Example sentences of "was [prep] the far [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bar was against the far wall , plentifully stocked and presided over by a bleached blonde in a white beaded sweater . |
| 2 | And er god you should of heard him , god if it ai n't Ross all over again , mummy , mummy and she left him there , as I said when they first came he was in the far bedroom , well now I suppose with all these people she 's rearranged it indoors and he 's in the one next to our house , and she 's shouting at him and er it went on how , I ca n't tell you how long , I mean , Bev and I was talking through bedrooms you know |
| 3 | Luckily he was in the Far East at the time . ’ |
| 4 | If people told me that was all well and good but if they did n't , but I did hear about this erm er she did the operation on the girl who er who could n't get rid of her baby , and then it , she lo she sent she sent a telegram to her husband or a letter er it took a long while to come from the Far East , he was in the Far East . |
| 5 | Wallace had a good goal disallowed as Strach was on the far edge of the 6 yard box and deemed to be interfering with play when Wallace scored . |
| 6 | The hall itself was on the far side of a courtyard which could not be built upon as it had been the burial ground of the Quakers in the eighteenth century . |
| 7 | Our hut was on the far side of the Waaf site and well screened by hedges and trees from the road which ran up the hill through the camp . |
| 8 | He and Anne had a bathroom opening out of their bedroom but Adam , when he got up in the night , usually went to the other one that was on the far side of the landing . |
| 9 | Beuno was on the far side of the stream , his head inclined towards the graveyard . |
| 10 | It was on the far side of the yard , opposite the kitchen door . |
| 11 | We were hidden near the path , which was on the far side of the house from the marsh . |
| 12 | The sound of his voice made her jump , despite the fact that he was on the far side of the door . |
| 13 | The Swan Inn was on the far side of the village from Fern Cottage , situated close to the bridge over the river Windrush . |
| 14 | ‘ I am absolutely satisfied that the biopsy needle could not have been responsible for the rupture in the wall of the aneurysm , which was on the far side from the point where the needle entered , ’ said Mr Miles . |
| 15 | This morning she was on the farther side of the gates raking the gravel into a pattern exact as a piece of embroidery , when Nicandra came tittupping along , her hat hanging by its elastic on the back of her head . |
| 16 | The owner of Redi-Hot , who seemed to spend most of his time reading a guide book , told Mr and Mrs Wordmaster , who looked suitably impressed , that Thunder Bay , one of Canada 's largest ports , was at the far west end of the St Lawrence-Great Lakes seaway and should really be called what the locals called it , The Lakehead . |
| 17 | By the time he reached the gallery his mother was at the far end of the broad corridor , but she was n't going into her room or into his room , she was making for the attic stairs , and now it was his turn to raise his eyebrows . |
| 18 | The one bed that was occupied was at the far end of the ward . |
| 19 | The man was at the far end of a line of slowly moving pack animals , and he had not noticed anything . |
| 20 | It was at the far end of the attics . |
| 21 | The study door was open and there he was at the far end of the laboratory . |
| 22 | Number sixteen , where Laura lived , was at the far end . |
| 23 | ‘ He was at the far end of the table ; he had no opportunity . ’ |
| 24 | The bed was at the far end and next to it was a small cabinet on which stood a lamp and a telephone … the telephone through which the dying , terrified Angy had tried to summon help . |
| 25 | ( All this action was at the furthest end from where Leeds fans were stood , so I could n't see much . |