Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Tears stung her eyes a moment at the thought of her sister losing her identity ; Jezrael asked herself if the grief was for Ches or selfishly for her own loss . |
| 32 | From the start , they had worked together like brothers , with respect and affection , and Coleman 's grief was in no way lightened by a suspicion that the killers might have fingered Asmar through him . |
| 33 | Moreover , useful as the clergy 's and particularly Winchelsey 's aid was to the magnates in the summer of 1297 , the laity had been encouraged to think that the clergy , especially because they did not fight , should bear a significant share of the financial costs of defence . |
| 34 | After reports in the Washington Post that the ICRC and UN field workers had hired several thousand local " mercenaries " to protect food distribution operations , the ICRC on May 8 issued a statement to the effect that " local relief committees " organized by the clans and sub-clans were acting as a " police force " ; a small amount of the food aid was to be given them as " food for work " . |
| 35 | Aid was to be distributed by non-governmental organizations " both local and international " , as well as by " the competent local authorities " . |
| 36 | He stressed that the aid was in recognition of the moves in both countries toward economic reform and democracy . |
| 37 | The aid was in addition to grants of US$553,400,000 announced earlier in the month . |
| 38 | My own background before joining Christian Aid was in adult education , in both the tertiary education sector , and in the nonformal sector . |
| 39 | From them I learned that the coronation was to be on the day after next , and not in three weeks . |
| 40 | Er and this this case the there was a fire in a flat , the chap had gone out to work , we did n't know he 'd gone out to work , so we broke First of all we informed the fire brigade was on the way , we broke down the door , quick look in the flat , best possible way we could look , and the fire brigade turned up and dealt with the flat . |
| 41 | Niki 's three hard-earned points made the score 64 to 47 and the race was no sooner ended than the Ferrari dirty-tricks brigade was at work again in Paris , wrapping up their exclusion of Hunt from the podium at Brands Hatch . |
| 42 | Discipline in the Jewish Brigade was of a sort unknown in any conventional army : |
| 43 | The Fire Brigade was to be asked to instruct the officers in the use of the appliances . |
| 44 | A special army brigade was to be formed to control the missiles , which would replace the ageing S-3 ( Pluton ) models . |
| 45 | New stock was of course required for the proposed Thameslink service , and Chris Green formally accepted the first Class 319 dual-voltage unit at BREL York on 2 September . |
| 46 | The project concentrates on a period during which the rapidly acquired industrial stock was to be put into efficient use by inexperienced labour and management . |
| 47 | After a survey of 140 local authorities , the RIBA concluded that the total backlog of repairs and maintenance work to the public sector housing stock was in excess of £10 billion . |
| 48 | But the the the railway stock was in such a bad state , that that 's when people started the real activists of the Labour movement really started talking about confiscation instead of compensation . |
| 49 | The march might be a girdle of lawless palatines , only elusively within reach of the King 's justice , but the shadow of royal displeasure was at least a curb there ; but Gwynedd , though it formerly owned Henry as suzerain , was a free principality , and could harbour runaways and make short work of captured felons with impunity . |
| 50 | One of Syl 's ways of expressing displeasure was by tightening the purse strings . |
| 51 | He looks at her in fear : ‘ the cleft was like a dumb , stupid mouth . ’ |
| 52 | Indeed , not only was there a tremendous rapport between the members of the company , there was also a recognizable repartee between them , led by Ken , which was so fast that unless he actually knew the language , a stranger was in foreign territory . |
| 53 | Canadian international Forrest , 24 , faces a three-match ban after referee Ron Groves confirmed the red card was for serious foul play . |
| 54 | His cheque card was on the table . |
| 55 | He says the card was in the name of the Rt Hon Norman Lamont , and the Chancellor simply signed as Norman Lamont . |
| 56 | The card was in the door , and you rang him up anyway |
| 57 | The original deal was for the same time and same sum , but the difference now is that the new contract covers rugby only for the age bracket between 16 and 18 . |
| 58 | The initial deal was for the release of two singles and a potential album deal which has yet to be finalised . ’ |
| 59 | So in Banbury and in Newport local Unionists were assured that the deal was for one election only . |
| 60 | Dixie says the deal was for three . |