Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Five of those released on Christmas Eve 1772 had been gaoled for each owing 12s 8d , and were given half a crown ( 2s 6d ) on discharge . |
| 2 | But if I were to find such a change taking place while an animal is learning , unless the conditions for that change met all the subsequent criteria , I would be no further forward than the experiments of the 1960s that I criticized in the last chapter . |
| 3 | The Video Recordings Act 1984 was intended to outlaw the ‘ video nasties ’ which were causing such a panic at the time , by making it illegal to distribute films on video which have not received a certificate from the British Board of Film Classification . |
| 4 | If this House were to apply such a principle it would involve going beyond what any of the authorities have decided , departing from such decisions as Slater v. Burnley Corporation ; William Whiteley Ltd. v. The King and Twyford v. Manchester Corporation which have stood for many years and would involve making new law . |
| 5 | Events were to justify such a view of things , and God was duly thanked , by the royal order that masses should be said to commemorate the defeat of the English at Formigny in April 1450 , for the way he had turned his gaze towards the French cause which , for so long , had appeared to be lacking his support . |
| 6 | They slept in the same bedroom as me because we were er limited to bedroom space but we had girls because we were doing such a lot of entertaining , there was a lot of work . |
| 7 | Now having having done that if we were doing three a year I would suggest we can cope with that . |
| 8 | Did n't she think it was odd that they were taking such a risk ? |
| 9 | ‘ I must summon one again , ’ he 'd said , ‘ and speak with it , ’ to which Chant had replied that if they were to attempt such a summoning they had to be ready next time , for voiders were lethal , and could not be tamed except by Maestros of inordinate power . |
| 10 | The eels were making such a noise that all the other fishes started making a noise as well , which woke up the Loch Ness Monster ’ . |
| 11 | The men of the family always formed a very solid front to the outside world , and at times to their womenfolk , and as it had been the custom among their people for children to be looked after by the men on the mother 's side of the family , especially if a brother had no issue of his own , they did n't see why the sisters were making such a fuss . |
| 12 | If Britain were to make such a gesture we should be doing an international service . |
| 13 | The boxmen were paid 1/6 a day . |
| 14 | Bondagers were paid half a man 's rate for the same work . |
| 15 | Bondagers were paid half a man 's rate for the same work . |
| 16 | These were employees of the mine and were paid 2/4 a ton , and it was hard earned , with hand filling and unloading . |
| 17 | In these moves Charles was displaying the combination of martial skill , courage , and shrewd politics that were to become such a feature of his rapid growth from king into emperor . |
| 18 | The explosion was heard half a mile away . |
| 19 | Many of think he would do it if he was given half a chance . |
| 20 | And Andy was given half a day 's notice . |
| 21 | Verdun was to lose half a foot in the pits and use the £300 compensation to buy an upright piano ( although he could not play it ) . |
| 22 | Police are connecting the rape with an incident 90 minutes earlier when a 25-year-old woman was attacked half a mile away at Burway on the edge of Ludlow . |
| 23 | A lot of people still remember Her Ladyship , the little white cow which was featured such a lot in Too Long a Winter , and so do I , of course . |
| 24 | The other case in which assistance was granted concerned a complaint that the union , in breach of the rules , was trying to split motions for vote . |
| 25 | North Merseyside was dismissed immediately as existing staff would be unlikely to wish to relocate to the area and it was felt such a location would not serve to enhance the company 's recruitment image . |
| 26 | Thus Marx identified the already well-advanced process of the ‘ nationalization ’ of English workers which was to cause such a shock in 1914 . |
| 27 | well the slight adjustment so to get it , get it right , that 's what you 're paid for and he 's , that 's where he was , that 's where he was brought up in the trade , and he could take a piece of cloth in his hands , he had rolls of cloth , and he said that was made such a way , the quality of this cloth is because and that |
| 28 | But then the M-forty was built half a mile from their door . |
| 29 | He also claimed that an attempt had been made to kill his son at the same site in Castlerock , where he was shot dead a week later . |
| 30 | But the tail of the Mary Alice looked as though it might break off completely any minute and was causing such a drag that we had to fly back on our own . |