Example sentences of "the [noun prp] was [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Tellenor , according to the Jura alien , they have mastered the technique of passing through solid objects — one of the things Mr Marr said was worst about the Tellenoreans was that you never quite knew when they were there . |
| 2 | My first impression of the JMU was that I hope they do n't visit us , ’ admitted Robert Dicketts , South Eastern Society of Chartered Accountants president and partner of Sevenoaks-based Lee Dicketts & Co . |
| 3 | A further condition of the Grant was that we increase |
| 4 | Irene had three much older spinster sisters who adored her , and her one consolation when she was discharged from the Waaf was that she had somewhere to go and three loving sisters to look after her . |
| 5 | The constant complaint of the British Party against the NUWM was that it had failed to use its influence with employed workers and trade unionists . |
| 6 | The problem for the Hamiltons was that there was an obvious alternative . |
| 7 | Even as late as 1970 , the official position as set out by the DES was that they would continue to grow slowly to about 130,000 by 1981 , marginally below the Robbins projection of 131,400 for that year . |