Example sentences of "was a [noun sg] from [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a gasp from the children and a high scream from Millie as the scissors went snip , snip , snip . |
| 2 | The Sheikha again said that it was a story from the days past but Halema did not say another word . |
| 3 | That was a change from the senators and congressmen and captains of industry , whom she 'd been seducing since she arrived on these golden shores . |
| 4 | There was a laugh from the experts . |
| 5 | And that officer , luv , I said he was a legate from the Balearics not leg him one in the bollocks but it 's a mistake anybody could have made . |
| 6 | Some said she was a girl from the slums of London that Reverend Morey had taken pity on , but Betty did n't believe that . |
| 7 | Although nowhere recorded in the public documents , the reason for Attlee 's climbdown on this central issue for Britain 's postwar overseas policy stance was a threat from the Chiefs of Staff to resign if the Prime Minister persisted in his criticisms . |
| 8 | Above , in the dark , there was a rumbling from the Towers of Paine , the crackling sound of old rock being broken by new ice and the skitter of smaller stones plunging down a crevasse . |