Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But my words were to no avail . |
| 2 | 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 . ) . |
| 3 | The coolly spoken words were like a bucket of ice-cold water thrown in her face , but instead of restoring her composure it had the opposite effect of stoking her anger all the more . |
| 4 | Roman 's words were like a drug , pouring over her , evoking those helpless , hypnotic feelings of need and desire and hunger all over again . |
| 5 | His words were like a body-blow . |
| 6 | The words were like a slap in the face . |
| 7 | His words were like a slap across her face . |
| 8 | I was either being kerb-crawled or a bunch of Quo fans were after the jacket . |
| 9 | As he came along the deck his legs were on a level with her eyes . |
| 10 | I was never thin like that and your father was a great big man , his legs were like the trunk of a tree . ’ |
| 11 | The stables were at the back of a courtyard and there was a crowd outside the door . |
| 12 | With the declaration of a state of emergency in four provinces of Lima department on Oct. 24 for the next 30 days [ see p. 36972 ] , one-third of the 182 provinces were under a state of emergency . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I mean these people have had a pay freeze since November nineteen ninety and these grievances were as a result of a new pay structure last year that actually worsened the terms and conditions since nineteen ninety , but till then we 've been making steady progress in getting better improvements and we 've gone backwards . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Magill 's offices were towards the top of a modest tower on midtown Madison . |
| 17 | Gabriel noticed how grey the hairs were on the back of Woolley 's neck . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Some of the chateau guards were on the curtain walls , forcing back the scaling ladders placed there . |
| 20 | Hong Kong officials said negotiations with China to end the dispute were continuing and that the colony 's border guards were in a state of ‘ high alert ’ in preparation for a possible influx . |
| 21 | 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 … ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | By 1980 , 77% of new prescriptions were for the drug ( fig 1 ) . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Loreto did try and upset Portadown 's rhythm with some blatant stick tackling , but both umpires were in no mood to take any nonsense and carded two of the Dubliners . |
| 26 | He come flying round that bend near mums and nearly his kids were on the side of the road and he come through there |
| 27 | The kids were in the house and Daddy was up in the roof throwing bikes down . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Talking Heads were on the radio . |
| 30 | As they walked along , their heads were in the sun while their feet were in the shadow of the hedge . |