Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must begin with a coincidence which I would not dare to recount if this were a work of fiction . |
| 2 | If this were a story by a ‘ serious ’ writer the critics would pursue the symbolism of hidden latches and dark tunnels as diligently as the children pursue the gang of international smugglers discovered in the cave at the end of the tunnel . |
| 3 | Scott J concluded that if this were a case in which there was any question or threat of general disclosure by the defendant of confidential information concerning the way in which the plaintiff carried on its business or concerning any details of the affairs of any of its clients there would be no answer to the claim for an injunction ; but it was not general disclosure that the defendant had in mind . |
| 4 | If this were a study in local history we should now , of course , be looking ever more closely at the ups and downs of everyday life in Frome . |
| 5 | If this were a list of localities where an industrial plant unleashed disaster on the folks next door , that would be bad enough . |
| 6 | Specifically , we are presented with a rather bland , urban or suburban , middle-class model of family living as if this were a model of or for society as a whole . |
| 7 | We would n't encourage anything which was risky , and some were a bit near the mark . ’ |
| 8 | This was a relief to Watt who had been in Cornwall for a while supervising the engine business there . |
| 9 | The metalwork department is run by a woman and Khan felt that male and female students received equal treatment , with an even gender balance amongst staff and students ; she remarked that this was a relief after school , where it was assumed only boys were suited to metalwork . |
| 10 | This was none of your mensa-a-table , this was a flash from the forbidden planet , and it was everywhere . |
| 11 | However , this was a commonplace in Wales and the fact that Tyrell received numerous grants from local landowners anxious to have his good will implies that he at least was a force to be reckoned with . |
| 12 | However , this was a commonplace in Wales and the fact that Tyrell received numerous grants from local landowners anxious to have his good will implies that he at least was a force to be reckoned with . |
| 13 | This was a love worth dying for , at last . |
| 14 | The boys knew from long experience that this was a sign of trouble . |
| 15 | The appearance in the skies of a bright ‘ new ’ star would certainly have influenced the ideas of our astrology-prone ancestors : this was a sign of major import . |
| 16 | Alix herself was not mimicked , or not that she could see : she did not know whether this was a sign of affection , contempt , or indifference . |
| 17 | We should have realised that this was a sign of things to come . ’ |
| 18 | According to them , this was a sign of a country on the verge of bankruptcy . |
| 19 | Paul knew that this was a sign from God . |
| 20 | In England and the Dutch republic difficulties of this kind were particularly acute : one result of this was a tendency from the 1660s onwards to give influential figures in Dutch public life , as an inducement to accept a mission abroad , the highest diplomatic rank of ambassador extraordinary , even if the mission in question were a run-of-the-mill one . |
| 21 | This was a worry to me because I could not work out how much money I would have to live on . |
| 22 | And it was proving almost impossible to secure any exhibition for Saturday Night and Sunday Morning until a booking became available at a London showcase cinema , and the audience turnout proved this was a film with legs . |
| 23 | The logical development of this was a film in which there were no heroes , only victims and violence . |
| 24 | This was a vehicle with all mod cons at the rear of the bus , which I had followed many times and checked on its progress flying over the route ; oddly enough , on my last night in Mespot I was to sleep in the Imperial Airways rest fort at Rutbah Wells , I had refuelled there many times and had wondered with awe at the vast ugly route-flying Imperial aircraft — Handley Page HP42s — and even more so at the passengers who took an even greater interest in our tiny single-engined Wapiti aircraft , and furthermore asked endless questions about our aircraft and of our life in Baghdad . |
| 25 | This was a showcase for a wide variety of young British musicians and bands currently working outside the mainstream of rock and pop . |
| 26 | He told the rector at Boston that this was a person of unusual spiritual powers ; that how to train him for the whole Church was a responsibility ; that he was anxious that these abilities should not be confined to academic spheres . |
| 27 | This was a bit of a problem . |
| 28 | This was a bit of a bombshell , but after determined encouragement from the chaplain the party managed to sing several verses of ‘ The Church 's One Foundation ’ , and were , in fact , rather pleased with themselves as several members had been able to put in the tenor and the bass . |
| 29 | He was known to abscond from the ward — this was a bit of a nuisance as there were only two nursing staff on duty at any one time . |
| 30 | This was a bit of a poser , but Sally-Anne , never at a loss , said , thinking of kind Uncle Orrin who would surely look after her and her three younger brothers if anything happened to Papa and Mama , ‘ An uncle took them in , but he said that he was n't prepared to keep a great girl , and that I must fend for myself , and find employment , which I have done , ever since . ’ |