Example sentences of "the [noun sg] and [was/were] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British rejection weakened the force of the proposal and was probably a factor in its slow progress . |
| 2 | This I discussed at once with my Scoutmaster , who had served as an officer in the Gordons during the war and was now a schoolmaster . |
| 3 | Franca decided that Alison had probably been drinking on the plane and was already a bit tipsy . |
| 4 | Griffith seems to have supposed that the cracks which he thought existed were scattered throughout the interior of the glass and were perhaps a consequence of a failure of the molecules inside the glass to join up completely when the glass hardened . |
| 5 | The box was called the treasury and was simply a chest , shaped like a trumpet , into which people put their offerings . |
| 6 | Although the eugenic risk ( that the child of an incestuous relationship between father — daughter or brother — sister will have congenital defects ) was known at the time and was probably a factor , most of the arguments of the reformers were based on the protection of children from sexual exploitation . |
| 7 | The father joined the army after meeting the mother and was away a good deal . |