Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [verb] and [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the spread of trolleybus conversions across West and North London all the older ex-L.C.C. and ex-Metropolitan types of car were scrapped and everything from the London UniteD Tramways was scrapped except the Feltham type modern cars . |
| 2 | Additionally , the aforementioned bank of LEDs indicates which mode is selected , whether or not the TriAxis 's effects loop is engaged and which of the preamp 's outboard switches is activated . |
| 3 | The smile on her sweet mouth quickly faded though the moment the door was opened and she at once took in the unusual pallor of Cara 's skin and the fact that , if she was n't mistaken , her dear sister had recently been crying . |
| 4 | The concern , though , was always with where the music was going and which of its layers were propelling it , so that the occasional sudden stillnesses became a real opening-up of another dimension in the music 's workings and vision , not just a refuelling stop for the orchestra . |
| 5 | All the advantages of natural monopoly are achieved and none of the disadvantages , because their pricing structure is optimal given the breakeven constraint . |
| 6 | Where the middle contract was overpriced , relative to the near contract , one middle contract was sold and one near contract purchased . |
| 7 | Then a dreadful thing happened , or so I heard , for they had left the farm by then , ; the poor Rector — I expect it was his own doing , for they say he drank far too much — set fire to himself in bed one night , and the house was burnt and he with it . |