Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why there is so much stress in Luke 's account of the life of Jesus that his deeds and words were at the inspiration of the Spirit ( Luke 4:1,14 ; 10:21 ; 23:46 , etc . ) . |
| 2 | Although the yolk sac will still be evident , there will not be a great deal of nutritious value left in it , as they will have been used up while the fry were in the pit developing . |
| 3 | When the AA van arrived they informed him they could not take his car home unless he or his girlfriend were in the recovery van . |
| 4 | I was either being kerb-crawled or a bunch of Quo fans were after the jacket . |
| 5 | Do you know the American President and his adviser were in the malai capital at the time ? ’ |
| 6 | I was never thin like that and your father was a great big man , his legs were like the trunk of a tree . ’ |
| 7 | The stables were at the back of a courtyard and there was a crowd outside the door . |
| 8 | Millett J had to deal with the argument that it would be a breach of the covenant if the defendant were during the remainder of the period of restraint , to solicit any business of any kind from any company which happened to have been a customer of the plaintiff company during the relevant period . |
| 9 | Unbreakable cups and space shuttles were among the uses of new engineering materials cited by an enthusiastic Dr Ian McColm ( Bradford ) at the NE Region Education Division ( NERED ) teacher 's conference at Sheffield Polytechnic in November . |
| 10 | It was also during this period that we had the strangest set of photographs taken of us , by Peter Christopherson who worked for a design company , Hipgnosis — whose offices were at the back of our Denmark Street HQ — and who later joined Throbbing Gristle , a band best known for tabloid spreads on their occult practices . |
| 11 | Magill 's offices were towards the top of a modest tower on midtown Madison . |
| 12 | Gabriel noticed how grey the hairs were on the back of Woolley 's neck . |
| 13 | The old craft trades were on the whole the first to organize trade societies , giving the labour movement in Scotland a particular character and ( some have argued ) a particular ideology in which the influence of thrift , temperance and respectability was very marked . |
| 14 | The Inland Revenue were of the view " that if income had been paid away it could not be " relevant income " " because it would not be available for providing a benefit " . |
| 15 | The company initially expressed doubts as to their liability to duty but were informed that the revenue were of the opinion that the duties were payable and that they would incur penalties if they did not pay . |
| 16 | Some of the chateau guards were on the curtain walls , forcing back the scaling ladders placed there . |
| 17 | Although he was convinced that there was conclusive evidence that Japanese intelligence organizations were behind the Vietminh and their revolt , he also said that throughout their handling of the situation the French appeared to lack every vestige of imagination but , ‘ provided the French are prepared to deal with the Annamites as human beings and not as chattels for exploitation as in the past , there is every reason to believe that the leading Annamites will not only listen to them , but will help them … ’ |
| 18 | equipment , particularly in regard to such matters as route board brackets and the destination boxes on the ends of the car were of the L.C.C . |
| 19 | During the noisy thirty-fifth anniversary celebrations , when Deng Xiaoping and his reform programme were at the peak of their popularity , few voices of dissent could be heard . |
| 20 | About 10 foreigners were among the victims of political violence in 1989 , with the result that foreign aid workers , archaeologists and tourists increasingly withdrew from or avoided rural areas . |
| 21 | Cups of half-finished tea were on the floor beside their chairs . |
| 22 | By 1980 , 77% of new prescriptions were for the drug ( fig 1 ) . |
| 23 | On closer examination , however , it was immediately clear that Franco did not trust the Falangists in the areas most closely related to the exercise of real power ( i.e. to the control of the force of arms ) : all three defence Ministries were in the hands of military men well known for anti-Falangist political sympathies . |
| 24 | He come flying round that bend near mums and nearly his kids were on the side of the road and he come through there |
| 25 | The kids were in the house and Daddy was up in the roof throwing bikes down . |
| 26 | It should be noted , however , that heads were on the whole reluctant to ascribe much more than moderate success to their coordinators in respect of any of these aims . |
| 27 | Talking Heads were on the radio . |
| 28 | As they walked along , their heads were in the sun while their feet were in the shadow of the hedge . |
| 29 | The potencies of each vaccine ( as measured by an independent World Health Organization [ WHO ] collaborating centre ) were 6.52 , 5.50 , and 5.93 log 1 50% tissue culture infectious dose ( TCID 5 ) of poliovirus types 1 , 2 , and 3 , respectively , per dose ( OPV ) , and 37 , 8 , and 30 D-antigen units per dose of types 1 , 2 , and 3 , respectively ( IPV ) ; these potencies were within the range recommended by WHO . |
| 30 | It remained the main route from the south to Aberdeen until 1800 and Samuel Johnson , Robert Burns and Walter Scott were among the travellers who used the route . |