Example sentences of "[det] was [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was said that um when he was a baby his nurse used to masturbate him in the cradle t to calm him to stop him crying and er apparently this was at that time , so it was believed , quite a common way of of keeping infants quiet . |
| 2 | But as you can see quite clearly from the table , other things were not equal : there was a massive release of liquidity to the private sector from the repayment of public debt ( item 2 ) and an even more massive increase in bank lending ( item 3 ) , although this was to some extent offset by a large increase in the currency flow deficit ( an outflow of funds under item 4 ) . |
| 3 | One recommendation was to rotate sheep through paddocks , but since it involved the return of the sheep to their previously grazed paddocks in the same season , this was of little value . |
| 4 | Whilst this was of some concern to Anne , who relied greatly on Joan , it was of no concern to Joan herself : enthralled by everything she saw , by fairytale glimpses of the capital , the palace and the royal family , she viewed everything and everyone with avid interest . |
| 5 | In this short example , we see the apparently sturdy John ( who has , in effect , chaired the meeting throughout ) struggling through to the expression of his anxiety about the death and burial of animals : this was after much chat and jockeying for position . |
| 6 | This was in many cases brief and some departmental reports were skipped through with little comment being made . |
| 7 | But this was in many ways a blessing . |
| 8 | In 1811 most mule spinners could earn only half of their peak earnings ; even so this was in most cases more than the earnings of fully employed weavers . |
| 9 | ‘ This was in some way part of the whole thing , that I 'd blurt out what I 'd done and she 'd ask to see and I 'd have it on hand to show her . ’ |
| 10 | At that moment this was in some doubt . |
| 11 | This was in some ways just as dramatic as that of the 1980s , if only because of the very large warships — and their great number — being deployed in the area . |
| 12 | This was in any case already known from the fact that statistically significant ear differences in reaction time or accuracy of report have been observed even with monaural stimulus presentation ( for a bibliography see Henry , 1979 ) . |
| 13 | When he looked at her like that she was n't at all sure that this was in any way a ‘ soft ’ assignment . |
| 14 | Secret diplomacy , bribery , the interception of correspondence — none of these was in any way peculiar to the eighteenth century . |
| 15 | Though the latter was at this time a much celebrated amateur artist he was surprised , on arriving , when Minton detached himself from the crowd he was talking with in order to cross the room and greet Cornish by name . |
| 16 | Perhaps because her own was at that time lumpen and awkward she seemed to feel the contrast painfully — such high , generous breasts , such a neat waist , such slender wrists and ankles ! |
| 17 | One bewildered donkey was enough to block off a street — and that was without any help from Owen . |
| 18 | I 'm not quite sure , that was for some reason . |
| 19 | And the horse it came up with this long wooden handle , I do n't know whether it was three or four , I ca n't remember , but that was for some couchgrass . |
| 20 | The worker paid his contribution and that was for own benefit . |
| 21 | ‘ Er … you have n't seen a blue Honda … er , that was on this corner earlier , have you officer ? ’ we asked levelly . |
| 22 | That was at that catalogue . |
| 23 | That was at this end one that er Josie was talking about today . |
| 24 | Although Garvin was shown as his formal superior in terms of the office organization chart , that was to some extent a convenient fiction and the Mamur Zapt had his own lines of communication to the powers that were . |
| 25 | That was in all sorts of trouble , apparently . |
| 26 | That was , that was in that union . |
| 27 | And mother was the last that was in that hearse . |
| 28 | Well we always do , I mean if you 'd use all that was in that cupboard you 'd have half a dozen jumpers |
| 29 | ‘ But that was in another country . ’ |
| 30 | Fornication ; but that was in another country , |