Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [verb] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Concorde was booked to fly a dozen executives on a two week fact finding tour of America . |
| 2 | He had accepted so much work that he was committed to supply a hundred dancers for the pantomime season alone . |
| 3 | Apart from the four first-floor bedrooms , all of which are housed in the roundels and which are 5.1m ( 17ft ) in diameter , the upper storey was used to house a large games room , an airing cupboard and a bathroom . |
| 4 | A new company , largely composed of untried broadcasters , was bound to make a few mistakes . |
| 5 | And the £24,000 motor did n't look so new when it was found scratched a few hours later in Gateshead , Tyne and Wear . |
| 6 | The McCaw wit is as sharp as his memory and , to nobody 's surprise , George was asked to say a few words at the first of many parties to mark Lurgan 's Centenary . |
| 7 | Request : The Liberal ex-chief was asked to write a few words for ‘ Backroom Boys ’ , a book about ‘ men who distinguish themselves without excess , folk quite happy to take a pleasingly light and unimposing approach , and yet who nevertheless make a reasonably fair showing throughout life ’ . |
| 8 | ITALY 'S continuing corruption probe took a fresh turn with the confession by Carlo De Benedetti , Olivetti 's chairman , that he , too , was forced to grease a few palms along the way . |