Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] was [noun] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first time in her life Horatia was terrified of Rossmayne There was insanity in his eyes , and she knew without a doubt that at that moment he wanted to murder her . |
| 2 | " Whatever it was you said to him has caused him to cancel the work I was doing for him . |
| 3 | Gerry , a member of the Belfast Telegraph staff for 25 years , and previously with the Irish News , underwent a quadruple heart by-pass operation in 1983 but within a week he had started writing his column again from his hospital bed — a column which was part of his life . |
| 4 | For a long moment there was silence between them as she stared unseeingly down at her own hand caught in his surprisingly tender grasp . |
| 5 | For a brief moment there was recognition in his eyes and he reached for he hand , pulling back before the contact was made . |
| 6 | With his few belongings it was home to him wherever he went . |
| 7 | After six years it was time for me to move on to Debenham High School . |
| 8 | ‘ You must be mad , insane , ’ Agnes almost yelled at her , only to clap a hand over her mouth and glance towards the door as if expecting it to open and her mother to appear ; and for a while there was silence between them , except for the slight moaning sound coming from Jessie . |
| 9 | For a while there was silence between them . |
| 10 | and she goes why , I goes well every time I got , when I went out the other night and when I come in the other night there was Helena with her arms round Andrew , so it 's not that I , I 'm worried about it but I just think it 's a bit tarty of her cos she 's fancies the pants off Pete and as soon as my back 's turned and Pete is n't there she 's all over Andrew . |
| 11 | In the province of the night there was harmony between us . |
| 12 | These he carried home , partly because the little room lacked storage space , partly to appease the secretive , magpie instinct which was part of his nature : he loved to keep , hide , obfuscate , cover his tracks ; he had fantasies in the watches of the night of other scholars stealing a march on him and publishing the definitive study of Walter Machin first ( though how that would be possible , in view of his privileged position , he would have been hard put to it to say ) . |
| 13 | Was it a Government commitment which was part of their manifesto ? |
| 14 | Since then she has written to tell us of her first reply and we thought you 'd also be interested in some of the suggestions that came in , including Dee Murton 's account of the origin of these cardboard cones which was news to us . |
| 15 | After the fun and games of the Cheranganis it was time for something a bit more serious , so we headed for Mount Elgon , in the far west of the country , straddling the border between Kenya and Uganda . |
| 16 | Some lenders have already had their fingers burnt and have had to write off loans and lose their investments , rather than take on responsibility for contaminated land which was part of their security . |
| 17 | The Abyssinians , as Monophysites , owed allegiance to the Patriarch of Alexandria ; he alone could appoint the Abuna who was head of their Church . |
| 18 | There were still tears in her eyes , but for the first time that weekend there was colour in her cheeks as well . |
| 19 | Before the law received Royal Assent there was resistance to its implementation . |
| 20 | In my judgment there was evidence upon which the learned judge could conclude that Mr Carey and Miss Burrow were living in the premises with leave of the respondent and that during the period of his occupation Mr Carey was not in adverse possession . |
| 21 | Most evenings after dinner there was music at his Headquarters in Stenay , with the Crown Prince himself sometimes playing the violin , at which he was a fair performer . |
| 22 | Instead of fire there was ice in her veins . |
| 23 | In fact it was papier-mache on which someone had done a skilful paint job . |