Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The music panellist said : ‘ If there had been a full panel meeting and if we had known certain things which were kept from us the decision might have been different . |
| 2 | It was explained to her the day they moved in . ’ |
| 3 | It might be said that the museum was Mrs Gardner 's revenge ; Fenway Court , the remarkable Italian palazzo which she built well outside respectable Boston among the city 's breweries and distilleries , was named by her The Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum . |
| 4 | Cos you remember last week we accounted for er He was in the world , and although the world was made through him the world did not recognize him . |
| 5 | But I was told about it the night before I was released ! |
| 6 | And , now she had found him , there was born in her the need to give . |
| 7 | But when the door was locked behind me the cell was dark for there was neither window nor electric light . |
| 8 | You know I did , I was entranced by them the other day . |
| 9 | If I was left to it the first pint would go about |
| 10 | Enlightenment was urged on me the day I saw the old Jew float to the surface of the deep latrine , how he splashed and struggled into life , and was hoisted out by the jubilant guards , his clothes cleansed by the mire . |