Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The firm and repeated instruction of the strike organisers was that passive resistance alone was to be used . |
| 2 | The directors considered this , and decided that one payment only was in order because , although they could find evidence of the donation by the man , they could find no evidence of any donation by the horse . |
| 3 | Enjoying what I had heard so much , I started asking questions , only to realise that the equipment in these cars alone was worth about £3500 , and installation costs were on top of that ! |
| 4 | oh mm cos one thing really gave the key away was in the , the sermon on the mount where Jesus said that the meek ought , ought to inherit the earth |
| 5 | The worst violence yesterday was in the western city of David where the trial had been taking place since July 6 . |
| 6 | Its scientists were evacuated to Scotland on the outbreak of war , but German intelligence knew precisely how important Bawdsey still was to the defence of Britain . |
| 7 | The pope 's intention now was for a diet of princes to be convoked — to be chaired by a papal legate . |
| 8 | All the talk now was of the Second Front , and everyone thought that the Army would have to land in France to finish off the war . |
| 9 | Her fingers were very long and slim , and her mouth really was like a rosebud . |
| 10 | Nithard does so , however , while the author of a curious single annal for 830 – 1 , tacked onto the Prior Metz Annals ( the last entry otherwise was for 805 ) makes Judith the central figure in the story , and explains the 830 rebellion in terms of her stepsons ' hostility to her and her " very goodlooking son Charles " who " they feared might succeed as heir in his father 's realm " . |
| 11 | But he saw that Scottish football too was on the decline and blamed the system of promotion and relegation introduced into the Scottish League in 1921 . |
| 12 | At that time , the principal manufacture locally was of lace . |
| 13 | Mr Millan personally was in favour of a large degree of devolution and said it helped European regional policy to work more effectively . |
| 14 | The passage outside was unlike the ones on the floor above . |
| 15 | He said it demonstrated how much more acceptable Northern Ireland now was as a business venue than a few years ago . |
| 16 | ‘ If only the hunting now was like it used to be when we were their age , ’ said Kalchu , nodding towards the twins . |
| 17 | Suppose the Universe really was like that , and you had two astronauts leaving the Earth at the same time in opposite directions , one from the North Pole , the other from the South . |
| 18 | A defeatist , appeasement-like attitude often was at the heart of federalist thinking found in some parts of the City of London but is repudiated by those such as Professor Tim Congdon in the Sunday Telegraph on 20 October 1991 — ‘ City 's Silly Euro-scare ’ . |
| 19 | The only illumination now was from the dim curtained portholes and the deck light of the boat itself . |
| 20 | Wilko 's error here was to not spot the need earlier for a new full back to be bought to get some pre-season practice in with Strach/Rocky or Wallace . |
| 21 | The first mill downstream was at Upper Swell . |
| 22 | We always said that someone at the office called Jenkins had taken me to the local wine bar after work and we 'd run into some old girlfriend of his and Gillian who knew this girl vaguely was with her and we sort of got on immediately and made another date . |
| 23 | The mob undoubtedly was in control in London when Sudbury and Hales were executed , but on 15 June the civic leaders were able to raise a substantial force from the wards of the city and surround the rebel force at Smithfield , which immediately yielded . |
| 24 | Mr Reynolds however was in hospital for over a week before having an operation to remove a carcinoma from his bowel . |
| 25 | Two is n't multiplicity and Castelfonte never was in running order , and now they were living in hotels . |
| 26 | Ramsay was in two minds as to whether it was wise to allow himself to be bottled up in the town when his place arguably was with the Regent ; but he decided that he might possibly play a more useful part here as Seton 's assistant — and he ought to be able to escape by boat , at night , if necessary . |
| 27 | Delphi by land was to be what Delos already was by sea , a religious focus for Athenian imperialism . |
| 28 | The other article herewith was in the Times Ed last week and suggests that the Govt. will start to get heavy over the Tests if people do n't comply , and especially so if they are antagonistic . |
| 29 | The only fight Laker would have with the big airlines thereafter was in the American courts , suing them under the anti-trust laws for driving him out of business . |
| 30 | He was surprised at how light and lively M Street still was in the middle of the evening . |