalist in nature . |