Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [adv] the home " in BNC.
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1 | The church of St Peter , Vauxhall , was built between 1863 and 1865 on part of the area formerly occupied by the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens ; its altar is on the site of the Neptune Fountain , and the late-eighteenth-century house which adjoins the church and is now the vicarage was originally the home of the manager of the gardens . |
2 | Newstead Abbey was once the home of Lord Byron and now contains a museum dedicated to the poet . |
3 | GRAFTON UNDERWOOD AIRFIELD on the Geddington to Grafton Underwood road was originally the home of the 97th Bombardment Group and then the 384th Bombardment Group ( Heavy ) of the 8th Air Force . |
4 | Union Chapel was also the home from 1852 to 1892 of Henry Allon . |
5 | The 200-year-old mansion was once the home of the Balfours of Balbirnie and them the headquarters of the GDC . |