Example sentences of "[noun sg] the [noun sg] was [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case the grimace was on the face of the rev . |
| 2 | If , therefore , in the present case the revenue was under no contractual obligation to repay the money , and had refused to exercise such residuary discretion as it had to repay , it is difficult to see on what ground its refusal to repay could have been challenged , except on very narrow grounds such as bad faith : cf. the Chetnik case [ 1988 ] A.C. 858 , 873g , per Lord Bridge of Harwich . |
| 3 | Er they used to march us round the playground you see and er I was in the back row and of course the teacher was at the front more or less . |
| 4 | His passionate involvement with it had been sharpened by the realisation that owing to Géricault 's heavy use of bitumen the picture was in a very poor condition . |
| 5 | This advice was ignored , and throughout the pamphlet the emphasis was on the sovereignty of the people . |
| 6 | In syphilis the disease affected the outside of the genitalia with sores and ulcers , while in gonorrhoea the infection was on the inside . |
| 7 | So : the bread-soda the bread-soda was on the list for Hanlon 's — Hanlon 's pony cart delivered in the morning , bringing the groceries . |
| 8 | On the south wall the memorial was for the infantry regiments . |
| 9 | In the dimming day the skyscape was like a miniature Grangemouth but sweeter smelling . |
| 10 | Ian Drummond , prosecuting for the RSPCA , told the court the house was in a horrendous state . |
| 11 | The delay , such as it was , was not unjustifiable ; the chances of prejudice were remote ; the degree of potential prejudice was small ; the powers of the judge and the trial process itself would have provided ample protection for the respondent ; there was no danger of the trial being unfair ; in any event the case was in no sense exceptional so as to justify the ruling . |
| 12 | The delay , such as it was , was not unjustifiable ; the chances of prejudice were remote ; the degree of potential prejudice was small ; the powers of the judge and the trial process itself would have provided ample protection for the respondent ; there was no danger of the trial being unfair ; in any event the case was in no sense exceptional so as to justify the ruling . |
| 13 | By midnight the moon was over the house , full |
| 14 | London Underground said last night the station was in the process of being evacuated at the time of the blast . |
| 15 | By the time they had reached his flat the sun was under the yard-arm . |
| 16 | When Chola got up in the morning the hut was like a dark capsule afloat in mist . |
| 17 | In that sense the child was like the world of Chung Kuo . |
| 18 | Chepstow is renowned for its soft ground and even two weeks ago after a prolonged drought the going was on the soft side . |
| 19 | During the 16th century the mill was in the hands of various members of the Hone family , later passing to the clothier , Thomas Tayloe , from whom the mill took one of its best-remembered names . |
| 20 | By the beginning of the 19th century the site was in the hands of Thomas England but shortly afterwards was leased and run by members of the Austin family . |
| 21 | In a way the forest was like a chapel . |
| 22 | The proof the pudding was in the eating . |
| 23 | You see the primary was in the one side and the high school the secondary was in the other . |
| 24 | Some of those who had absconded , and some women who were brought before the Board , were taken to the magistrate 's and on the Sunday evening after Christmas the house was in a very disturbed state so far that we did not think it prudent to assemble for Divine Worship . ’ |
| 25 | By Christmas the party was in a furore , with the Cecils and Stanleys agitating against the new policy . |
| 26 | By this time the structure was in a rundown condition . |
| 27 | For much of this time the country was in a continual state of war , with the Moors in the south and the Christians in the north constantly invading each others ' borders . |
| 28 | This time the subsidy was in the form of an annual tax payable for two years , with the rates on a sliding scale as before . |
| 29 | You held your hand still on the page and you traced around each finger , and all the little contours of your finger joints were captured , and you would go around a few times , and each time the pencil was at a slightly different angle , so you got this aura of your hand , that was so much more accurate than you could ever draw , and all you had to do was put in the fingernails and the little wrinkles on the backs of your fingers and you really had something ? |
| 30 | By this time the government was of the opinion that difficulties which arose in relations between clergy and peasants sprang not merely from the economic arrangements on which the livelihood of priests depended , but from the priests ' character . |