Example sentences of "the [noun sg] was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The schoolmistress was ‘ quite inefficient ’ and was also to go , but the porter was to be admonished only . |
| 2 | And what the response was to it because , well I I did try it merely sort of to experience it , and I do n't think that it was an addictive experience and |
| 3 | And the conclusion of that is we go for a criteria based approach for the time being , see see what the response was to that er and nothing was said about identifying the site as such . |
| 4 | Sir Marcus Fox , the powerful chairman of the Tory backbenchers , suggested that the Premier was in need of a break and his Government in need of a tougher approach . |
| 5 | ‘ I got the clear impression the majority was in favour of Prime Suspect , ’ he said . |
| 6 | ‘ I got the clear impression the majority was in favour of Prime Suspect , ’ he said . |
| 7 | In the Liberal cabinet the majority was against allowing the PLA and Lord Devonport to be coerced by the Transport Workers Federation into a settlement ; Lloyd George and Haldane would have preferred a minimum wage for all dock workers and disliked Devonport 's intransigence , but were outvoted . |
| 8 | Frequently , the soundtrack was of higher quality than both plot and script — as Ice-T observed when piecing together ‘ Pimps , Players And Private Eyes ’ , a currently in-demand import compilation that features ten of the most potent soundtrack cuts from blaxploitation 's golden age , thus fulfilling a life-long ambition . |
| 9 | The hiss was clear on MW and LW while the calculator was within a few feet of the set , but not on FM . |
| 10 | The boiler was like an upright wooden barrel banded with copper . |
| 11 | They were extravagantly to his advantage , save when she lowered her voice to sigh , tapping her left side familiarly : " And all overclouded by this , you know — all at the mercy of a weakness — ( 9 ) Pemberton gathered that the weakness was in the region of the heart ( 10 ) . |
| 12 | This impression is backed up by the following sentence , which stands out as being the shortest and most straightforward sentence in the extract : Pemberton gathered that the weakness was in the region of the heart ( 10 ) . |
| 13 | These express the content of Pemberton 's inner consciousness : " Pemberton gathered that the weakness was in the region of the heart " ( 10 ) : " he would have liked to hear the figure of his salary " ( 3 ) . |
| 14 | Reveille for the remainder was at 0600 , as the transit camp we had been living in for the fortnight had to be handed over to the next inhabitants spick and span . |
| 15 | Half of the amount was destined for housing , public works and other economic assistance , while the remainder was to be made up of export assistance and trade benefits . |
| 16 | F7,000 million of this was to be repaid over six years ( with a three-year grace period ) , while the remainder was to be paid back by the end of 1989 . |
| 17 | The remainder was to be raised by the issuing of one-year bonds which would be redeemed by smaller tax increases than originally proposed . |
| 18 | Half the country 's state enterprises were to be privatized by end-1993 , a large proportion of the remainder was to be converted into wholly state-owned joint stock companies , competition was to be promoted , agriculture modernized , a sound banking system created , and a modern tax and budgetary system implemented . |
| 19 | Under the agreement half of the Chimanes forest was designated a " permanent production zone " i.e. available for " sustainable forestry " , while the remainder was to be a research area . |
| 20 | The unity was in the past and resided in the present and our devotion to Jesus . |
| 21 | The shield was of blue enamel . |
| 22 | Now the suite was in my name , so I was charged with possession of all these drugs , and with assault , and with a lot of other charges like operating a dive , running a disorderly house and all silly charges which were dropped the following day . |
| 23 | For studies of ICJ transit , with this method , a value of 1 indicated that all the isotope was in the first 4 cm of ileum ; a value of 6 indicated that all isotope was in the caecum or colon . |
| 24 | Two men thought to be about 19 struck when the 18year-old was on his way from work in Crown Street , Darlington , with the firm 's takings . |
| 25 | So in that case all we can say is that the link was between Nick |
| 26 | ‘ The Prince was on a dahabeeyah last night coming back from Karnak and someone fell overboard . ’ |
| 27 | Angry though the prince was about this , he was still trying to repair the damage which had been done to Russo-Bulgarian relations when Roumelian irredentists took the game out of his hands . |
| 28 | The Prince was in his cups , yet I thought it strange because the porter from Godstowe Priory did not arrive until the early hours of the morning . ’ |
| 29 | The Prince was in Swindon to see the work of local youngsters taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh 's Award Scheme . |
| 30 | A breath on the flames , and there would be fire from end to end of the march ; and the Prince was in urgent but still friendly correspondence with King Henry in the effort to settle the dissensions peacefully and without affront to either Welsh or English honour . |