Example sentences of "[adv] [was/were] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What with health budgets being pruned and cut back I 'm asking the health board if staff shortages perhaps were a contributory factor here . ’ |
| 2 | Their first years together were a time of grinding poverty . |
| 3 | ‘ So were a good many others . ’ |
| 4 | Everyone who lived in the house was there , and so were a number of other friends and neighbours of Doris 's . |
| 5 | Elizabeth was very angry , and so were a lot of the Scots lords . |
| 6 | So were a group of medical general practitioners who claimed that changes in their contracts would seriously damage the health of patients . |
| 7 | True , he was a vital part of the 2nd Div side but then so were a lot of players who really were n't up to it when it came to Div I. It was , as Wilko realised a totally different ball-game . |
| 8 | And four and a quarter hours later , when it actually was four , and the bedclothes both above and below were a mere conglomerate heap , and Tessa 's strapping behind had pushed right across the bed , and Bob was cold and stiff from head to foot , and had been neither asleep nor awake for a moment , it felt as though the solar system had finally run down and stopped , and closed off the ever-renewing spring of pure , fresh time for good and all . |
| 9 | Inside were a couple of building-society account books and a few bank notes . |
| 10 | Inside were a few necessities , a large bearskin , a stove , some kindling wood , a chopper , even a very hard garlic sausage hanging from a beam . |
| 11 | Inside were a couple of benches , and several villagers were sitting patiently waiting for him , while an old man sat at the door smoking a smelly little pipe . |
| 12 | His words alone were a surprise . |
| 13 | Amongst new captives brought in were a Maxwell laird and an English under-officer , both of whom testified that they had seen King Edward Balliol riding off eastwards from the camp area , alone , still only in shirt and breeches , presumably making for the Border and Carlisle . |
| 14 | When X-rays were taken there sure enough was a needle . |
| 15 | Opposite was a photograph of a large country house and the lines : ‘ It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife . ’ |
| 16 | Directly opposite was a timbered market hall similar to the one in Villereal , where the original grain measures could still be seen , Rohan told her . |
| 17 | This floor apparently was a private gallery of some sort . |
| 18 | This apparently was a common female ploy , the swag being hidden by the voluminous skirts of the period . |
| 19 | And he apparently was a very very nice man too er I mean he was I mean er er er er a nice disposition I mean yeah . |
| 20 | This apparently was a night for a lot of ‘ firsts ’ . |
| 21 | Running alongside was a trade fair . |
| 22 | He went off on a political career and before long was a Member of the European Parliament , always in the news as he made himself available for interviews and revealed a great flair for leading controversial campaigns . |
| 23 | Walter Long was a country gentleman who played up to that image for all he was worth , using Henry Chaplin- " the squire — as his political model . |
| 24 | Long was a choleric , short-tempered man who was a constant trial to colleagues in opposition or in power . |
| 25 | In June some ballet music for Noverre ( Les petits riens ) and a new symphony ( the ‘ Paris ’ , K. 297 in D ) were performed at the Concert Spirituel : the symphony especially was a great success after a nerve-rackingly bad rehearsal , and Wolfgang celebrated afterwards with an ice-cream at the Palais Royal . |
| 26 | Of these , Pompeii especially was a provincial town , but the chief difference between it and Rome would be in the materials and embellishments used rather than in the basic design . |
| 27 | Below was a sea of unbroken cloud like endless mountain ranges . |
| 28 | Below was a racist article about immigration control . |
| 29 | Below was a boot containing a folding camp bed of polished steel ‘ of commodious size with a tester-top and on castors ’ and so constructed that it ‘ could be folded up in a minute . ’ |
| 30 | They 're always surprised when I tell them there is no bread being baked , but that at one time the room below was a kitchen . |