Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Precious stones and precious metals were once familiar artists ' materials . |
| 2 | There were also two limeburners ' cottages here . |
| 3 | BRIGADIER Dougal Munro s flat in Haston Place was only ten minutes ' walk from the London headquarters of SOE in Baker Street . |
| 4 | In some ways the difficulty was not some ministers ' demanding social solutions to social problems above individual solutions , but the underlying extent of the cultural absorption by Nonconformists discussed above . |
| 5 | The maximum penalty for this offence when perpetrated against a woman was formerly two years ' imprisonment , rising to five where she was under 13.6 In 1985 , it was raised to ten years ' imprisonment regardless of the victim 's age . |
| 6 | Thus , the maximum penalty for indecently assaulting a man was formerly ten years ' imprisonment , whereas for a woman it was two years , rising to five where she was under 13 . |
| 7 | On my first day at the Istituto Tecnico Macedonio Melloni , which was about twenty minutes ' walk from where the tram stopped , all the new pupils were being greeted at the top of a large staircase by the headmaster , a rather forbidding figure who had a white beard and gold-rimmed spectacles , and was dressed in a black suit . |
| 8 | The site was about three hours ' drive away from London and also had good communications with the north of the country . |
| 9 | The proposal from Tripoli was that five years ' residence and good behaviour should suffice . |
| 10 | The greatest advantage , however , was that 8–10 weeks ' notice could be given of precise dates , venues and course programme . |