Example sentences of "mind was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What really stands out in my mind was the homage that was instantly paid to a good poem and the individual who had written it . ’ |
| 2 | Another change which took place with the anticipated increase in continental traffic in mind was the merger of Railfreight Distribution with the former BRB subsidiary Freightliners Ltd in 1988 . |
| 3 | At the back of his mind was the fear that he had been given too much air , that his lungs could not sustain the pressure , that they would collapse as Commander Barnwell 's had collapsed . |
| 4 | Fresh in the market 's mind was the shambles which has engulfed TVS following its expensive foray into the American television market . |
| 5 | Emerging in his mind was the thought that he might become a writer . |
| 6 | A major problem for those wishing to persuade Mrs Thatcher to change her mind was the time constraint imposed by the leadership election rules . |
| 7 | And somewhere tucked away at the back of one 's mind was the knowledge that every crystal in the vast whiteness , though too small for the human eye to see , was fashioned like a flower or a star . |
| 8 | What he obviously had in mind was the manoeuvre carried out by horsemen displaying their skill at a gymkhana . |
| 9 | The least marked to her mind was the Leader . |
| 10 | Yet the sound that dinned most irritatingly into Marian 's mind was the calling of the cuckoo that seemed to follow them , now near , now far , throughout the day . |
| 11 | But at the back of the yet-to-be father 's mind was the belief that his professional life would continue while his wife did some mothering . |
| 12 | The only person who came to mind was the Substitute , but years of battling with arrogant , ambitious magistrates had taken their toll and he smiled ruefully at himself for having such a peculiar idea . |
| 13 | My mind was the furthest away it could be to playing singles , so I pulled out of a couple of tournaments . |
| 14 | His mind was the richest repository of the past : he had been a child oblate at Canterbury before the Conquest ; he had heard all the gossip of the older monks as a child , and he remembered as an adult all that he had heard . |
| 15 | In an attempt to offer practical guidance on the meaning of the distinction , the Minister of Trade in the Committee stage , suggested that what the government had in mind was the difference between ‘ day-to-day knowledge ’ and ‘ knowledge of important factors which , when revealed to the market , [ would ] shift the price [ of the shares ] ’ . |
| 16 | Paramount in his mind was the thought of his daughter . |
| 17 | The relation of this excess to the present study has a rather complicated history — with the excess near Sellafield , it originally suggested the population mixing hypothesis , but what was then in mind was the mixing connected with the nuclear industry ; an analogy with a new town was drawn . |
| 18 | I recall clearly the photograph of the pit-head that appeared in the newspaper next day ; but the impression etched indelibly into my four-year-old mind was the sight I beheld on the Sunday following . |
| 19 | Somewhere in the back of his mind was the knowledge that Legion wanted the woman kept alive , but the sight of Kreig 's ears had given Ardamal a thirst , and he needed to slake it . |
| 20 | On my visits I watched his development with delight but the occasion which stays in my mind was the following Christmas Day , a year from his arrival . |
| 21 | But predominant in her mind was the unsettling effect her companion seemed to be having on her . |
| 22 | At the back of her mind was the thought that he might be with someone else . |
| 23 | At the back of her mind was the half-formed worry that William was with her only for what he could get . |
| 24 | She was very good at giving Bible classes , but in Angel 's mind was the face of the pretty milkmaid who hardly ever thought of God . |
| 25 | He did not have time now to investigate his own feelings , but somewhere at the back of his mind was the thought that he was , himself , no idealist . |
| 26 | She was taking eight months ' leave without pay from Coronation , but in the back of her mind was the odd feeling that she would n't be going back , and she did n't quite know what it meant . |
| 27 | She had faced a certain amount of humiliation again at the hands of that wretched Marie , but the thing that stayed in her mind was the feel of Alain 's arms and the tang of his skin . |
| 28 | But as she hurried up the stairs to the sanctuary of her bedroom , what filled her mind was the stark , appalling thought of the treachery she had so nearly perpetrated on herself . |
| 29 | At the back of my mind was the feeling that I would bump into you in the street . |
| 30 | Ruth wanted it never to end but always in the back of her mind was the thought that it must . |