Example sentences of "[subord] it [was/were] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , she considered Yardley 's Foundation Cream highly desirable , and would purchase it at every shop where it was to be found , with the consequence that she must have had dozens of pots stored , all drying up , in the limited accommodation provided in her billet . |
| 2 | If the hon. Gentleman would listen rather than talk , he would learn that the price formula for gas has also been revised : where it was minus 2 on the controllable costs it is now going to minus 5 — another tough target . |
| 3 | If you asked him where a particular coin was he would be able to tell you exactly where it was on display , even to where it was pinned in a case . |
| 4 | And then afterwards came the disco , where it was about as difficult to score as it was to hunt chickens with a machete . |
| 5 | It occurred to me , when I reached Julius Apollo 's door , that the Canadian would be standing where it was for the whole of the twenty-five minutes of its daily scheduled stop . |
| 6 | The invention of the wheel may be one of the landmarks of the forward march of humankind , but there were still parts of eighteenth-century England where it was of scant practical value . |
| 7 | To bring the Crown out of the poverty and debt which had marked most of the reign of Henry VI , both Edward IV and Richard III used professional receivers , auditors , and surveyors to increase the revenue from Crown lands ; and much of this larger income was paid , neither to the Exchequer nor to the Crown 's creditors , but to the Chamber of the royal Household , where it was at the disposal of the King . |
| 8 | A steady eighty miles an hour and where it was at these times . |
| 9 | Compared to all the other seven departments the ‘ stagnated ’ had the lowest score on all dimensions except ‘ challenge ’ ( where it was in the middle ) and ‘ conflicts ’ ( where it had the highest score ) . |
| 10 | Chesarynth did n't miss the impersonal attentions of the technician and the nurse , but the magic box stayed firmly where it was in the suite in the house on the ‘ dark ’ side of the moon . |
| 11 | The unions are still engaged in a struggle to establish themselves in the available ‘ space ’ , a struggle that has very largely been resolved in the case of the BR unions where it was in any case mainly confined to representation of the footplate grades . |
| 12 | I could n't say where , except it was like a pit , and sometimes I was floating above and it was nothing to do with me . |
| 13 | Now , although it was past two , sweat was still running between her breasts and trickling over her stomach . |
| 14 | Dean Bexton sold the car for £500 although it was worth £2,000 . |
| 15 | An anniversary meeting in Manchester on 1 August 1854 showed willingness to attend a unity conference in London in November although it was under the aegis of the BFASS . |
| 16 | As a result BSL never committed large amounts of money , although it was under pressure to do so . |
| 17 | Or it would be approximately ten shillings for a day because we had to work Saturday morning , although it was at Newark and got to travel twenty |
| 18 | Although it was at a high altitude and windswept , she created at Bankshead a garden full of her favourite wild flowers , which were a source of inspiration both for her painting and her writing . |
| 19 | Thus the Protestants preserved their future , although it was to be one which mimicked , in smaller fashion , the tragedy of Lebanon . |
| 20 | Money poured in and work began in 1493 although it was to be a century before the work was completed ; this timescale explains the stylistic variation of the church , with elements of both Renaissance and Baroque architecture . |
| 21 | Representation of shires and boroughs had also been determined : the King no longer had discretion to decide which communities might send up M.P.s , although it was of course open to him to make new enfranchisements by royal charter . |
| 22 | Although it was of course the truth … |
| 23 | Although it was amongst the women 's glossies as promised , it was still tucked away in a corner with only its spine showing . |
| 24 | God knows I tried when I realised what was happening to us , although it was like a starving man walking away from food for me . |
| 25 | Full-back Ernie Rhodes hailed from Tees-side , but he joined the Palace as a young man in the summer of 1913 , making his Palace debut in the ensuing season , although it was after the Great War that he made his major contribution . |
| 26 | Although it was after three in the morning , Sophie could hear the low , penetrating drub-drub-drub of a bass-line and a siren somewhere wailing in counterpoint . |
| 27 | But she was afraid to allow herself to become pregnant and therefore , although it was against her religious beliefs , was using contraceptives . |
| 28 | Perhaps the best proof that the previous figures were flawed is that they suggested that Asia 's weight in world output had fallen from 7.9% in 1985 to 7.2% in 1990 , although it was by far the fastest growing region . |
| 29 | The court which would normally have taken cognizance was that over which the lord presided ; and although it was in the lord 's court that the vassal made his defiance , it was usually done , not in person , but by messenger or herald , and the vassal could not at that stage accept any ruling of the court . |
| 30 | This picture frame moulding came complete with all the scratches , dents and marks that make it look old , although it was in fact new . |