Example sentences of "[noun sg] were [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE RUC were given a let-off in the eighth minute when the home side were awarded a penalty , but player manager Jim Scott 's kick was saved by keeper Matthews . |
| 2 | The opposition were winning a lot of line-out ball at the back and were getting to our midfield . |
| 3 | South-West were dealt a blow yesterday when their England flanker Andy Robinson pulled out after falling victim to the ‘ flu epidemic . |
| 4 | At the same time as Shirley Williams ( Secretary of State for Education in the Callaghan administration which was to be defeated in the General Election of 1979 ) was conducting the ‘ Great Debate ’ , inspectors from her Department were beginning a process of evaluation of the nation 's schools . |
| 5 | The two that immediately came to mind were running a charity and looking at whether any of her work was commercially viable which , since it is biotechnology-based , there was a good chance it would be . |
| 6 | I was informed that a group of young teachers at one college were planning a boycott on the day to protests against their poor living conditions and low pay . |
| 7 | Miss Ying Chueng 's departure followed complaints from a guest conductor , Gunter Herbig , and members of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra , that her moans of appreciation were spoiling a performance being broadcast live on Radio 3 . |
| 8 | ‘ The club were given a deadline of November 29 1991 for confirmation of the terms agreed with their agents , but the agents have recently confirmed that the club no longer wish to purchase the property . ’ |
| 9 | Well , now the thing is , right what I 've thought might be like a good thing , er cos we all like entertainments , is like if Riot Girl were to become a society , |
| 10 | Mr Woodhead , 62 , announced he and the mayoress were taking a week off after he appeared before Teesside magistrates in Middlesbrough . |
| 11 | Further over , in the dandelion-dotted meadow , a man and a boy were kicking a football through the foot-high grass while two women laid out a picnic lunch . |
| 12 | His terms of reference were to design a building based on the Cathedral of the Dormition in Vladimir and which would be structurally sound . |
| 13 | Should this be accepted , he would escape a mandatory life sentence for each murder and would be sent to a mental hospital , with the prospect of release if the trial judge were to accept a petition that he was no longer mentally ill nor a danger to the public . |
| 14 | To set light to the straw the team were using a mixture of petrol and spirits . |
| 15 | Most of the population were making a living , and sometimes a killing , in ways that were strictly speaking illegal . |
| 16 | Four years later Clare and her latest fiancé were spending a weekend at Strathspeld when she died of a heart attack . |
| 17 | Vincent 's constant demands for attention were becoming a pest . |
| 18 | The band were taking a break from each other , but they 'd be working on some new material soon with a view to releasing a new song as a single to coincide with Reading . |
| 19 | The incident happened in Pittsburgh where the band were playing a gig . |
| 20 | Years later Eliot and his second wife were to live a stone's-throw away . |
| 21 | A parttime member of the UDR who was the son of a representative on the UUAC was killed when a bomb exploded at a petrol filling station where he and his wife were making a purchase and , in a further incident , a bus driver was shot dead at the wheel of his vehicle . |
| 22 | But it was clear to Marangos , just as it was to James , that the store openings and continuing publicity were creating a level of business which the financial resources of the company simply could not support . |
| 23 | Thus , if education were promised a rise in its allocation at 2 per cent a year , this would mean a real increase in its capacity to employ teachers or build schools of 2 per cent a year . |
| 24 | However , the successful operation of the snake was hindered by the adverse circumstances of the time : exchange rates were no longer pegged against the dollar ; there had been a massive increase in oil price which resulted in larger payments imbalances and severe exchange rate pressures ; domestic rates of inflation were showing a tendency to diverge markedly ; and the world economy was moving into recession . |
| 25 | The Principal and other staff of the College and then the Polytechnic were playing a part in committees of the CNAA : in 1971 , for example , the Academic Board congratulated one of its members on being invited to chair the CNAA Physics Board . |
| 26 | DETECTIVES last night were hunting a gang of youths who tortured a 20year-old woman into revealing the number of her cash card . |
| 27 | Other passengers for the train were forming a queue . |
| 28 | When all students regardless of age were examined a correlation was found between A-level grades and degree results which although statistically significant was always weak . |
| 29 | The Countryside Commission were to sign a deal with the Duke of Devonshire in September to grant him Capital Transfer Tax exemption ( estimated to be worth £12,000,000 ) in turn for large parts of this 130km 2 in the Dales becoming a public heritage centre under the Heritage Estate arrangement introduced by Leeds MP Denis Healey in 1975 to prevent the breakup of large estates ( the MP himself having just become President of the National Trust 's Yorkshire Moors & Dales Appeal ) . |
| 30 | So far as individual counselling on sexual matters is concerned , schools are advised that whilst pastoral care of pupils is an important aspect of the teacher 's role , parents are expected to play their part , so that if a pupil were to approach a teacher for advice the teacher should , wherever possible , encourage the pupil to seek it from his/her parent whilst at the same time warning the pupil of the risks attached to the pupil 's behaviour . |