Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manager Alan Murray , assistant manager Eddie Kyle and McAndrew were at the Northern League club at the same time . |
| 2 | Jacobitism was a continual destabilising force in British politics under the later Stuarts , so it is vital to consider precisely what impact it had on partisan strife during this period , and exactly how widespread sympathies for the exiled Stuarts were amongst the general population . |
| 3 | Stirling controlled Scotland 's last B international win over France at the Greenyards in 1989 , when the Boroughmuir pair Derek Stark and Peter Wright were in the Scottish party . |
| 4 | Last night the hospitals said Jason was poorly and Neil was in a stable condition . |
| 5 | She was stood in the wings refilling the whisky decanter , picturing herself seated at a concert grand on the platform of the Philharmonic Hall — Meredith was in the front row gazing up at her with adoration — when three men walking one behind the other filed through the pass-door into the auditorium . |
| 6 | Among the Best Actor losers , Dustin was in the prestigious company of Paul Newman ( Cool Hand Luke ) , Warren Beatty ( Bonnie and Clyde ) . |
| 7 | Keen Dee McKeen was at a complete loss . |
| 8 | Even before these upsets , Arizona was in the political dog house because its voters decided to cancel the Martin Luther King holiday . |
| 9 | The changes , thought to have taken place in July when ANC president Nelson Mandela was on an overseas tour , apparently excluded him and his deputy , Walter Sisulu , from official policy-making bodies . |
| 10 | Richard Barnett was at the finishing line . |
| 11 | I 'll tell him or anyone , and I meant it , so he started on about this night at the bowling club , but it was his actions Joy , I want to know who 's coming , we need to know , I thought but why 's he fucking boss me about on my private time , anyway to cut a long story short they booked all this night out and I watched and I waited I thought let them clock that I 'm not going , so then comes a phone call , David was in the bottom office so was the letter shark , and this phone call came over and David shouted up to all of us on the machine who 's going on Thursday night ? |
| 12 | Varnhem Abbey Church in Västergötland was of the Cistercian Order . |
| 13 | Edward was in a foul mood , applying himself obsessively to his studies , encouraging no conversation . |
| 14 | Gaby was in an eight-girl crew taking part in a raft race near Southsea , Hampshire , when she lost her balance and plunged into the sea . |
| 15 | It was also natural , given that Crete was on the southern edge of that world , that most , though not all , of the ports were on the north coast . |
| 16 | Someone like Kruger was in a prime position to come by such scraps of information . |
| 17 | Now Ellen was on the other line . |
| 18 | When Ken was in a bad mood or turned on people who regarded themselves as close friends , it was mostly a reaction to the way he saw himself — a failure to be what he wanted to be most . |
| 19 | Ken was in The Private Ear and the Public Eye for a year — Maggie left slightly earlier to play in May , May . |
| 20 | By this time Travis was on the horrible scene of the accident , the bloodstained white dress revealing a gruesome sight . |
| 21 | Just a few years ago he complained about the exact opposite — that the provisions for the community charge in Scotland were in a separate Bill from those for England and Wales . |
| 22 | With a lead of 61 gained early on the third day , England were in a strong position to win . |
| 23 | He told him committee last week that staff at Coed Glas were in a difficult situation and ‘ one can only have sympathy with them ’ . |
| 24 | The emotions of Daisy and Sister Dew were of a different type . |
| 25 | All except Lord Keith also held that the GLC was under a fiduciary duty to its ratepayers which they had breached by the scheme , Lord Diplock particularly emphasizing the loss of rate support grant , and that they had acted thriftlessly . |
| 26 | Once the magic word ‘ baby ’ had been spoken , Karen was in a permanent state of arousal . |
| 27 | The ideological muddle forged with passionate lyricism by Michel A'flaq was in the final analysis , inspired by the romanticism of Herder and other German thinkers . |
| 28 | The village of Farafra was like a bare room , swept clean . |
| 29 | Jane was in the tiny kitchen talking quietly to Mrs Rooney , a tiny white-haired woman , who spoke with a broad Scottish accent . |
| 30 | The quiet Gloucestershire village of Charfield was on the main line of the LMS , situated between Gloucester and Bristol . |