Example sentences of "[was/were] a [det] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the practical difficulties in overcoming the first of these problems , I can not see , even if the price of the D-to-A converter were a few pence , Class D in its Reeves or Sandler guise making much progress . |
| 2 | What were a few herring ? |
| 3 | I drew a peg in the bend which I had drawn some years before and knew there were a few fish there and decided on one rig only — the pole . |
| 4 | We arrived at the little house in the evening and already there were a few people there . |
| 5 | Now ‘ I 've Got My Mojo Working ’ does n't go down with everyone , but at that time there were a few people around who did like that kind of stuff , and we were hopefully appealing to them . ’ |
| 6 | There were a few people about now : walking their dogs , jogging in tracksuits along the firm sand out by the water 's edge . |
| 7 | There were a few people who ‘ took an interest ’ first in one young man and then another . |
| 8 | There were a few people around , but I did n't care , I stripped down to my bra and filled the basin and gave myself a real good wash . |
| 9 | Sometimes they did n't stop or even bat an eyelid , and I bet there were a few people waking up with painful parts in the morning . |
| 10 | There were a few people passing . |
| 11 | There were a few people around , polishing and sweeping , and maybe spreading incense for all I knew . |
| 12 | There were a few people who allowed themselves to feel the pain of loss , the pain of betrayal , when they began to understand what had really been happening in the Soviet Union . |
| 13 | There were a few people who had private laboratories , and who were like Lavoisier amateurs of fully professional competence ; and there were those who lived by consultancy . |
| 14 | There were a few people milling around , but not yet the main surge of puzzled well-wishers , police , press and sensation-seekers . |
| 15 | Yeah I think at the onset of the strike there were a few people who were considered likely to be forced to get back to work or to go back to work , because of what they 'd said , because of well just you know because of what they say in the meetings or because of what they did n't say in the meetings . |
| 16 | But there were a few people . |
| 17 | Right now there were quite there were a few people who gave me their books There were a few people who who gave me their books but I mean Erm this was the first homework I 'd given you actually that er that I 'd you know given so I would like to see an improvement in this performance please . |
| 18 | Right now there were quite there were a few people who gave me their books There were a few people who who gave me their books but I mean Erm this was the first homework I 'd given you actually that er that I 'd you know given so I would like to see an improvement in this performance please . |
| 19 | ‘ I was a few pence in the red to a bank that makes millions of pounds in profit every year . |