Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] was [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | IV or Four was on the door to the right and round the corner on the left was the Handwork Room , the Headmaster 's Study being on the extreme right next to the bathroom and opposite the Staff Common Room . |
| 2 | Aye that was Well that that was on the platform when I got me face burnt and me left hand , which I think was burnt trying to protect me me head or face at the time . |
| 3 | For my part I think it is right to accept that that was in the eyes of the appellants a formality . |
| 4 | But I told myself sourly that that was in the past , while here in the present a living was to be earned . |
| 5 | Although this was against the law , the poll tax was illegitimate — imposed from above . |
| 6 | He makes explicit what is perhaps implicit in Taskopruzade , namely that Molla Yegan was from the province of Aydin , and adds to the sentence about his becoming muderris at certain medreses in Bursa the fact that this was through the agency of Molla Fenari . |
| 7 | He could now say that this was with the approval of his superiors . |
| 8 | Like so much else in these cantos , the last line is midleading , since it suggests it was by an edict of Henry III that the Magna Charta was sent to all cathedrals and read four times a year , whereas Coke 's Institutes make it clear that this was on the contrary an enactment of Edward I. ‘ Selinunte ’ and ‘ Akragas ’ ( the old name of Agrigento ) are ancient Greek cities in Sicily . |
| 9 | Dad did n't speak to Mum on the phone , and he did n't see her , knowing that this was for the best in the long run . |
| 10 | Health authority staff , not unreasonably , felt that this was at the cost of forgoing routine casework support for a wide range of people ( horizontal efficiency ) and from their point of view , therefore , the developmental role of the CMHTs represented an unacceptable opportunity cost . |
| 11 | Some of the earlier references to the area have confirmed that this was near the site of the 17th century Kings Forge , where iron produced in the Kings Furnace , a mile away , was refined . |
| 12 | He thus unjustly extorted a great sum of money from the men of the bailiwick , not being content with any mode of lawing , saying , if the right leg was lawed , the left leg ought to be lawed , and vice versa , and if all the feet were lawed , saying falsely that this was against the assize and the tenor of the king 's Charter . |
| 13 | If it turns out badly , he might argue ( contrary to the facts ) that this was against the odds . |
| 14 | Two decrees were issued by the Labour Ministry on Jan. 10 , 1990 , ( i ) announcing a nationwide 16 per cent wage increase for workers in state enterprises , stating that this was within the framework of the economic recovery programme ; and ( ii ) stating that strikes might legally be called by trade union committees or mass meetings of workers but that notice should be given to both the employer and the ministry and that strike action should only be used as a last resort . |
| 15 | Once this was in the open there was less reason to maintain such extreme secrecy about the fusion research programmes and some relaxation occurred . |
| 16 | Perceiving that fascism and communism were more like each other , by 1945 , than either was like the civilisation of the West is an instance of achieved simplicity , and one that Waugh and Orwell independently shared . |
| 17 | And then they carried the remains across the fields to the Lady Kirkyard and that was past the school and I can remember us watching this procession going across the fields . |
| 18 | He was a dredgerman yes , see he was on the river first then he went on the dredger and course that 's before my time and that was during the First World War he was on he was at Ramsgate . |
| 19 | but you see er , yes that 's right and then of course I 'm , since then I was up at Cambridge and that was during the second year |
| 20 | You see , and of course when I was at Cambridge , you see , and that was during the Second World War , well of course , you see , I remember seeing a plane because of course the station was a prime target |
| 21 | Keep one end dry and the other end wet , my father advised me , and that was about the measure of it . |
| 22 | Until the the play centre was actually opened and that was towards the end of the life of the flats really . |
| 23 | In the campaign itself there was one awkward moment and that was on the issue of private health . |
| 24 | And that was on the corner of er er Road and Street at . |
| 25 | Butchers and er then there was the butchers and that was on the corner of and er and and then cross over there towards Street you 've got the stores , then you come the , the er drapers , then er Tommy the butcher who was my first wife 's uncle and then you come to a shop which was owned by one or two people , which was a sort of er general store and then my mother-in-law 's shop a cook 's which was |
| 26 | And that was on the house ? |
| 27 | And my brothers both went to er , a headmaster from the high school set up on his own and they both went there , and that was at the corner of Avenue on Road . |
| 28 | Once only was I able to talk to Hayward de vive voix , and that was at the Institute of Contemporary Arts , when I referred again to the housekeeper problem ; but in the end , for reasons that I do not know , our Greek candidate , who might have been an admirable choice , was not summoned for interview . |
| 29 | We had one more day trip by boat before we left Praslin , and that was to the island of La Digue to try and see the black paradise flycatcher . |
| 30 | And that was to the horse ? |