Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It seems a bit funny for me cos I 'd have thought the kitchen was at the back so then you 'd have your dining room then . |
| 32 | The tetanus to S1 produced a rapidly decaying phase of PTP , lasting 2–3 min , with a small tail of STP , but no stable increase in synaptic transmission ; the intensity of the tetanus was below the cooperativity threshold for LTP . |
| 33 | The Gulamalis received their rent for the first three months , then nothing for four months , and were told the computer was broken , the accounts were being moved , the cheque was in the post , and so on . |
| 34 | The gag was across the trooper 's mouth , and the pressure of Colt 's knee was into the small of his back , and the sheer strength of Colt 's arm took the trooper 's wrists up into the blades of his shoulders . |
| 35 | The camp was near the river which gave you all great joy-it had to be our bathroom — but that was fun to you too . |
| 36 | Earlier in the year fittingly , during Passover , the festival which celebrates the Israelites ' escape from Egypt and the beginning of the journey which eventually took them to the Promised Land — Rabbi Moishe announced with quiet satisfaction that their contributions had mounted up to a sum sufficient to buy three hundred dunams of land in Palestine , that the purchase was in the process of being arranged on their behalf by the Jewish National Fund , and that he himself would lead an advance party of settlers from Cork before the end of 1920 . |
| 37 | By this time , the starter was on the table , and the next course was in the oven . |
| 38 | Maybe the 'phone was in the living room and she 'd be unable to talk anyway . |
| 39 | Therefore the university was in the habit of leaving the choice of professor to the bishop . |
| 40 | The convent was in the protection of St Sophia and the church was dedicated to her , but changed its dedication when the building was taken over by the nuns of the Salesiane della Visitazione order . |
| 41 | The glorification of the west was at the expense of China 's own cultural heritage which could not be viewed in a totally negative light . |
| 42 | The driver was from the Colonel 's staff , and he had travelled ahead a full month before so that he knew the city , the back-doubles they might need and the side streets . |
| 43 | At the end of the night , the luck was with the opposition , but Roy and Judy still had a good night out . |
| 44 | Er I remember it so vividly because it , at our house it was quite er an event because mother and father were so Labour and my brother , who erm he , I do n't know why , he 's not alive today and I ca n't so I , and I 've no idea , I do n't think I ever asked him because I 'd be too young , but I do know that the friction was in the house because he was working for the Conservative and she was the first woman that we ever elected er she , this , this lady did . |
| 45 | Truly , the cabin was in the heart of the forest . |
| 46 | A lot of the play was about the King 's son and his friend , Sir John Falstaff . |
| 47 | They constitute an acknowledgment by the delegates , committee and officers that the Association was for the time being inadequately organised and funded for undertaking major tasks on the national scene . |
| 48 | The blood was on the pavement . |
| 49 | And unfortunately , since she could actually hear the machine from the bedroom , it meant that the air-conditioning was on the blink once more ! |
| 50 | The dying Pitt , rejoicing in the House of Lords that the grave had not closed over him before he could protest against ‘ the dismemberment of this noble empire ’ , was a tragic figure ; but the tragedy was in the absurdity of the protest . |
| 51 | At the Kinlochewe pub , all the talk was of the Countryside Commission 's just published report ‘ The Mountain Areas of Scotland ’ recommending that Wester Ross have National Park status . |
| 52 | At the 9th tee Lee insisted on playing his driver because the Bear was on the run . |
| 53 | Is there any joint and seems light , if the light were on the light catches them and you can see all the |
| 54 | The enemy was on the alert . |
| 55 | In such a case it was argued , following St Augustine , that since the soldier was in the service of his lord , it was the lord who must accept responsibility . |
| 56 | The future was like the blackness that surrounded her , in which there were n't even shadows . |
| 57 | ‘ Do n't forget , Roger , the key was on the inside of his chamber . |
| 58 | He unlocked a padlock into a smallish barn — the key was in the padlock waiting — and got her to help him push the wooden doors back . |
| 59 | ‘ The key was in the keyhole on the inside . ’ |
| 60 | ‘ The key was in the lock of the front door , so we simply walked in . |