Example sentences of "[was/were] [noun] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British Museum was still one unit , containing both natural history and works of art , and there were posts there for a few naturalists . |
| 2 | So it is under our present system , and so it would be under the RES , if it were nomination either for a safe constituency seat or for a high position on a party list . |
| 3 | The atmosphere was tense and all realised it was heads down for a full house . |
| 4 | There was scope here for a young lad with ability . |
| 5 | Intel 's Michael Pope said the the AST Manhattan was spot on for an emerging market for what he termed shrink wrapped servers — application server sold with pre-installed operating system and database software . |