Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 West Berlin 's existence was still a thorn in the side of the Soviets , but Khruschev can have had little real hope that the West would abandon it .
2 Pete 's cooking was obviously the result of many hours over a hot Trangia .
3 Dreadnought 's deck was still a foot or so above the tide .
4 The word ‘ changing ’ in the title refers mainly to the electrification of some of these lines , and Vic 's talk was largely a record of these lines as they were , with Deltics , Class 31's , 37 's and 47 's and Sprinters of Class 150 and even 156 , interspersed with slides of the overhead wire installation , and the Class 317 's and 321 's to be seen now .
5 This evening 's talk was primarily an account of Mr Mulholland 's recent journeys , lasting over several months , in Brazil where he was working with CAFOD .
6 The so-called Executioner 's Axe was really a woodman 's axe on a long handle .
7 Ursula 's interruption was almost a scream .
8 Julia 's bedroom was now the heart of the house with the family spending every possible moment with her , and although her face was almost fleshless she could always manage a smile to greet them .
9 The music of Maritza 's entrance was always a gift to any singer , good or bad : the rising crescendo from the orchestra that tells the audience a star is about to come on stage .
10 The democratic element in the party 's thinking was mainly a conviction that ‘ the people must be right ’ , but popular views were indicated by the act of choosing every four or five years between the two major parties .
11 Or perhaps he knew that Warnham and Calcraft in Buckingham 's retinue were really the King 's agents . ’
12 Hilda Eaton 's home was once the snooker room of Vale Royal District Council 's fire station , where her husband Percy used to work .
13 St John 's Green was again a Labour against Militant faction-initiated scheme .
14 From the tone of these comments it is easy to see that , for Nietzsche , Wagner 's work was still a problem in urgent need of a solution . "
15 Carson 's place was only a couple of miles away , in a vastly overpriced and overcrowded strip along less than half a mile of the river east from Kew Bridge .
16 But Cahn 's team was certainly no joke and usually gave the visiting tourists a worthwhile and high-scoring game on the pleasant Loughborough Road ground in West Bridgford .
17 The ivory damask curtains were drawn and Faye 's body was just a hump in the darkness .
18 But Luke 's room was hardly a place to convalesce .
19 Leitmotif of this year 's conference was certainly the invocation to provide for American Indian representation in the host country 's cultural life .
20 Ooh my dad 's suit was definitely the thing every week .
21 The winner 's conker was then a oner , when it had disposed of two it became a twoer , but if it should then beat a threeer it then became a fiver .
22 Further , Euric 's court was clearly a place of far-reaching importance .
23 Culley 's smile was almost a grimace .
24 He works as a journalist ( Naipaul 's father was also a journalist ) and some of the funniest scenes include his imaginative coverage of local news .
25 Her baby 's father was quite a bit older than she , twenty-six , and wanted her to have the baby because he thought that having mumps had made him sterile .
26 One element in Crosland 's policy was clearly the belief that at least to some extent the future of the vocational or professional ‘ infrastructure ’ lay with a sector with an explicit commitment to promoting it .
27 The uncharacteristic fuss and fluster in Ivy 's manner was surely a proof that she knew only too well which letter he was talking about and was in mortal dread of the family finding out .
28 Wigan 's victory was also a record defeat for Swinton — beating the 76-3 thrashing by Huddersfield in 1946 .
29 Isabel 's voice was scarcely a whisper .
30 Ella 's voice was almost a wail .
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