Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The home side were lacking a key bowler too , in seamer Willie Watson , whose absence with a thigh strain was to prove a chronic handicap to Crowe . |
| 2 | There were loads of light vans in the Mirror livery parked on both sides of the street and the pubs down one side were doing a roaring end-of-shift trade — or maybe pre-shift . |
| 3 | THE RUC were given a let-off in the eighth minute when the home side were awarded a penalty , but player manager Jim Scott 's kick was saved by keeper Matthews . |
| 4 | The opposition were winning a lot of line-out ball at the back and were getting to our midfield . |
| 5 | South-West were dealt a blow yesterday when their England flanker Andy Robinson pulled out after falling victim to the ‘ flu epidemic . |
| 6 | The article went on to say that staff employed in the tourist industry were getting a raw deal , and that the government should take a hard line and introduce new legislation on taxation for the hotel industry . |
| 7 | FLOOD-hit caravan parks on the North Wales coast were given a £175,000 fillip last night . |
| 8 | The , the , the , the the er certain sections of the Communist Party of which Mao was a member and certain sections of the left wing of the Kuomintang were taking a very similar view on , on rural revolution . |
| 9 | The residual swells coming over the reef were causing a moderate surf on the beach : I needed to reconnoitre , weighing up the possibility of swamping before taking the children in . |
| 10 | Nor , despite the arbitrary results capable of being produced by the requirement of illegality , is the law necessarily unwise in displaying this reluctance to extend liability , for if the requirement of illegality were abandoned a much greater burden would have to be placed upon the defence of justification if we were to avoid the intolerable situation that A was liable to C whenever and however he knowingly brought about a breach of a contract between B and C. |
| 11 | Those with tumour regrowth requiring laser energy of around 5000 J or more and those with a stricture that would not immediately allow passage of an endoscope were given a follow up appointment at four to six weeks for repeat laser endoscopy . |
| 12 | At the same time as Shirley Williams ( Secretary of State for Education in the Callaghan administration which was to be defeated in the General Election of 1979 ) was conducting the ‘ Great Debate ’ , inspectors from her Department were beginning a process of evaluation of the nation 's schools . |
| 13 | His face and neck were burnt a dark-scarlet colour and patches had peeled , exposing bright pink lesions underneath , but he seemed not to notice . |
| 14 | The two that immediately came to mind were running a charity and looking at whether any of her work was commercially viable which , since it is biotechnology-based , there was a good chance it would be . |
| 15 | The collapse continued until many thousands of tons of rock were blocking a long section of the underground roadway . |
| 16 | Those who exploited the potential power of the new instrument were recommended a Walter piano , which had a check . |
| 17 | It would undoubtedly be of great benefit to future scholars working in this field if the College were to create a central repository of classified material on a sector of education of which it is , after all , a not insignificant part . |
| 18 | RESEARCH programmes at a North Wales college were given a big cash boost last night . |
| 19 | I was informed that a group of young teachers at one college were planning a boycott on the day to protests against their poor living conditions and low pay . |
| 20 | Now scientific education and research were to become a major feature of America 's drive to supplant Europe as the centre of western culture . |
| 21 | Miss Ying Chueng 's departure followed complaints from a guest conductor , Gunter Herbig , and members of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra , that her moans of appreciation were spoiling a performance being broadcast live on Radio 3 . |
| 22 | ‘ The club were given a deadline of November 29 1991 for confirmation of the terms agreed with their agents , but the agents have recently confirmed that the club no longer wish to purchase the property . ’ |
| 23 | Asked how the impasse was overcome a spokesman for ICL Moscow says : ‘ It was by us taking a firm line . |
| 24 | It was strange , she thought , that her physical response to shock should be the same now as it had been after Hugo was killed , so that to her present grief was added a grief for him as keen , as new as when she had first heard that he was dead . |
| 25 | His first act after his coronation was to order a punitive attack on Naggaroth . |
| 26 | ‘ A journalist was given a briefing by the council 's acting Press Officer , Nick Clayton , on the general Scottish Office guidelines for dealing with child sexual abuse … . |
| 27 | Part of the experiment was to hold a couple of quizzes at the time of year when we might expect problems with speakers and audience having to travel in bad weather . |
| 28 | But the experiment was delayed a day because of the strike . |
| 29 | The physicist was clutching a plastic beaker from which he drank greedily . |
| 30 | As in the last elections , in 1985 [ see p. 33511 ] , the electorate was offered a choice of candidates , 230 names having been put forward in all , with up to six candidates in some constituencies in the capital , Lomé . |