Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [prep] [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of How 's clients were in court today for what they 'd hoped would be the final day of a complex five week trial . |
| 2 | PEAS capital gains tax savings were of value only to those whose capital gains had in the given year exceeded the free allowance — not a predicament in which the average punter found himself . |
| 3 | There is no reason to suppose that these beautifully caparisoned vessels were in use only round the coast of Thera ; they were probably not intended for long voyages on the open sea , but we can imagine that very similar passenger ships plied round the coasts of Crete , gliding elegantly from bay to bay . |
| 4 | One of these clients was in fact still at home in March 1989 . |
| 5 | Half the visitors were from societies all over the North but the other half were people who came out of interest and curiosity . ’ |
| 6 | In June 1917 his paintings were on exhibition again at the improvised gallery in the Rue Huyghens , where Modigliani , Kisling and Zadkine each had a wall with their works displayed . |
| 7 | The development officers were in post well before the date on which they began to take referrals . |
| 8 | Casualties among some batteries were in fact often at least as high as among the infantry . |
| 9 | We had Eclair and the instructions were in English apart from the opening remarks about opening doors and so on . |
| 10 | Party members were to reregister voluntarily in the new party . |
| 11 | Thus such monarchs were in fact profoundly in touch with reality . |
| 12 | It was held that the sellers were in breach both of the condition that they had the right to sell the goods and also of the warranty of quiet possession . |
| 13 | SHARES were on ice ahead of the Chancellor 's Autumn statement on Thursday . |