Example sentences of "[noun pl] were a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The T'ang 's words were a harmless play on the name of the Longjing ch'a , but for Ben they seemed to hold a special meaning . |
| 2 | The words were a faint gargle , unknowable . |
| 3 | But when he did speak at last , his words were a chilling disappointment . |
| 4 | The words were a strangled whisper . |
| 5 | As an attempt to introduce a note of levity , the words were a disastrous flop . |
| 6 | The words were a soft murmur , almost to herself , but Simon heard them . |
| 7 | Although his tone was courteous , his words were a pointed reminder of her position . |
| 8 | Lee found that function words were a considerable problem for his SPHINX system . |
| 9 | Their principal characteristics were a declared love of Lebanon , a publicly expressed desire to respect the National Covenant and a ruthless determination to ensure that their power was passed on to their sons . |
| 10 | Break-ins were a daily occurrence . |
| 11 | Forty years after the event , the survivors were a sociable group with their own small London club and a way of closing ranks that , in wartime , had needed to be desperately widespread . |
| 12 | The local street kids were a scummy lot . |
| 13 | The casings were a little way to the right , spilling out of a back door to the club . |
| 14 | Sore knees were a small part of her penance . |
| 15 | The critics argued that the space probes were a useless waste of money in words that were amazingly similar to those recorded against Columbus some four and a half centuries earlier . |
| 16 | Jews were a small proportion of the population . |
| 17 | Their minds were obviously not on meteorological work , and as the squadron gradually decreased in numbers with each little batch that left for home , farewell parties were a regular occurrence in the office and I began to think that perhaps Binbrook was not such a bad place after all . |
| 18 | At the time , their latest cars were a large batch numbered in the 1700s and 1800s , some built by Hurst , Nelson and the rest by Brush , all delivered in 1922 . |
| 19 | These relationships were a natural consequence of evolution working to produce mutual interactions from which all the species involved would benefit . |
| 20 | Terry 's run ended just a month before the end of 1960–61 , Palace 's first promotion season for 40 years , and his splendid and regular performances were a key feature in that success . |
| 21 | That the tides were a physical consequence of the combined motions of the earth , as Galileo maintained , was the very argument he had outlawed . |
| 22 | The sad fact is that dolphin-friendly labels were a commercial decision by companies looking to protect their profits , not dolphins . " |
| 23 | Corrie had a short , snub nose and rosebud mouth , and her eyes were a smoky grey . |
| 24 | Her eyes were a washed-out blue with a level gaze . |
| 25 | His eyes were a deep blue . |
| 26 | Her own eyes were a muddy green , and just now they were spitting fire , like a little cat . |
| 27 | He had dark blond hair yet his eyes were a light brown . |
| 28 | Corbett had heard that the Scots were a crude race but their cooks could have held their own with the best in Europe . |
| 29 | But we Scots were a bloodthirsty race then , and of all the black deeds that blacken Scottish history , I believe that the hunting of the Rannoch Macgregors was probably one of the most horrendous . |
| 30 | Imported dried plums were a fashionable ingredient in Elizabeth broths and meat pies . |