Example sentences of "[adv] were a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their first years together were a time of grinding poverty . |
| 2 | So were a group of medical general practitioners who claimed that changes in their contracts would seriously damage the health of patients . |
| 3 | Everyone who lived in the house was there , and so were a number of other friends and neighbours of Doris 's . |
| 4 | Elizabeth was very angry , and so were a lot of the Scots lords . |
| 5 | True , he was a vital part of the 2nd Div side but then so were a lot of players who really were n't up to it when it came to Div I. It was , as Wilko realised a totally different ball-game . |
| 6 | Inside were a couple of building-society account books and a few bank notes . |
| 7 | Inside were a couple of benches , and several villagers were sitting patiently waiting for him , while an old man sat at the door smoking a smelly little pipe . |
| 8 | His words alone were a surprise . |
| 9 | The houses were spacious and grand ; their lower storeys were built of solid timber , the projecting gables above were a framework of black beams and white plaster . |
| 10 | a senior consultant in Consultancy Services , Risley , said although feelings generally were a bit mixed , ‘ I feel that we have been given a clearer picture of where AEA is heading although I expect to see a lot more changes before things settle down . ’ |
| 11 | as if the Known Sea still were a month wide — |
| 12 | You always were a lady , were n't you . |
| 13 | However , as a milking animal it always had a problem which is still apparent today in some animals : the udders were frequently so pendulous that they were prone to injury and made suckling awkward ( baby beef calves were bucket-reared ) , and later were a problem for machine milking . |
| 14 | His face moved continually , different expressions rippling and flowing across it as if he really were a sea creature , moved and swayed by the changing tide and currents in water , in continual motion — flickering from smile to grimace to pain to peace , eyelids half rising to reveal a sea-shell sightless crescent of pearly blue-white , lips parting then closing , breaths shuddering and shivering him as if air were too strong and coarse a medium . |
| 15 | Silently , as though she really were a ghost , Cassie pushed open the door to the sitting room and looked in . |
| 16 | A couple of months later he did come to the Hammersmith Odeon with Bernie and me to see them play I could seethe relief on his face when he realised they really were a band . |
| 17 | Here were a team either playing to a manager 's orders and failing woefully , or simply not playing for him . |
| 18 | The impact it had on me was that here were a lot of gay people who were interested in politics ; for whom it was n't just a social thing to do after work . |
| 19 | When I took over there were a lot of things I felt needed to be dealt with . |
| 20 | People living near Roker Park said the arrangements then were a shambles . |
| 21 | In contrast to this elegant frontage the workrooms beyond were a hive of frenzied activity . |
| 22 | Nothing came along immediately and ahead were a couple of lean years . |
| 23 | Already aboard were a tommy-gun , grenades , a thermos of coffee laced with brandy — they would need this — and the infra-red signalling gear . |
| 24 | Prerecording was possible ; so too were a range of optical and mechanical visual effects denied to the makers of The Time Machine and The Quatermass Experiment . |
| 25 | POSTCARDS These too were a success . |
| 26 | Kuzmitch did mention that Blake had been unimpressed by the American and British intervention in South Korea but so too were a lot of other people . |
| 27 | They too were a family of skilled craftsmen and , like so many of the first two generations of South Wales industrial settlers , retained a small interest in country matters , raising pigs and often keeping a pony or two on the outskirts of their villages . |