Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The courage of Peter er after his denial is something that was given him by the Holy Spirit . |
| 2 | I was given it at the end of a stormy course on race relations given to staff at Hen don Police College . |
| 3 | Another small farm was shown me as the place where the mother of a young baby had forgotten to place the poker over its cradle : as a consequence the child , unprotected by iron , had been stolen by the fairies and replaced by a ‘ changeling ’ . |
| 4 | And when they had seen it they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning the child . |
| 5 | Oh it was bought it from the Christmas , two ninety nine from . |
| 6 | Owen knew from the title that this was a member of the Egyptian Royal Family but which of the Khedive 's numerous progeny it was escaped him for the moment . |
| 7 | Yeah , I think he did er , Rumpole was put him in the big time really . |
| 8 | I suppose what I did there was put them on the spot so how could I word that so that it does n't put people on the defensive so much ? |
| 9 | My fortune was denied you at the last , and that was the spur . |
| 10 | FOUR years after it was burned it to the ground in a disastrous fire , a Catholic church is rising from the ashes . |
| 11 | And the final tribute was paid them by the Ferrarese organist Luzzasco Luzzaschi ( 1545 ? -1607 ) , a pupil of Rore , in his Madrigali … per cantare et sonare a uno , e doi , e tre soprani ( Rome , 1601 ) in which the lower parts of the madrigal were played on a harpsichord . |