Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [pron] was [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Within the workforce , unemployment was greater among immigrants from the New Commonwealth and Pakistan than it was among native-born citizens or those from other European countries . |
| 2 | Her name was Nellie and she was in the same class as me at school and her family had not long moved into the neighbourhood . |
| 3 | " She 'd gone to see her parents in Hilderbridge and I was with mine in Jackley . " |
| 4 | They played golf every Saturday if it was at all possible . |
| 5 | After leaving the church Dalgliesh went briefly back to the Yard to pick up his files on Theresa Nolan and Diana Travers and it was after midday before he arrived at 62 Campden Hill Square . |
| 6 | When I knew it , in 1941 , I was a newly commissioned , very nervous officer billeted up the road in a cotton-mill-owner 's abandoned mansion on a hillside in a suburb called Ramsbottom ( locally known as Tupsarse because it was at the ‘ end of everything ’ ) . |
| 7 | ‘ I broke my engagement to David Markham because I was in love with someone else . ’ |
| 8 | I do n't know what happened at this particular gig , but I know it was his home town — it was the most important gig to David because it was in front of a home crowd . |
| 9 | But did you prefer being in Llaneilian as it was near home ? |
| 10 | Right so , you know , there are those who would teach that Jesus he would die for our sins and he 's forgiven us sins , but only those who come to him , Jesus died for the sin of the whole world , for every man , woman , boy and girl that has ever lived or ever will live , he died for the sin of the whole world , not just for those even who lived after his death , that 's why it talks about in the Old Testament people like Abraham looking for that day , and so Jesus who in , when he died , because he 's eternal , so we 've got the problems with time , God has n't got problems with time , he 's eternal and so his sacrifice , the sacrifice of him on the cross was effective for Abraham as it is for you , it was as effective for David as it was for Paul otherwise Abraham would never of had his sins forgiven because what happened with all the sacrifice with all the little lambs that were killed and all the goats and all the rest they only acted as a covering for sin , did n't take them away , it covered them , what for , until the moment when Jesus would come and would take those sins away and so when you think of David 's sin , his adultery and his murder , how does he get forgiven for that because Jesus died from the cross and he takes upon himself David 's sin and he takes upon him Abraham 's sin and Noah 's sin and Adam 's sin , just as much as your sin and the person who will be born in ten years time their sin also , all our sins er as Gloria just read there from , from one John to two they were all of him he has died for every one , well that 's his humiliation , hurry along quickly now his exhortation , the period from Jesus 's resurrection onward is referred to as to the , as the state of exhortation , now what does that term mean , well as Jesus according to his divine nature has always been , he was always every where , now in his human nature , before , be , sorry it 's not , it 's not on that one , but before he , he came to earth , he was every where , he was God , he was , he was omnia present that means he was every where at the same time , but he takes upon himself he 's su , he 's , he 's human nature and he takes upon himself the limitations and when Jesus is walking down second avenue in , in Jerusalem he 's not in Nazareth that 's why there were times when people came to er , to , to , came rushing out because they heard that Jesus was passing by , see he was n't there resident with them , he passed by , now he 's gone back to heaven and where is he , he 's in heaven , he , er whereabouts , where do you think Jesus is now , that resurrected body that was glorified that has gone back to heaven , where do you think it is |
| 11 | No but er I saw Heidi when I was on my way down to the grubber and Heidi had a slightly massive armful of chocolate , I was going what are you doing , she said I 've got ta go and make Sophie sick |
| 12 | The elderly voice , half a challenge and half a tease , came down the telephone to Molly as she was in the middle of giving Jacqueline her supper . |
| 13 | There were rumours after he had a stroke last March that he was on the brink of retirement and that he wished to go . |
| 14 | She should have told Mrs Trotter that she was in no condition to deliver forty dinners , obstructed at every turn by Miss Poraway . |
| 15 | The warm reception given to Project 90 , designed by John Heffernan and Ken Greenley , provided positive proof to Ward that he was on the right track in his long-term strategy of building a separate and much stronger image for the Bentley marque . |
| 16 | Indeed , Alcuin had advised Offa that it was in order for Aethelheard to be consecrated on 21 July 793 by Archbishop Hygeberht , now the senior metropolitan . |
| 17 | She was no more a disciple of Churchill than she was of Heath . |
| 18 | Then he finally — after months of trying — convinced ex-Bros and Pet Shop Boys manager Tom Watkins that he was worth more than one ‘ embarrassed ’ business meeting . |
| 19 | The invention of the wheel may be one of the landmarks of the forward march of humankind , but there were still parts of eighteenth-century England where it was of scant practical value . |
| 20 | If so , it is certain that the quality of the professional advice will not be any better in Scotland than it was in England and Wales . |
| 21 | They told Karen that she was in no danger now . |
| 22 | In Los Alamos the doctors told Karen that she was in no danger . |
| 23 | Misys Plc , which said in January that it was in talks that could lead to it acquiring Burns Anderson Independent Network Plc ( CI No 2,081 ) , said yesterday that it had not been able to agree terms for the acquisition and that negotiations had therefore been terminated . |
| 24 | One breed that seemed capable of handling any distraction was the Connemara and it was from that section that both Champion and Reserve came . |
| 25 | In the thirties the business expanded , with further branches opening in the North of England and Scotland and it was at this point that the name Beaverbrooks was adopted . |
| 26 | King William appointed John Dalrymple as his representative and adviser in Scotland with the post of Secretary for Scotland and it was from that position of power that he influenced the machinations that led to the massacre in Glencoe . |
| 27 | Catalonia had possessed only a small section of a textile industry scattered all over Spain but it was round Barcelona that the cotton factory made its appearance . |
| 28 | The earlier she was killed , the better it looks for Willard because he was in college till gone five , right ? ’ |
| 29 | Handsome stations were built on the line eastwards from Colombo towards Galle because it was along that coast that lawyers and civil servants had their bungalows . |
| 30 | Prince later wrote to Gould when he was in Australia , complaining that Alfred Newton had been ‘ far , far too complimentary ’ about Lear 's part in the publication , ‘ particularly when we know that most of the subscribers are of the opinion that his plates are almost the only exceptionable part of your work . ’ |