Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] was [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The depth sounder and Decca Navigator in the wheelhouse were innovations and although Radar was out of the question at that time we managed very well with the Decca Navigator , often running up the Thames in quite dense fog buoy hopping through Sea Reach . |
| 2 | Without consulting Ann , he announced that the boy was to be named after is grandfather Tristram Pascoe ; and having taken that decision he went off down to the harbour to see if Gristy was back from the fishing and to crow over winning the wager . |
| 3 | Niki was a leader of the strike : not merely by seniority but because he was a natural leader and because Pironi was out at the circuit doing the negotiating . |
| 4 | While Oliver was out of the room she abandoned her chair for the couch , kicked off her shoes and curled up . |
| 5 | Mum could n't read anyway but she always seemed to know when Auntie Nellie wrote and Dad made it my job to hide these letters and give them to him when Mum was out of the way . |
| 6 | ‘ We have a real big production screen , and as Jeff was in on the design of the set , I still feel him with me . |
| 7 | When Nancy was out in the street again , she sat down on a door-step , and for a few minutes seemed unable to move . |
| 8 | ‘ Remember she did n't leave the party though when Nicola was out of the room . ’ |
| 9 | Paul had reasons for the private emptying of his ; he was still treating himself with a solution of the doctor 's recommended potassium permanganate crystals , and had to make his exit quickly when Willie was out of the room , as that gregarious gentleman would have come with him on the same errand ; then hurry outside with the tell-tale purple contents , empty them , rinse the pot at the pump , and come back . |
| 10 | Perkin had always been presumed to be busy in his workshop , and yet there were hours and days when he might not have been , when Mackie was out of the house seeing to the horses . |
| 11 | Steele did for a century partnership and then Willey did the same ; but when Greig was out near the close of play , with the board on 303 for 5 , there was a pitch invasion by , for the most part , West Indian fans . |