Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [was/were] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His words alone were a surprise . |
| 2 | He introduces Rosanna Spearman , who , at the time four months before was a resident of the Reformatory , but at some previous time to that , Rosanna Spearman had been a thief . |
| 3 | Forty feet away was a nest box fixed to a tree trunk at a height of 8 feet above the ground . |
| 4 | But the lifelong affection for Adam 's school of the distinguished scholar Alexander Nequam [ q.v. under Neckam ] , who three decades later was a student there , suggests that John 's criticisms may not have been entirely just . |
| 5 | Their first years together were a time of grinding poverty . |
| 6 | At the heart of Lord Mackay 's proposals years later was a suggestion that solicitors be given the right to speak , and to become judges , in any court . |
| 7 | Helen Davies from Bristol , who was nineteen three weeks ago was a passenger in a car which hit a tree at Cinderford , in the Forest of Dean . |
| 8 | Their castle , built by the present king twenty years ago was a mixture of styles , German gothic predominating . |
| 9 | The caricature Tory MP of thirty years ago was a knight of the shires ; his contemporary counterpart might more accurately be called Morden Man . |
| 10 | A favourite a couple of years ago was a letter issued from an American bank that had been issued three years previously . ’ |
| 11 | a senior consultant in Consultancy Services , Risley , said although feelings generally were a bit mixed , ‘ I feel that we have been given a clearer picture of where AEA is heading although I expect to see a lot more changes before things settle down . ’ |
| 12 | People living near Roker Park said the arrangements then were a shambles . |
| 13 | The first I knew about the plan to publish it in the newspapers tomorrow was a fax at midday today . ’ |
| 14 | Every fifty metres there was a television camera scanning the road . |
| 15 | The houses were spacious and grand ; their lower storeys were built of solid timber , the projecting gables above were a framework of black beams and white plaster . |
| 16 | When she spoke to Guitarist back in 1988 , Jennifer described how landing the job as guitar player on one of the largest tours ever was a dream come true ; how did it feel to be asked back this time ? |
| 17 | You know they , they ran , they took the nurses , because the nurses home was a mile or , was it a mile or a mile and a half or something from the hospital , they had this , they took them in the morning and then they took them at lunchtime and then all the different shifts coming on and off they took them , and they had the schools run as well . |
| 18 | In contrast to this elegant frontage the workrooms beyond were a hive of frenzied activity . |
| 19 | Attacked by its critics as a sort of institutional megalomania in which a defeat of free institutions anywhere was a defeat everywhere it was a supercharged containment policy in which , in defence of the perimeter , all points seemed to be of equal importance . |
| 20 | One could almost claim that setting course south of Paris for Geneva nearly 250 miles away was a pleasure compared with the more northerly targets . |