Example sentences of "[prep] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes the they were much the same as they are now but er , of course the one nearest was the er spraying hanger , that 's where they used to build the Swallow side-cars , the main office building there 's a large hanger with large sliding doors at the back of there which used to house the erm experimental department for the Harvard Aircraft and erm they used to operate the flight gang from there getting the planes ready to go up to be actually tested , and then the next hanger up was very much er starting from scratch and finishing the aircraft structurally you know . |
| 2 | Pipeline was easy to judge since it was basically a one-manoeuvre event : what everyone was after was the tube . |
| 3 | The Attorney-General also had to establish that the information complained of was the subject matter of the pending action against the Guardian and the Observer . |
| 4 | ‘ Better files than people , I told him , but that did not interest him : all he could think of was the files . ’ |
| 5 | When Philip woke , the first thing he thought of was the pheasants . |
| 6 | All he could think of was the small , dark , murderous hole . |
| 7 | And whatever else the decor was or the show was that night , whatever city we were all supposed to be in , one thing that was always the same and that Madame never got rid of was the ceiling . |
| 8 | All he would have been aware of was the ball and the net . ’ |
| 9 | In the summer of 1991 , I had another mink film to make — this time for Wildlife on One — and the first place I thought of was the logjam on the River Usk . |
| 10 | The first thing I was conscious of was the smell ; I 'd ceased to notice it when I was in and out all the time , but after a week away from it , it hit me in the face . |
| 11 | All she could think of was the two of them , and her suspicion that he was right about her . |
| 12 | One thing she was sure of was the purpose of her husband 's visit here . |
| 13 | All he was aware of was the deathly cold of the gun barrel . |
| 14 | I could not understand at the time why they thought we were Germans , but I later discovered that they knew we were people from a border and the only border they could think of was the one with Austria , which for them was the same as Germany . |
| 15 | If the petitioner has received any payment from the debtor since the petition was presented or the debtor has entered into an arrangement with the petitioner for the securing or compounding of the debt , the affidavit must state what dispositions of property the debtor has made so as to pay the debt or secure or compound for it , whether any property disposed of was the property of the debtor himself or some other person , and if the property was that of the debtor himself , whether the disposition was made with the approval of the court ( r 6.32(2) ) . |
| 16 | We when you say on the bottom , sort of was the bottom put on the side slightly ? |
| 17 | Another sideline of this erm little secondary education section that erm Arthur was in charge of was the library and erm the Library Sub Committee he erm had to look out for much to the annoyance of erm Bill who was the librarian at the time |
| 18 | The only bit of the picture she was sure of was the leaves , the outline of the hills and the brand new moon . |
| 19 | It was a trick she 'd learned long ago ; if you bit hard enough all you could think of was the pain ; the misery and sorrow , in that instance , faded into insignificance . |
| 20 | All she could think of was the panic on the other woman 's face when she 'd seen her . |
| 21 | She should be pleased and excited , but all she could think of was the complications it would add to her life . |
| 22 | She leaned on the fence , wrapped her coat more closely round her body and tried to assimilate something of the tranquillity of the night , but all she could think of was the hurt in Barney 's eyes and the stiffness of his voice . |
| 23 | What Busacher was suddenly aware of was the orchestra . |
| 24 | And all I could think of was the way that baby had felt in my arms , and inside I was hating God for doing this to me . ’ |
| 25 | Crazily , then , as her glance rested fleetingly on his handsome mouth , all she could think of was the way that fabulous mouth had touched hers . |
| 26 | The simple act of losing herself in a live stage performance seemed impossible , when all she could think of was the sheer heaven of spending time alone with Guy again . |
| 27 | The last big family to live name of was the original er well the last big family and it 's now owned by er er Barbara Cartland 's brother , chap named John |
| 28 | She was right , it was perfect , but what I looked like was the least of my problems . |
| 29 | One of the myths Eleanor would speak against was the idea that socialists wanted to have women in common , and the men who made these accusations , she said , were the owners of the means of production anyway . |
| 30 | The largest homogeneous group voting in favour was the urban middle class and that against was the rural poor . |