Example sentences of "[noun] was a [noun pl] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only thing on the ground floor that was similar to a dressing-room was a gents ' loo , so we set about disguising its true purpose by dressing it up for the evening . |
| 2 | The Royal Duke was a fishermen 's pub with an afternoon trade from men who had brought their catch in during the small hours of the morning . |
| 3 | His grandfather worked the coalface and his father was a Miners ' Union official . |
| 4 | Mills died on Melia 's 20th birthday and he recalls that when he was a child , Freddie was a boys ' idol and boys used to pretend to be him . |
| 5 | By now , Hoover was a politicians ' nightmare — perceived by some as the perfect cop , but known at close range for his rants , his sexual obsessions , his card index and his file cabinets which by now contained all the sins , real and imagined , of the political world . |
| 6 | Christmas Day in Bart 's Kenton ward was a children 's delight as staff pulled out all the stops to ensure patients had a magical day . |