Example sentences of "[was/were] two [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Behind her , in the picture , were two gas lamps . |
| 2 | At the weekend there were two firebomb attacks on refugee hostels in different cities . |
| 3 | But anyway it transpired that there were two groups sort of working towards the same end and nobody could work out what sort of erm role each played and it was terrible . |
| 4 | The double bed had been made up for two and there were two pyjama cases — relics of a past time — one embroidered with the letter ‘ I ’ , the other with an ‘ A ’ . |
| 5 | The bombers were not near , but across the road from us were two Yankee soldiers . |
| 6 | Underneath it stood an orange box on top of which were two flower pots . |
| 7 | There were two Abu Khadra Streets in Jaffa and there still is an Abu Khadra Mosque in Gaza . |
| 8 | There were two women ministers , and ministries for Human Rights , for Relations with Parliament and Associations , and for Communications and Culture were created . |
| 9 | Then within the team 's , in the Policy Team there were three Policy Development Officer 's , in the Neighbourhood Development Team there were two Development Officer 's and in the Community Development Team there are one , two , there are well there are normally six officer 's that you could I that you could identify , but there are other people that relate to them , but then it gets a bit complicated so were keep it at that . |
| 10 | Next to Paul Theroux and me were two lady companions . |
| 11 | Well they were two storey buildings , we had one office which was partitioned off for us clerks and the other half was for the traffic superintendent who was responsible , directly responsible to the general manager of the Ipswich Electric Supply and Transport Departments , so erm and then we had another office adjoining that which was a store room because in those days we used to have to erm record and keep in safekeeping all lost property , no end of things we used to have but we , you know , we used to have pigeon holes and lost property that was brought in , was placed into these pigeon holes it 'd be Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday . |
| 12 | In the centre were two day compartments , each with armchairs and tables , while one contained a couch . |
| 13 | In 1476 there were two deputy stewards : Sir Edmund Hastings and William Chamberlain . |
| 14 | In 1476 there were two deputy stewards : Sir Edmund Hastings and William Chamberlain . |
| 15 | Among the many public critics were two Lords Justices of Appeal . |
| 16 | Among the contents of Matthew 's safe there were two manuscript volumes , the journal of a certain Martin Beale who lived and worked in Natal and Cape Province during the second half of the last century . ’ |
| 17 | The remaining DN members were two Sandinista veterans and known moderates : Sergio Ramírez Mercado , the country 's former vice-president and René Núñez Téllez , the former secretary of the FSLN . |
| 18 | There were two mortar explosions over by the road , then all was fairly quiet except for the sound of firing away in the distance at the other end of the village , where I had been earlier on in the evening . |
| 19 | There were two packing stations at one time . |
| 20 | Thus there were two year dates running absolutely parallel with one another . |
| 21 | ‘ There were two Securitate men in the foyer . |
| 22 | The others pardoned were two intelligence officials — Duane R. Clarridge , the former head of the CIA 's European Division , who was awaiting trial on charges of having misled Congress [ see also p. 38428 ] , and Alan D. Fiers , a CIA official who had pleaded guilty in 1991 to withholding information from Congress , but who later co-operated with the authorities and served as the prosecution 's chief witness at George 's trial [ see p. 39043 ] . |
| 23 | All electrical equipment was supplied by the General Electric Co. and included fog lamps suspended under the front edge of the canopy ( prior to fog lamps being adopted by the L.C.C. ) There were two trolley poles , one for each direction of travel . |
| 24 | fat and sticky with sugar on the top , Peter paid a penny and took one away , then there were two currant buns left on the tray , two currant buns in the baker 's shop fat and sticky with sugar on the top , Peter paid a penny and took one away |
| 25 | There were two pound notes . |
| 26 | Er , there were two pound payment put through |
| 27 | There were two aircraft casualties , a Zero crashed on take-off from the Hiryu and a Kate suffered engine failure . |
| 28 | There were two bullet wounds , one on the shoulder and a deeper one behind the head . |
| 29 | There were two bullet holes in the windscreen . |
| 30 | There were two summer records : one was picked up dead in Houghton Forest on 14 June 1971 , and one was seen at Bracklesham on 27 July 1972 . |