Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [was/were] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The curving pond , flanked with stunning peonies which were another legacy of the garden and thrive in London 's clay-based soil , is an experiment , says Patricia , that she intends to improve on this summer . |
| 2 | This is compared with the 1990 figure which was some 35% higher . |
| 3 | Well , he was talk we were talking about the rave and th what was wrong with it and he was saying basically it was they 'd got four DJs who were all techno and they were like brilliant ! |
| 4 | Last Tuesday she was all smiles as she left the High Court joking with Judith Mellor . |
| 5 | As a result of the unprovoked attack by Magharba they decided to raise the stakes , and drew up a new list of candidates who were all Zuwaya , and all possessed of doctorates . |
| 6 | We have already suggested that along with the use of child labour there was little uniformity either chronologically or geographically about the employment of women in coal mines . |
| 7 | Along the edge of the Cromarty Firth there were more seagulls in the fields than over the whole of Lewis . |
| 8 | A N'pani of Alexei 's household had designed the garden , and as a result there was more art than agriculture to its appearance . |
| 9 | As a result there were many instances of incorrect use and reports of inadequate performance that were not always justified . |
| 10 | As a result there were more males than females , unlike Europe where milk was a relatively more important reason for keeping cattle . |
| 11 | Third there was some inconsistency ; here the argument curiously was that though there were powers for the control over the demolition of certain buildings there was no overall system . |
| 12 | The rest of the afternoon we spent shopping and taking in the experience of having so many shops and stalls under one roof There were all types to browse in from clothes , stationery , crafts and food as well as many others . |
| 13 | My mother also had it and when I had previously attempted to diet and had successfully lost weight there was little improvement , if any , to the appearance of my ugly dimpled thighs , that is until I went on my low fat diet . |
| 14 | He realised that without western investment there was little chance of turning the economy around . |
| 15 | m There was another squeal of tyres and a crunching noise as the car hit the trolleys . |
| 16 | In cases where MPRP members had stood as opposition candidates there was some confusion over the exact allocation of seats , but according to the elections commission , the MPRP won 357 seats , and the pro-MPRP Mongolian Revolutionary Youth League won nine seats . |
| 17 | His fingers were bloody and in his eyes there was such despair that I could not stand it and went out into the filthy courtyard ’ . |
| 18 | One of their most useful features was the thick layer of pure white fat with which they were coated when you took it out of the tin there was this layer of fat round the edge . |
| 19 | For in practice there was little validity in the distinction : the nationalist pursued not culture but power , and above all the power of the State , which , once won , it was thought , would then protect a national culture . |
| 20 | However , in practice there was enough choice of speeds and the steps in between each were fine . |
| 21 | I mean , it was a windy day as well and I do n't think that helped because the wind was sort of blowing into the mike but er and when he took it to college there was this noise all the time , he must have had it clipped under here somewhere ! |
| 22 | A number of attempts were made to introduce such courses in the next few years , but as experiments in applied anthropology they were all failures . |
| 23 | when you went shopping you could shop everywhere and a quarter of tea it was that price every shop , there was no competitiveness about it |
| 24 | Like most engineering projects , it may have looked good on paper , but in practice it was another thing entirely . |
| 25 | What an absolute pig he was this evening . |
| 26 | Her son and daughter-in-law , she confided , drank a powder which was half chicory . |
| 27 | It was as if Marc himself were some sort of electrical power source . |
| 28 | Boxing was the only sport I was any good at , but I often wondered , sitting with gloves on waiting for the fight before mine to end , why on earth I did it . |
| 29 | Another specific usage of private stations was that of Railway Staff halts which enabled staff to reach a place of work which was some distance from a public stopping place . |
| 30 | sought certain orders and declarations against the first defendant , Pantell S.A. ( ‘ Pantell ’ ) , the second defendant , Swiss Atlantic Holdings Ltd. and three other defendants who were all solicitors . |