Example sentences of "was a [adj] [adj] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wine , which arrived in a carafe , was a strong excellent vin ordinaire . |
| 2 | It was a typical English gentlewoman 's bedroom , Penelope thought , in boringly good taste . |
| 3 | The salary of the post to which the unlucky Mr Achterlonie aspired was a mere twenty pounds per annum , but Montrose did not disdain it , conscious that ‘ triffling as such a post is it may effectuallie oblidge some body who may be reddie to repay such a favor upon ane other occasion ’ . |
| 4 | The child ‘ star ’ was a six-year old Down 's girl called Nina . |
| 5 | There was a six million pound erm , er difference on the S A assumption . |
| 6 | In February 1974 , there was a second national miners ' strike . |
| 7 | Erm , immediately as we went in it was er a very poorly furnished room erm I 'm going in there 's a window on the far side and there was a small single bed erm which to all intents and purposes appeared un-made at the time and there was a duvet covering it |
| 8 | They did n't really need it , of course , since it was a lovely warm summer 's day , but the twins clearly thought it a great adventure , busily insisting on helping Ross by scampering about the bay in search of small pieces of wood to add to the bonfire . |
| 9 | He realised that in the centre of the soft fake torso was a hard real butcher 's hook . |
| 10 | We know from the parable of the labourers in the vineyard that one penny or one donarius was an accepted whole day 's wage for a twelve day in the heat of the sun in the great harvest , so the two pence was the equivalent of two days ' wages . |
| 11 | You know there was an old legal story er saying rather er that er in the first five years that a a j a man is appointed a judge he does n't know the job . |