Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [was/were] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He realized that a robot was stripping him of his armour and removing all detectable weapons . |
| 2 | A shower unit caught fire while a woman was using it at her home in Weston Crescent , Norton . |
| 3 | Survivals include the Cambrian Coast , radio signalled in 1988 , where Barmouth viaduct was after all repaired , the Central Wales where a decision was taken to rebuild the bridge which collapsed while a train was crossing it in high flood , and the Settle & Carlisle where the government perhaps surprisingly refused closure . |
| 4 | A man was watching him from no more than ten feet away , standing still but looking backwards , as if his attention had been drawn to Ross 's sudden appearance . |
| 5 | Does it really matter that those were early days , when the joke on campus was that the only way to kill anyone with a laser was to hit them over the head with it ? |