Example sentences of "and [subord] [noun] was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like so many others , Baron de Tracy knew which way the wind blew and where gain was to be had . |
| 2 | Japan 's money policy had to tighten sharply , if the yen were not to collapse and if inflation was to be kept under control . |
| 3 | And if Jude was on the line , who the fuck was he fucking ? |
| 4 | And while Roosevelt was to some extent restrained by the State Department and , even more , after the US had recognized de Gaulle 's government in October , 1944 , by considerations of reconstituting France as at least a European power , there was , on the operational level , a situation developing in southern China , in which the US was involved , which would affect the fortunes of the Vietnamese revolutionaries , their appearance , their standing with other Vietnamese patriots , and their ability to influence future events . |
| 5 | She looked like your mother whom you 'd loved , but whom you 'd lost — and while Doreen was near your mother seemed to be not so far away . |
| 6 | Er we 're limited with people and while Brian was in the verge of moving it which the electrics all had to be took out and rerun , he got called away , down to the pre-packs to a breakdown so obviously it did n't get done , the job stopped cos there 's nobody else . |
| 7 | The springs sagged in the middle and before night was over all four bodies were entangled in a heap in the middle . |
| 8 | Anna became very active and efficient running charities and committees ; Constanza took a shift at a canteen , and after Italy was in the war she got a job in a ministry , real work , and she did it ; for what it was worth . |
| 9 | Canon Anthony Harvey , sub-dean at Westminster Abbey , said in an article in Theology magazine that the Church should rethink its attitude to extra-marital sex and whether marriage was for life . |
| 10 | Stephen stepped through the French windows and when Kate was in the drawing-room with him he stood in the opening , one hand on the frame of the window , to prevent the older boy from entering . |
| 11 | He was moody all the time , with a flashing temper , and when Changez was at home , nursing his bad arm , Anwar came to me as I worked in the store-room . |
| 12 | I know that she spent a lot of time writing alone in her room ; and when Anne was at home , she and Emily often talked and wrote about the world of Gondal together . |
| 13 | Alwin Schockemohle used to say that the palms of his hands always sweated when he was near a good horse , and when Arthur was about his hands were permanently wet . ’ |