Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [was/were] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Therefore , I must say that Wedgwood 's response was like a breath of fresh air . |
| 2 | Noah 's faith was in a God Who makes promises and keeps them . |
| 3 | The dead merchant 's skin was like the cold scales of a fish . |
| 4 | Sunday 's play was of a high standard with two semi finals going to extra time , then penalties . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | There was a band of decisions and you had to say that the parent 's decision was outside the band of reasonableness . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The play 's story was about the change in men which can break deadlock and bring teamwork . |
| 10 | But Elizabeth 's presence had been chilling ; Mary 's presence was of a different quality . |
| 11 | Children 's shit was of no use to anyone . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I suspect that S.A.S. casualties ( like those of other special forces ) suffered from the peculiar problem that many of those wearing the regiment 's badge were on the strength of another formation . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | Signe 's apartment was in a small block built over a row of shops . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The commander of the East Indiaman Woodcott , Captain Ninian Lowis , married the daughter of a prominent Stirlingshire freeholder , John Monro of Auchenbowie , and thereafter the voyages of Auchenbowie 's son-in-law were of no small concern to the county member , Sir Thomas Dundas . |
| 18 | One might claim Simon 's heart was in the right place , but his head — so it appeared to Markby — was all over the place . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Then Susan 's monster was in the square , towering above Daine 's statue . |
| 21 | The lute 's heyday was during the Renaissance and the last solo music for lute was composed by J S Bach around 1720 . |
| 22 | She knew Ken 's mind was on a new arrangement of ‘ I Do n't Mean Maybe ’ . |
| 23 | A Sechem 's mind was like a sponge , soaking up information until a connection could be made between apparently unrelated areas of scientific fact . |
| 24 | Yanto 's mind was in a turmoil when he reached home that night . |
| 25 | Grant 's mind was in a whirl as he sought desperately for a way out . |
| 26 | Laura 's mind was in a whirl as she gazed at him silently for a moment . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Jane Leeson went into the photographic studio and told her husband that Lowell 's girlfriend was in the reception area . |
| 29 | From the start , they had worked together like brothers , with respect and affection , and Coleman 's grief was in no way lightened by a suspicion that the killers might have fingered Asmar through him . |
| 30 | Concurrent Computer Corp saw third quarter net profit up 15.2% at $1.0m on sales up 2.2% at $56.1m ; net for the nine months was $2.7m , down from $60.1m , but last year 's figure was after a $61.1m gain on early repayment of debt , on sales off 3.1% at $164.8m . |