Example sentences of "[prep] [det] was [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most obvious place for this was in the private sector , where these jobs , and skills , were being lost . |
| 2 | Indeed , the only time Goram was really worried after that was in the dying seconds when Sergueev wasted another fine opportunity when sent clear . |
| 3 | Possibly the most poignant illustration of that was from the last testament of the Assistant Governor of the Maze Prison , ‘ I feel sorry for them , ’ he said of his killers , knowing as he wrote that he was likely to die . |
| 4 | The important consequence of this was for the operation of the developer builders . |
| 5 | All of this was against the Welfare at Markets Order of 1990 says Animal Aid . |
| 6 | All of this was in the hours ahead , for I was now to live through one of the toughest three days and nights I ever experienced . |
| 7 | The most extreme example of this was in the surgical treatment sometimes meted out to women . |
| 8 | Affiliates of TNCs accounted for about one-eighth of the Third World food processing industry , and about 90 per cent of this was in the branded goods and the export sector . |
| 9 | One of these was for the creation of a new statutory historic buildings committee . |
| 10 | At the end of this terrace was a brick wall some ten feet in height behind which were the gardens of the Milford Hill houses , the first of these was on the corner of the streets . |
| 11 | One of these was to the main entry on " Interlanguage " ( M.Sharwood Smith ) . |
| 12 | Last time she had slipped out in the dark like this was on the night the Doyles had come , the night that had ended with a mystery and a death . |
| 13 | Another good time for one dealer to pinch leads from another was during the presentation of a visiting company chairman . |
| 14 | She grabbed the copy of Racing Post that was on the table . |
| 15 | After the concert , Branson explained how difficult it was to sell Oldfield 's music in America ; indeed , the only way Virgin had been able to find an American distributor for his records at all was on the back of a deal made for a new group on the label , XTC — precisely the kind of music Oldfield abhorred . |
| 16 | No one at all was on the beach . |