Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [pron] [was/were] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were plenty of gates and there were numerous ways out of the square , and the park itself was barely a couple of hundred yards across ; just another backstreet pigeon trap with no feature other than a strange half-timbered lodge near its centre to make it unique , but still she hesitated to enter . |
| 2 | Talbot went to the Admiral 's wine cupboard and prepared a drink while Hawkins gazed at a spot on the deck which was about a thousand miles away . |
| 3 | The kitchen itself was just a part of the landing ; there was a sink , a cold tap and a cooker … |
| 4 | Though the window on the stairwell was left on the latch there was always a peculiar smell in the room , a mixture of coke fumes from the hot-water pipes , peppermints and that pervasive mist of eau de Cologne sprayed so recklessly by Dawn Allenby . |
| 5 | Eva sang and Margaret watched , filled with admiration for the sister who was only a couple of years ahead of her in age but light years away in confidence . |
| 6 | While he was enthusing about future advancements in the industry there was perhaps a hint of sadness in leaving it behind — but thoughts of the ‘ challenges of my new career ’ soon put back the sparkle in his eye . |
| 7 | I think after Howard left the room there was maybe a further conversation between Newman and someone else … ’ |
| 8 | Of the hundreds of prisoners who had escaped from the orphanage there were still a number hidden in the surrounding countryside , but I did not know where . |
| 9 | Says Spears , ‘ at every stage of the war he was just a little ahead of practice , theory and thought of the moment ’ . |
| 10 | If you looked up to the right there was just a green shoulder and endless sky , day after day blue . |
| 11 | During the space of a few hours , a one-metre thickness of ash accumulated in some parts of the town which were only a few hundred metres away from the active vent and many house roofs collapsed under the weight . |
| 12 | And the gardener there was always a permanent gardener but he was he had enough to do but the estate men would be sent up to clear that . |
| 13 | In 1963 , the BBC was allocated a second TV channel ( BBC 2 ) and by the end of the decade there were also a large number of local , commercial , and non-commercial , radio stations . |
| 14 | Hector stood undecided for a moment , his eyes travelling from Theda 's outstretched hand back to the gentleman who was obviously a favourite with him . |
| 15 | At the beginning I was simply a labourer , which entailed doing all the preparation on the ground and ensuring that Eric on the roof was always supplied with materials to work with . |
| 16 | Well , it was actually started by a few railway men , th right opposite Street there used to be hand laundry , and then there was a row of houses , from there , running up to the corner of Street where the club stands originally , but in the beginning it was just a row of small houses , and it started with a few railway men having a meet holding the meetings in this house , in these houses , and I 've got very dim memories of how it actually started but it was a real event when they were first , before they actually built the club it was run in the row of houses that ran from up Street as I say there was a little hand laundry corner of Street heading onto Street on the left hand side was the greengrocers , and that , they kept that greengrocers for as long as I can remember . |
| 17 | By the end of the week there was just a simple theory test left where we were asked questions about winds , how to overtake and so on — and then it was certificate time . |
| 18 | I doubt if he 'd , I mean if he 'd looked at the constitution it was only a constitution , it was oh yes , that 's their constitution . |
| 19 | As it was only eleven thirty in the morning there were quite a few people who thought that it would be fun to go out and play in the floods and others who were just lending a hand to those in difficulty . |
| 20 | The man , who had winched his seat back as far as it would go , lay beside her , staring up through the sunroof at the sky which was now a pure and empty blue . |
| 21 | Coming back later on one 's own was rarely useful : even if the relatives were n't round the bed there was rarely a doctor prepared to give guidance . |
| 22 | As well as the competition there was quite a party . |
| 23 | From the hostel it was only a short tube ride to South Audley Street where Madame Mattli had her showrooms — yet another advantage , Paula thought , trying to weigh up the points in favour of the hostel , which she hated on sight . |
| 24 | This may well be true , but it is clear that the somewhat unorthodox background of the Emperor himself was probably a factor . |
| 25 | The box itself was only a small black weight in the bald woman 's arms . |
| 26 | But erm it 's quite hard if you 've been up a lot at night and then you have to go and do the whole of the next day of work , but fortunately our rotas are n't too bad so we 're never on two nights in a row compared with the hospital which was quite a lot harder work . |
| 27 | As the successor to the League it was also a third party to the Mandate agreement with South Africa . |
| 28 | His gesture acknowledged the salute which was probably a compliment to his Imperial rather than his Navy rank . |
| 29 | They came down the steps of the hotel with their Kodaks — at the Continental there was always a large number of Americans — and were immediately fallen upon by dragomans , donkey-boys and street-traders of all kinds , all offering instant picturesqueness without the trouble of having to go too far in the heat to find it . |
| 30 | It is , perhaps , the female equivalent of the alchemists ' gold , the ‘ Philosopher 's Stone ’ , the elixir which was both a product of transformation itself ( made from base matter ) and had the power of creating further gold from primitive materials . |