Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [conj] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A SUSPECTED kidnapper was caught after a rush-hour police chase along a London Underground tunnel yesterday . |
| 2 | After a babble of Arabic , the tailboard of the lorry was dropped and a dozen men were lifting the wheelbarrow . |
| 3 | For some this proved too much and it was said that a few members of the group started to resemble the colour of our logo ! |
| 4 | His pal his workmate was retired and a few months after , Arthur died , so it left me the one and the owners of the property , they give me notice to quit and no messing about er and when I talked to them , they give me twelve months , rate free , to erm get out . |
| 5 | But in 1899 the principle of transporting all parcels by passenger train was abandoned and a new parcels station ( Paris-Messageries ) was established at the rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis . |
| 6 | On March 13 it was announced that a human rights unit had been created within in the Foreign , Justice and Interior Ministries " with responsibility for following up international organizations ' activities in the sphere of human rights " ; this followed a report released by Amnesty International on March 3 , which had alleged the routine use of torture . |
| 7 | Sam spent the next morning poking his broom everywhere it was wanted and a few places it was n't until he had swept up several titbits of very interesting information . |
| 8 | Some knowledge of the West was encouraged and a few individuals travelled abroad . |