Example sentences of "[was/were] a [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Sun , top seller by 1989 , was a tabloid relaunch , twenty years previously , of an ailing broadsheet paper with an entirely different character , some of whose readers nevertheless stayed with it and were a base on which the new ownership could build . |
| 2 | She spoke as if she were a machine on automatic pilot . |
| 3 | It got rid of nationalised monopolies that were a drain on taxpayers , allowed the people to own them and ensured services improved . |
| 4 | Worst of all , the heavy four-motor cars were a drain on the electrical distribution system , especially in South Shore , and sometimes a whole section would go ‘ dead ’ . |
| 5 | The chronic sick , the elderly and others who would need long-term care were a drain on the hospitals ' budgets and of little interest for teaching purposes . |
| 6 | If there were a obligation on the police to operate a policy of protecting those first into the forum , freedom of speech would be the better preserved . |
| 7 | It was obvious to all participants that the Assembly elections were a referendum on the proposals for the future of Ulster . |
| 8 | However , I would guess that , if there were a referendum on the issue in Britain , there would be a clear majority for making homosexual acts between consenting adults illegal . |
| 9 | Her hands , he had complained laughing , were a bit on the small side but they had learned strength and the skill was there already . |
| 10 | and then erm next in order was erm Alfred who was the Chief Clerk and then there were a number on level pegging , there was erm Cyril in charge of Works and Stores , Arthur who was erm , as I 've said was my erm the guardian and erm in the Finance Section was Charlie and erm then there was the typing pool . |
| 11 | there were a lad on here today from Dunscroft , oh you 'd have the telly on |
| 12 | I understood that the fees were a charge on some obscure NAAFI rebate fund . |
| 13 | You see , you were a lot on your own then , you could n't get any help . |
| 14 | Abba were a sausage on the cream cake of pop . |
| 15 | There were a programme on telly about it , making a fortune these clampers ! |
| 16 | María Luisa Beltranena was a magistrate on the supreme electoral board and a university vice-rector . |
| 17 | if there was a 'p' on the worms , it poison , you , you , you little |
| 18 | Oh , I 've been with Joyce since then , when had , used to live at Southwold , or near Southwold , and eh , we used to go there and she , she got killed where all the , she had a , a garden wall of felt sort of Fred Flintstone one , and there was a bend on the Ipswich erm , oh Ipswich Lowestoft road , right where she had this cottage |
| 19 | Thirdly , and unexpectedly , he was a champion on the croquet pitch . |
| 20 | try to that there was a clip on it , but |
| 21 | ‘ I remember her saying that she was trying so damn hard and all she needed was a pat on the back , ’ recalls a friend . |
| 22 | I 'm not quite sure whether that was a pat on the back or what but anyway erm and when Martin offered you for a drink I actually took it as a cup of tea actually so |
| 23 | The most affection you got from George was a pat on head ! |
| 24 | There was a music-stand on the far side , by the wall . |
| 25 | She helped him in other ways also — she was a chauffeuse on occasions , tended him when he was ill , and sometimes acted as a secretary . |
| 26 | There was a play on the radio about the Three Wise Men lost on the Ml . |
| 27 | And it was er no it was a lady on Sanday , her dad had been the joiner there and she said that erm he acted as the funeral arranger as well . |
| 28 | Such incidents were highly embarrassing to the union , and it was a relief on some occasions to record that the offenders were not members , but had been supplied by the Shipping Federation . |
| 29 | Their coolness was a relief on her burning skin , but the weight of even that light stroking seemed to hurt . |
| 30 | ‘ There was a painting on his easel , but he would n't let me see it . |