Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon Downes had reached the last carriage , in front of the diesel locomotive , staring quickly through the windows of the compartment as the few doors still remaining open were banged shut and a whistle blew , and with a slight chug and then with a mighty heave the long , north-bound train began slowly to move forward , gradually picking up a little speed , before moving out and away along the curving stretch of line that led to Banbury . |
| 2 | The Rev Eric Davidson ( 74 ) , and Judith Anderson ( 35 ) , were found dead after a blaze at the minister 's home at Drum Road , Cookstown , on December 15 last year . |
| 3 | In separate incidents across the city two more young men were found dead and a man was arrested in connection with alleged possession of heroin . |
| 4 | Sales were split 50–50 and a set fee was advanced per month on the legal basis of a three-year agreement . |
| 5 | She had worked hard to achieve qualification in the contracts and purchasing side of engineering , but , in her present job , she was using less than a quarter of her skills . |
| 6 | The last leg of the expedition was proving more than a trial for the young naturalist . |
| 7 | Benny was turned sixty-five and a widower who lived alone in Abbey Street . |
| 8 | It was made clear that a management buy-out was not on the agenda . |
| 9 | Japan 's devastation of a country which had lost to Namibia on the eve of the World Cup was noting less than a scandal and a disgrace to international rugby . |
| 10 | Nothing was left untouched where a change would put the club in the public eye , improve the team 's performance or , preferably , both . |
| 11 | MARILLION singer Steve Hogarth was left red-faced when a fan tried to rip his trousers off during a sell-out show . |
| 12 | It seemed an age before one of the windows was thrown open and a woman 's head appeared , rag-curlers showing beneath a sleeping-cap . |
| 13 | The entire process was to take less than a month . |
| 14 | By then Leith was feeling more than a shade guilty that she was the one responsible for the two having met . |
| 15 | But that morning she had discovered just who ‘ Cousin Naylor ’ was , and , even though she was feeling more than a mite rebellious at his ‘ … it might be in your interests not to see him again' , she did n't want to put her job in jeopardy should Naylor Massingham happen to be passing , and observe Travis 's car again parked at her apartment block . |
| 16 | Each replied that he did not wish to see him without consulting his solicitor as the depositions had been taken and it was understood that nothing further was required other than a date to be set for the trial . |