Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] was [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faced with that dilemma the plaintiffs chose to endeavour to run the business to an early sale and that is what they did my Lord and er the premises were put back on the market er in the early part of nineteen eighty six and er it is pleaded that er in in paragraph six statement of claim , that in May er a buyer came forward but that sale did not go ahead er because there were unreasonable delays on the part of the purchaser erm and er the deal fell through but then again in July er after the business had ceased trading , another buyer was found and then there was a lengthy period of negotiations at the conclusion of which the sale price was reduced because at that stage the plaintiff 's landlord was going to increase the rent er and the plaintiffs were at that stage under threat of forfeiture and eventually contracts were exchanged on the sixth of November nineteen eighty six the sale price being eighty one thousand five hundred and er completion was on the fifth of December nineteen eighty six . |
| 2 | Well , Mr er er Mr er wife was in the room , there was a child in the room , erm which at the time I did n't even realise there were two children but er there was one child in the room and er really for decency more than anything . |
| 3 | Whereby you know going back a bit it was quite the accepted thing to stand and have a chat for ten , twenty minutes and er life was at a slower pace . |
| 4 | it depended on what the particular er problem was at the time , if something failed after four or five years it was then covered by insurance by the N H B C or by guarantees |
| 5 | ‘ Therefore , I must say that Wedgwood 's response was like a breath of fresh air . |
| 6 | Noah 's faith was in a God Who makes promises and keeps them . |
| 7 | The dead merchant 's skin was like the cold scales of a fish . |
| 8 | Sunday 's play was of a high standard with two semi finals going to extra time , then penalties . |
| 9 | If Lascubé 's play was against the laws , how about the fact that English no.8 Dean Richards punched a French player in the match against England in the Championship last year ? |
| 10 | There was a band of decisions and you had to say that the parent 's decision was outside the band of reasonableness . |
| 11 | He adopted the right test and asked whether in the circumstances this mother 's decision was within the band of what a reasonable mother would do . |
| 12 | It appears that access to the flagpole on the bank 's building was via the bedroom of the young couple who rented the flat above . |
| 13 | The play 's story was about the change in men which can break deadlock and bring teamwork . |
| 14 | But Elizabeth 's presence had been chilling ; Mary 's presence was of a different quality . |
| 15 | Children 's shit was of no use to anyone . |
| 16 | Nelson 's experience was of an organisation that had its regular human share of good soldiers , time-servers , wasters , whiners , climbers , saints , piss-heads and heroes ; and when the pressure was on , probably more of the latter than it was fair to expect . |
| 17 | ‘ So wonderfully pleased and satisfied ’ was he with it that , as Molyneux wrote to Locke , ‘ he has ordered it to be read by the Batchelors in the College , and strictly examines them in their progress therein ’ ; and so it came about that Locke 's masterpiece was on the curriculum which faced George Berkeley , the subject of the next chapter , when he entered Trinity as a student in 1700 . |
| 18 | Signe 's apartment was in a small block built over a row of shops . |
| 19 | Ted 's apartment was in the East Village , an assortment of dank rooms almost devoid of furniture but with a variety of rugs and cushions and mattresses scattered around the floor . |
| 20 | One might claim Simon 's heart was in the right place , but his head — so it appeared to Markby — was all over the place . |
| 21 | One wonders how close the cost of Edward 's internment was to the £15 3s. 4½d. paid to Hugh Brice in 1471 for the cerecloth and spices used to embalm his predecessor , Henry VI . |
| 22 | Then Susan 's monster was in the square , towering above Daine 's statue . |
| 23 | The lute 's heyday was during the Renaissance and the last solo music for lute was composed by J S Bach around 1720 . |
| 24 | She knew Ken 's mind was on a new arrangement of ‘ I Do n't Mean Maybe ’ . |
| 25 | A Sechem 's mind was like a sponge , soaking up information until a connection could be made between apparently unrelated areas of scientific fact . |
| 26 | Yanto 's mind was in a turmoil when he reached home that night . |
| 27 | Grant 's mind was in a whirl as he sought desperately for a way out . |
| 28 | Laura 's mind was in a whirl as she gazed at him silently for a moment . |
| 29 | Becker 's photograph was in the German newspapers yesterday , accompanied by lamentations about his physical condition after a knee injury had caused him to abandon the Classic on Thursday . |
| 30 | Jane Leeson went into the photographic studio and told her husband that Lowell 's girlfriend was in the reception area . |