Example sentences of "[noun] was [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | From mid-July the force was in the process of formation , although details of deployments were not publicized . |
| 32 | Luke 's wedding ring was on the table , close to her hand , and her eyes were wide open , like the eyes of someone who has just woken up . |
| 33 | Paul 's ring was on the bedside cabinet , where she 'd placed it , and her handbag … |
| 34 | She rushed indoors , using her choicest language , not realising that Erica was in the orchard . |
| 35 | What brought her to a standstill was the realisation that her bedroom was under the eaves , so that the walls angled sharply towards the ceiling , lending the room a special character . |
| 36 | The master bedroom looked out over one side of the front door and Benny 's bedroom was on the other . |
| 37 | She knew Marek 's bedroom was at the back of the house . |
| 38 | Her bedroom was at the back of the house . |
| 39 | Our bedroom was at the top of a winding staircase and afforded views of the square outside . |
| 40 | Her bedroom was in the basement . |
| 41 | Their bedroom was in the front of the house and looked out over the sea , a vast expanse of blue , sparkling in early morning sunshine . |
| 42 | Can one argue that the bees ' dance is as much a causal consequence of this earlier experience as the bruise was of the bump ? |
| 43 | Speed was of the essence and manpower was limited . |
| 44 | And a that surprises me and concerns me because when this went to District Council 's Environment and Planning Committee first of all speed was of the essence . |
| 45 | My first practical experience in the use of homoeopathic remedies was in the treatment of a child with croup . |
| 46 | Up to the early years of the twentieth century , the typical pattern of foreign investment was of the portfolio type , where private capitalists individually , or through financial organizations , would invest funds in such foreign enterprises such as railways or mines or trading companies , and simply collect the dividends as they came in . |
| 47 | The powder was a pretty strong absorbent mixture and I felt sure it would do the trick , but a week later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
| 48 | I did n't know it at the time but a greater blow awaited me A few days later Mrs Rumney was on the phone again . |
| 49 | The salon was in the Ismailia quarter where all the best hotels were . |
| 50 | And unfortunately , since she could actually hear the machine from the bedroom , it meant that the air-conditioning was on the blink once more ! |
| 51 | The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) reported in mid-February that Kurdistan was on the point of collapse and that hundreds of thousands of people were facing starvation as a result of the Iraqi blockade and the cutting of supply lines to Iran by snow and to Turkey by a lorry strike . |
| 52 | Just before we left , while Dennis was in the loo , I grabbed his wife and kissed her on the mouth . |
| 53 | When it came to cooking the books , Dennis was in the Raymond Blanc class . |
| 54 | ( One of the FPR 's main demands was for the return home of all Rwandan refugees . ) |
| 55 | The highest death toll was on the islands of Kutubdia , Maheshkali , Sandwip and Chakori in the south-east . |
| 56 | An RAF Warrant Officer in the Medical Administration branch , this Veteran was in the war from the start , helping to set up a field hospital . |
| 57 | Donna was on the telephone . |
| 58 | Armed or otherwise , the Hooligan was in the headlines . |
| 59 | By 9.45 pm , 10.00 pm at the very latest , a full episode was in the can , complete with its opening and closing title graphics , all the incidental music , all optical and mechanical effect sequences , even the strange and weird electronic voices of such monsters as the Daleks and the Mechonoids . |
| 60 | so they refused to do it up , well the result was over the years the pot holes down to the sites got bigger and they 're so far off the road from |