Example sentences of "[noun prp] [art] [noun] was the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The household of William the Conqueror was the nerve-centre from which his military victories were planned , from which his duchy and the kingdom of England were held in subordination ; its lay members held themselves always ready for battle . |
| 2 | It is strange that , if Matthew the Apostle was the author , he would use someone else 's work as his own basic source . |
| 3 | For Anna the world was the world was the world , and she would come to terms with it . |
| 4 | So Marion , back on the boards after the death of her boring solicitor husband some years ago , compressed her lips and maintained as well as possible the stately calm that so well suited her part as the Balkan Countess whose family jewels were stolen in this season 's Salt and Pepper offering ( Robson the butler was the master crook , in league with the Countess 's French maid ) . |
| 5 | For Griffiths-Jones the lag was the time it took his words to leave his mouth and hit the pages of the newspapers . |
| 6 | Buddhists believe that Gautama the Buddha was the successor to a long line of earlier Buddhas , all distinguished by shrewdness , wisdom , love or sacrifice . |
| 7 | In Britain the opposite was the case , and on the way home I noticed daffodils in bloom and even cherry blossom in sheltered gardens in England . |