Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pron] [was/were] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was during this first day of the journey that Tallis realized they were not the only travellers moving north , towards the marshlands . |
| 2 | During the 1650s , England experienced what was probably the freest religious environment of the entire early modern period , within which Protestants who believed in the doctrine of the trinity and refrained from breaking the law were allowed a wide measure of toleration . |
| 3 | G. On the western lowlands Chester ( 58 000 people ) is a central place where the Romans and the Normans defended what was once the lowest bridging point over the River Dee and so also the route into northern Wales . |
| 4 | As a result , Haslam inherited what was then the plastic-film group , which was at an embryonic stage of development . |
| 5 | Peter Alliss reckoned it was probably the end for Ballesteros if he had n't come roaring back by 1992 . |
| 6 | B&I 's UK passenger manager Victor Williams said it was just the start of the company getting into the ‘ super phase mould . ’ |
| 7 | Earlier a drugs worker had given evidence relating to general drugs policies but Sheriff Archibald Bell QC said it was n't the court 's job to listen to critisism of government agencies , local authorities or individuals who were n't represented . |
| 8 | Fintan said it was not the stories but the poteen , and it was only three nights since Cermait had had to be carried to bed . |
| 9 | Morton said it was only the intervention of the Queen which stopped her leaving public life for good . |
| 10 | In an added postscript , Mr Morton said it was only the intervention of the Queen which stopped her leaving public life for good . |
| 11 | Grierson , in fact , lived a singularly carefree and untroubled existence but Talbot thought it was hardly the time to point this out to him . |
| 12 | She leaned heavily on the word ‘ both ’ and Gina knew it was n't the puppy she meant . |
| 13 | John joined what was then the Ministry of Labour and National Service in 1956 . |
| 14 | Margaret knew she was n't the easiest person to live with , she knew she had her mad days , but Dorothy tolerated , accepted , got on with her career . |