Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the two were placed in an aquarium the association became clear . |
| 2 | The easy sociability which it offered was fostered by the fact that all its pubs , clubs , restaurants and delicatessens were squeezed into an area no larger than a square mile . |
| 3 | If we were to come across an object the like of which we had never before encountered , we would be in no position to determine whether it was an artefact or not , or to conclude with certainty that it had actually been designed and made by human beings . |
| 4 | When variables were added to a model the change in deviance follows an approximate χ 2 distribution with degrees of freedom ( df ) equal to the number of additional parameters fitted . |
| 5 | When interpreting these tables it should be remembered that no matter how many animals were stolen at a time the case was recorded as one theft . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's right , ’ Travis agreed , ‘ though he 's more like another brother to me , ’ he added , and went on to explain , ‘ His parents were killed in an accident the year I was born . |
| 7 | They were shooting in a hospital the next day . |
| 8 | Despite reassurance and explanation she was referred to a surgeon the next year who arranged a negative barium meal . |
| 9 | A telegram arrived saying I was booked on a flight the next day , to be filmed at Pinewood Studios for the title sequences of the James Bond film ‘ A View to a Kill ’ . |
| 10 | She was picking at a leaf-taking the green out to leave a filigree of veins . |
| 11 | In any case , lest anyone think the Royal Society of Chemistry had pandered to Elena Ceauşescu 's vanity , he assured the public that ‘ the fellowship was presented at a ceremony no grander than would have been arranged for any other spouse of a head of state . ’ |
| 12 | The House of Lords held that the minister could only intervene if there were reasonable grounds , namely that the education authority was acting in a way no other education authority would act . |
| 13 | As I stepped past them Iain had his glasses on and was peering at a diagram the engineer had roughed out in his notepad . |
| 14 | Then , on Sunday evening , the pilot 's employers telephoned to say their pilot had fully recovered and was going on a course the next day in London . |
| 15 | And in 1937 , just as their " reign " was coming to an end the Bugatti claimed one of racing 's greatest prizes by winning Le Mans with Wimille and Robert Benoist in the driving seat . |
| 16 | Elizabeth Cheng looks at the space where her mantlepiece clock used to be … it was stolen in a burglary a few days ago . |
| 17 | I was reading in a book the other day that if you get a bicarbonate of sodas , that 's baking soda . |
| 18 | So erm I 'm you kn I do n't propose to do that again because I would n't er I would n't arrange a speaker if we had a full table show but it 's nice to know that it did work out because we were , I was forced into a corner a little bit erm and I think it was worth it because we as I say I 've waited a long time for Danny and he was well worth listening to , I can listen to Danny for hours because he he just speaks and , and tells you about his fish , I 'm , I 'm very very fond of listening to Danny cos I think he gives a good talk . |
| 19 | He says the digger was taken from a site a mile down the road and the whole thing was over within five minutes . |
| 20 | The blood was blotted with a filterpaper every 10 s until no blood appeared on the paper . |
| 21 | Sliding open the door to the en-suite bathroom , she was faced with a room every line and angle of which was tiled in glistening white and amply provided with mirrors , giving the impression of a chapel carved out of snow . |
| 22 | I was drunk as a bishop the night she died . |
| 23 | Significantly their Plan , in the form of a final report ( 1947 ) , was published in a book The City of London ( 1951 ) , which was subtitled ‘ a record of destruction and survival ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ A smalltime crook who got caught in the crossfire when I was working on a story a couple of years ago . |