Example sentences of "and [adv] a [noun sg] [was/were] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | Nobody was hurt and luckily a picture was taken of the offender who is being actively sought . |
2 | Law had indeed already done enough as leader to make his departure unthinkable and so a memorial was drawn up by Carson and signed by almost all the party 's backbenchers , stating full confidence in Law and begging him to stay on with a revised tariff policy . |
3 | Indeed , in the first series of patients only 72% were bleeding from varices , haemostatic treatment was not uniform and only a minority were treated with sclerotherapy . |
4 | Another deadly volley of canister and scarcely a man was left on his feet and capable of charging even had he wanted to do so . |
5 | Effective communication nationally was the one factor missing , German chemists were not concentrated in a particular city , unlike their French counterparts in Paris , and thus a forum was needed . |
6 | The main purpose was to pack as much corn as possible into the bay ; but in treading the corn in this way much of it was shaken out of the ear , and thus a start was made on the threshing . |
7 | Burton was physically falling apart , and finally a doctor was called for . |
8 | They were five people in one small room , and hardly a word was said between them until Gus Hambro had a large brandy under his belt , and was visibly returning into circulation . |
9 | We got the words up there and timed it right and everything and then a rehearsal was done . |
10 | Numerous houses became schools , many more became hospitals and quite a number were acquired as reform schools . |
11 | No service was held at the Nikolai Kirche in Leipzig , where the city 's massive weekly demonstrations had started in the autumn of 1989 , and instead a notice was pinned up outside the church saying : " With 2,000,000 unemployed we see little cause for celebrating " . |
12 | Bhattarai met with the King on May 15 and afterwards a statement was issued from the Royal Palace explaining that the drafting committee had been abolished . |
13 | The building is being restored and recently a garderobe was found . |