Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As we sat there at the wedding-feast I held to the pedestrian belief that the rustling jetsam at my feet was merely the accumulation of champagne foil . |
| 2 | ‘ I think my parents were just the sort of people who did not like staying in one place for very long . |
| 3 | At first glance her remark seems true enough , but my feelings were quite the opposite . |
| 4 | ‘ As a result of this , most of my students were only a couple of weeks behind me , ’ he laughs . |
| 5 | This dominance of the political level ensured that the state and its policies were always an instrument of class rule . |
| 6 | Possibly their bruises were simply the effect of ejecting on to hard sand from a fast aircraft . |
| 7 | There were a lot of civilian girls there , wearing short , flared skirts and matching pants , and to see the way the men swung the girls up under their arms and even over their heads was quite an eye-opener . |
| 8 | They loved the way acts like Hüsker Dü and The Minutemen ( so named because , in the beginning , all their songs were under a minute long ) made sharp , concise statements about love and life , without introducing dubious concepts ( that came much later ) . |
| 9 | The distress suffered by individuals and their families was obviously a matter of concern for everybody , whether or not they were directly affected . |
| 10 | Her tears were usually the result of some slight from her stepchildren . |
| 11 | The rights of parents in relation to their children were thus an issue . |
| 12 | Julian rose as he came in , and bowed herself unnoticed from the room ; but from beneath her lowered lids she saw them meet , and the private radiance that lit their faces was still a dazzle in her eyes as she closed the door upon them . |
| 13 | In short , Robbins saw the university model as playing the major role in the expansion of higher education and its recommendations were essentially an attempt to convert an unco-ordinated provision of higher education into a system based on the university . |
| 14 | They did not offer me works of comparable greatness as alternatives , so their objections were hardly a problem . |
| 15 | X-rays showed that his teeth were partly the source of the trouble , and in July those at the back were removed in stages and dental plates inserted in their place . |
| 16 | Thus marriage in his eyes was primarily the discharge of an obligation to his family and the nation , a task made all the more difficult by the immutable nature of the contract . |
| 17 | Further , his duties were substantially a continuation of those which he had undertaken for several years in connection with Tutorial Classes and the annual summer school arrangements . |
| 18 | He seemed to have come to terms with the end of his career but the fact he never spoke about his feelings was always a worry . ’ |
| 19 | Intelligent , quick , his studies were never a problem . |
| 20 | But his looks were only a part of it ; it was the man himself who drew her like a magnet , his mind , his character , his spirit , whatever made him him . |
| 21 | Our battlefields were once a cathedral , silent until the congregation of mankind entered . |
| 22 | Much of our daily work was ten years in advance of the official police community involvement programmes and yet our actions were only an extension of those social welfare activities the police have been heavily involved in for generations , but which are never given status as ‘ real police work ’ simply because of the institutional emphasis placed upon summons lists , numbers of arrests , crime detections , and other statistical returns . |
| 23 | ‘ And destroying your files was just the beginning ? ’ |
| 24 | This is a small sample : the average age of all brides in Scotland in 1908 was 26.8 years , " and perhaps our compositors were nearer the average than the precise records can show . |
| 25 | The Bugs Bunny design on the backs of our jackets was also the work of Mack . |