Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [noun] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next couple of moments were total disbelief as the rod arched over and a powerful fish made a bee-line towards the far bank , ’ Cat on , ’ I shouted to Rick and a bleary-eyed bearded creature emerged from next door ! |
| 2 | Although there were some variations as the election campaign unfolded , the thrust of the Tory message on law and order did not deviate from the plan drawn up at the meeting on 7 July 1978 . |
| 3 | Also on the visiting critics ' itinerary were such exotica as a barbecue dinner and a visit to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo ; your correspondent , a native Texan , had not been to the rodeo since 1961 , when he shook Roy Rogers 's hand , but none the less did not feel compelled to spice up this report with such familiar Texas seasoning . |
| 4 | From the age of 5 years between a half and one-third of cases of bedwetting were primary enuresis while the rest were secondary onset . |
| 5 | All of the babies were successfully trained before they could walk although there were sporadic accidents if the potty was completely out of sight . |
| 6 | Metabolism is the process by which you take in food , use it and convert it into energy and heat , er several days , so there were several days after the baby 's born when it 's really very much at risk of getting cold injury . |
| 7 | Therefore , the main trial criterion for diagnosing gall stone recurrence was oral cholecystectography unless the patient was , or became , sensitive to the oral contrast media ( n=7 ) or refused cholecystography ( n=4 ) in which case the diagnosis was based on two successive ultrasonagraphy scans , not more than four weeks apart . |
| 8 | There was polite applause as the mask came into view , and the performers settled . |
| 9 | Indeed , it was usual practice where the land was already registered , and buyers ' conveyancers would call for proof of title at the outset of a new conveyancing transaction . |
| 10 | But there was further drama when the crane 's brakes failed and it slid into the cab of the lorry . |
| 11 | Only if there was further trouble after the visit to Rome would 1027 be a plausible date . |
| 12 | I waited for what , I swear , was another hour before the door opened and in came a man wearing a mask and gloves . |
| 13 | Although there was another hour before the sun went down , we suddenly heard the sound of the ship 's gun . |
| 14 | All they felt was another thump as the lorry bounced gently off the far side of the road and down the lane that ran towards the railway . |
| 15 | Unfortunately there was some uncertainty about the right of presentation , for there was some question whether the right to present belonged to Erskine of Carnock , and the latter had given his presentation , at the request of the member of parliament , to a clergyman named Bruce . |
| 16 | It was some minutes before the hubbub died down . |
| 17 | It was some time before the engine could be switched off , as he could not communicate with the operator on the other side of the wall . |
| 18 | He looked small in the crush and it was some time before the order got through . |
| 19 | It was some time before the detective found your address ; you 've been very clever in not meeting here , but it was careless of you to go to the same hotel every time , even if you did sign in as Mr and Mrs Smith . |
| 20 | It was some time before the door opened and closed in a muffle of lowered voices . |
| 21 | ‘ Stereo ’ is another ; it was some time before the word had settled down to its present meaning , and American Columbia are not to be castigated for marking their 1953 seven-inch LPs with the word ( 40 ) . |
| 22 | In England for three hundred years after the Reformation there was no official public worship , and even after the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829 it was some time before the use of music was actively encouraged by the Church . |
| 23 | It was some time before the cause of the error was identified . |
| 24 | There was no proper funeral , as there had been no proper wedding ceremony ; they simply hauled the waterlogged body onto a bonfire of driftwood , and even though the sea wind at dawn had made the fire hot enough to break the stones of the beach , it was six hours before the body was gone , and then they had to wait a whole day before they could rake the ashes for his bones and send them to her . |
| 25 | In the other case , where a wife killed her husband , there was widespread coverage when a judge decided not to jail a 25-year-old civil servant who had shot her husband through the heart just a week after their marriage . |
| 26 | Why was Black shot when the army 's procedure explicitly states that soldiers should always try to handle situations ‘ other than by opening fire ’ ? |
| 27 | There was great disappointment when the Government decided to choose Glasgow as the preferred option , in spite of the deal Chester had put together . |
| 28 | Crocheted antimacassars graced the backs of all the chairs although it was many years since a gentleman with pomade on his hair had sat in one of them . |
| 29 | It was many years since the assassin 's eyes had taken the pleasure they did now , seeing him . |
| 30 | It was many years since the Deputy Under Secretary had taken such a holiday ; his previous inclination would have been — towards fishing the west country salmon rivers or stalking the Scottish moors . |