Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [vb pp] [prep] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually Neil was interviewed by a customs officer who , he says , ‘ Looked like Agent Cooper from Twin Peaks , but unlike him was as straight on the inside as he appeared on the outside . ’ |
| 2 | If the USA and the USSR are locked into an arms race , this is a fact of Realpolitik , not of Game Theory . |
| 3 | On the day that British Athletic Federation officials were deliberating the fate of disgraced European indoor 60 metres champion Jason Livingston , sent home from the Barcelona Games when traces of Methandianone were found in a drugs sample , British team captain Christie hit out after a London awards ceremony . |
| 4 | RE was attached to a Guards brigade , who ‘ awarded ’ the title to the unit in appreciation of their service during the withdrawal to Dunkirk . |
| 5 | Grannell was placed in a police car but kicked out the rear window causing £150 damage . |
| 6 | After two and a half hours at the leisure centre , Joanna was taken to a police station in Hemel Hempstead . |
| 7 | Diana was enrolled at a girls ' day-school , Charles at a nearby kindergarten . |
| 8 | Such is the case : Ullapool was designed by a Fisheries Association in 1788 as a base for the herring industry and today the centre of activity is still the splendid harbour , a place of boats and bustle and screaming seagulls . |
| 9 | Mr. Sheppard was hired as a contracts officer three months ago , but was told to go on leave after complaints about the selection process . |
| 10 | Mr. Bell was taken to a police station in Liverpool and detained in police cells overnight . |