Example sentences of "was a [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would turn up in the Primary School playground and call , ‘ Hi there , Nick ! ’ as if Nick was a boy the same age . |
| 2 | ‘ When I was a boy the outfall was still in use and old Penrose was in charge . |
| 3 | The old lady , old Mrs Narrowback , she was a lady the biggest part of eighty in 1920 , which takes you back to 1840 . |
| 4 | Sammy Wilson of the DUP said it was a scandal the ‘ political henchmen ’ of those who carried out the bombing were allowed into the City Hall . |
| 5 | It was a shrug the shoulders , sink the hands deep in the pockets and be fed up about the running nose cold . |
| 6 | This was a ruling the Medical Officer er instituted . |
| 7 | Rain murmured that it was a pity the keys had gone and made an effort to get Ruby to go too . |
| 8 | He opened the car door for her ; at least his manners were good — it was a pity the rest of him was n't so nice . |
| 9 | ‘ It was a pity the wind ruined it for everyone . ’ |
| 10 | Sunday , he was a bit the worse |
| 11 | The thatched roof went long ago , but when I was a child the loft was still covered and Mother and Father kept a bed there and a few other necessary things . |
| 12 | Oh yes , it was a help the students give us a fantastic help you know , in financially and the the came on that gate a lots of times with us . |
| 13 | On the branch was a flower the size of a bucket . |
| 14 | At the time it was widely forecast that if the Lords ' experiment was a success the Commons would be forced to follow suit . |
| 15 | It was a trick the Han used a great deal . |
| 16 | It was a dress the good girl in Sunday school might wear . |
| 17 | Fabia protested — and saw that the word appointment was a word the woman did n't understand . |
| 18 | ‘ There was a sense the dealers were losing ground to the auction houses ’ relentless PR blitz ’ , says O. Kelley Anderson , a dealer and the fair 's director . |
| 19 | Here was a footballer the like of which the Whaddon faithful had never witnessed before . |
| 20 | It was a battle the like of which those present had never before witnessed . |
| 21 | When news of the event reached the graveyard cottage Willie had overheard Tom muttering something to the effect that it was a wonder the tree did n't have to be taken too . |
| 22 | She drew the cup up to her face , both hands clutched around it , the knuckles so white it was a wonder the china did n't crack like an egg . |
| 23 | In Re Hammond & Waterton ( 1890 ) 62 LT 808 the court said that if a building dispute were referred to an umpire who was a barrister the procedure would be more likely to be an arbitration , and that if the umpire were a quantity surveyor it would be more likely to be a valuation . |
| 24 | And therefore it was a system the the employer encouraged but of course er I do n't think you could say that there were many people who were happy with the system . |
| 25 | The CC C P Par army was a quarter the size of the K M T and had little money and no tanks , therefore it needed mobilization of the peasants in the villages , they needed the peasants to volunteer to join the P L A and to protect their own property so they thought that this would be an incentive for them . |
| 26 | I if I was a building the last thing I would want would be people gawping at me . |
| 27 | While Ramsey was a canon the chapter appointed a new vicar ; and while Ramsey 's predecessor was bishop , a minority of the parishioners started to protest against the vicar 's innovations and were in a strong position because the vicar introduced certain ornaments without the necessary faculty to do so . |
| 28 | ‘ There was a risk the brain might have been starved of oxygen . |
| 29 | When Le Roux bought Norton Motors in 1987 with shareholder and bank money , he knew there was a risk the profit might not flow as quickly as hoped . |
| 30 | ‘ It was a disgrace the way they treated Gower because in the last Test against Pakistan , before this tour , he did everything that was asked of him with the bat . |