Example sentences of "[noun sg] the [noun sg] was [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case the grimace was on the face of the rev . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | This advice was ignored , and throughout the pamphlet the emphasis was on the sovereignty of the people . |
| 4 | In syphilis the disease affected the outside of the genitalia with sores and ulcers , while in gonorrhoea the infection was on the inside . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | On the south wall the memorial was for the infantry regiments . |
| 7 | By midnight the moon was over the house , full |
| 8 | London Underground said last night the station was in the process of being evacuated at the time of the blast . |
| 9 | By the time they had reached his flat the sun was under the yard-arm . |
| 10 | In that sense the child was like the world of Chung Kuo . |
| 11 | Chepstow is renowned for its soft ground and even two weeks ago after a prolonged drought the going was on the soft side . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The proof the pudding was in the eating . |
| 15 | You see the primary was in the one side and the high school the secondary was in the other . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | By the time the interview was over the dogs were all asleep and refused to wake up . |
| 19 | This means that the defect is judged in the light of the scientific and technical knowledge at the time the product was under the control of the person seeking to rely on the defence . |
| 20 | This time the H.Q. was in the old offices of Hiltons , in Ferry Road , and again true to tradition the Five Bells became the unofficial H.Q. |