Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here the Bey of Tunis was building himself a superb mausoleum . |
| 2 | His reply was to give her a sharp pull forward and then a shove in the back , which knocked her to her knees . |
| 3 | When he straightened up , Pion was giving him a puzzled look . |
| 4 | Eliot 's concerns were to make him a natural contributor to The Rock where the theme of the city would again be combined with a new modification of the theme of the savage . |
| 5 | Right , correction , one lady does n't , but those who do go back to the Property Committee and I would say that erm if this were to happen , and the County Council were to make it a permanent site in that particular position , we could lay a charge of gross negligence , or even mis-appropriation of assets . |
| 6 | I can not quite remember the title of the Ballet , but Miss Margot Fonteyn was on her way up , we were quite sure , and that redhead Moira Shearer was running her a good second . |
| 7 | The Oil War was costing us a billion dollars a day , and we already had more than four hundred and twenty-five thousand men in Saudi Arabia . |
| 8 | The problem for British producers seeking to emulate Korda 's achievement was to define what an international British film might be . |
| 9 | Hitherto , Blackpool 's aim had been to crush-load its trams to bursting-point , now the object was to give them a comfortable ride for their money . |
| 10 | Mat. , she had managed to give the impression authority was granting me a great favour . |
| 11 | But , but , but I think that the Reverend David Brian was saying something a little bit erm more direct and more overarching than dealing only with those people that you 're talking about , were n't you , David ? |
| 12 | Carrie was taken by surprise at his question and her first instinct was to give him a sharp reply , but she nodded instead , catching the look of concern in Don 's deep brown eyes . |
| 13 | Er , obviously on a more serious note , er it was very disappointing that we had such a severe er downturn in profitability last year after several years of steadily rising profits , and so what I want to do this morning was tell you a little bit about what happened in the last part of the year , since we met at the time of the interim results presentation last September , tell you the actions that have been taken and give you a little bit of insight as to where we stand at the present time . |
| 14 | Bruno was offering him a sticky-looking liqueur from a tall thin bottle . |
| 15 | I hoped the u s authorities were giving him a hard time . |
| 16 | James was foiled mainly by the determination of the European powers , including the Warrior Pope Julius II , to fight one another instead , and certainly not by any substantial doubt on the part of his subjects that a king from Scotland was overreaching himself ; indeed , his popularity was to bring him an enormous Scottish army for the campaign against the English in 1513 which ended in the disaster of Flodden . |
| 17 | The idea was to give everybody a reasonable chance of answering some questions , not merely by general railway knowledge , but by dint of having supported Society events . |
| 18 | The idea was to show what a tough life the Royals have . |
| 19 | Sien was causing him a great deal of worry as the year wore on . |
| 20 | Hugh , who had worn the uniform of a verderer for less than a twelvemonth , was no use to them as a guide and as the day grew on it became evident that his arm was causing him a great deal of pain . |
| 21 | Somewhere at the back of her mind , it occurred to Bernice that Bishop was giving her an awful lot of rope . |