Example sentences of "the car was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long before she reached the place , the car was stopped by the military . |
| 2 | The car was in Cairo and belonged to my brother , who was working there on a six-month contract . |
| 3 | The car was bashed in [ but ] there were no injuries . |
| 4 | Research indicated greater concern in Italy with road handling and performance , and the car was launched there as ‘ citizen of the world ’ a comfortable car with good road-handling capabilities . |
| 5 | Research showed that Swedish customers were concerned about safety , and so the car was launched in Sweden with a campaign that emphasised safety mechanisms . |
| 6 | The car was an old Morris Minor It did n't even have a radio fitted . |
| 7 | The car was too large for the lane so they walked in . |
| 8 | ‘ O'Neill and O'Donnell crossed here with cannon and horses on the way to Kinsale in one night , ’ he told her as the car was climbing into the low mountains . |
| 9 | In the back of the car was our kit . |
| 10 | By 1964 , when John Chatham 's pleasingly original example tested here was built , the ‘ big ’ Healey had reached 3000 MkIII designation , with 2012cc in-line six-cylinder BMCC series power ; in early 1965 , the ‘ small ’ Cobra — like John Atkins ' beautifully prepared and much-raced JA11 — had a 289cu ins ( 4.7-litre ) Ford V8 ( in place of the 260 with which the car was launched ) and the original worm-and-sector . |
| 11 | Equally , not all the big Healeys were Alpine Rally competitors or howling club racers , and British as the car was , the majority of the 17,700 or so MkIIIs that completed the series also went to the US , where the sun shone a bit more often . |
| 12 | The decision to show the car was taken last November , not long after Rolls-Royce insisted that an introduction was still several years away . |
| 13 | I gave him a lecture about how the car was too heavy , going on about power-to-weight ratios . |
| 14 | The car was a lot shorter and 4cwt lighter . |
| 15 | Sales director Sandy Ritchie pointed out the repainted sills , which were peppered and chipped when the car was acquired . |
| 16 | The car was pretty sound in most respects — well used but not abused — and the existing faults would , the dealership assured me , be rectified before it found a new owner . |
| 17 | A mileage of 58,000 was credible and the car was clean and honest , but similar cars are available for between £4000 and £45000 around the country . |
| 18 | The fellow in the car was still there . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ What remained of the car was examined but , as far as could be told , there was nothing wrong with the brakes or the steering and the tyres were nearly new . ’ |
| 20 | When he came within sight of the front door , the car was parked outside and two men helping a third up the steps . |
| 21 | The Panamanians claim the car was trying to escape . |
| 22 | A small quantity of substances in the car was sent for analysis but Scotland Yard said there was ‘ no evidence whatsoever ’ of drugs dealing . |
| 23 | He looked at the number plate and realized that he had found the sole piece of ostentation Miss Morgan had allowed herself ; she had been Angela Jane Morgan and the car was AJM 563 . |
| 24 | The car was parked neatly between two patches of off-street parking , in one of the very few parts of the street that was neither metered nor dedicated to residents ' parking . |
| 25 | ‘ I saw it in the papers , I even noticed that the car was missing , and it was a BMW . |
| 26 | The car was n't outside . |
| 27 | That aside , the rest of the car was well put together and felt solid . |
| 28 | The car was completely wrecked . |
| 29 | but the car was in darkness — the engine was off |
| 30 | The car was backed inside and Randolph Churchill and Corporal Rose were left to guard it . |