Example sentences of "it was originally the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Haiku or hokku literally means ‘ starting verse ’ because it was originally the beginning of an older verse form called the tanka . |
| 2 | This is a case of adding injury to insult — it was originally the cat 's job to kill the mice and the rodent-poisoners who usurped its role are not content merely with making it obsolete , but are also assaulting it physically in this underhand , prey-concealed way . |
| 3 | It was originally the farm to a nearby monastery . |
| 4 | It was originally the site of a furnace powered by the Aylesmore Stream ( near St Annes Spring ) and was out of use by 1680 . |
| 5 | There is much history connected with the area , as it was originally the site of a fortified camp where fierce battles were fought between the Saxons and the Danes . |
| 6 | While admitting that it was originally the understatement of German earnings which led to this move by the German analysts , in this we nevertheless have a model on which to work . |