Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I settled for a quality pie inside the ground — they were temperature-controlled by a woman who stuck a fancy knitting needle in them all . |
| 2 | So ground and air were dry with a touch of steel |
| 3 | Under the Wedgwood Savings Related Share Option Scheme , options were outstanding over a total of 13,974,414 Ordinary Shares at a price of 14.5p Sterling , exercisable under normal circumstances within the period of six months from 14 December 1995 ; over 2,351,041 Ordinary Shares at a price of 29p Sterling , exercisable under normal circumstances within a period of six months from 1 January 1997 or 1 January 1999 , depending on the savings period ; and over 4,896,200 Ordinary Shares at a price of 12.5p Sterling , exercisable under normal circumstances within a period of six months from 1 November 1997 or 1 November 1999 , depending on the savings period . |
| 4 | Dr Schussler , who had a particular interest in physiology , considered that a number of diseases were due to a deficiency of one or more of these salts and thought that if a patient exhibited the symptoms of a remedy — for instance Natrum muriaticum — there was a deficiency of this salt in the patient 's body . |
| 5 | In Watt v. Rama [ 1972 ] V.R. 353 the plaintiff sued in respect of defects with which she was born which she alleged were attributable to a motor accident that rendered her mother a quadriplegic at the time that she was pregnant with the plaintiff . |
| 6 | They were right in a middle of a meal |
| 7 | Many viewers were upset by a scene showing a young girl in a trance covered in blood . |
| 8 | A dozen stray cats were asleep under a Con Edison awning and so were two winos . |
| 9 | Opposition to the current system was most vociferous among ethnic groups who claimed that they were disadvantaged under a system of patronage whereby members of the President 's own ethnic group , the Limba , were favoured in government appointments . |
| 10 | Newcastle Bohemians squandered a two-goal lead at home to fellow relegation candidates Cleator Moor Celtic and in the end were grateful for a share of the points . |
| 11 | You were scratchy as a cat on the prowl . |
| 12 | Thus , when Josias Nichols asked the parishioners of one parish in Kent ‘ whether it were possible for a man to live so uprightly that by well doing he might win heaven ’ , virtually all of them thought that this was so . |
| 13 | Dr Lazenby at Lorton had said that she should take more rest : as if that were possible with a farm , an inn , a husband and a daughter to work and worry about . |
| 14 | The court held that the defendants were guilty of a breach of confidence . |
| 15 | The whole family liked to be heard , as if they wanted people to know they were alive in a world where young and old alike were here one day and gone the next . |
| 16 | IF YOU WERE MAROONED ON A DESERT ISLAND WHICH MAKE-UP AND HAIR ITEM WOULD YOU BE LOST WITHOUT ? : |
| 17 | Lorry drivers in a transport cafe enjoying their breakfast were marooned for a time and really the best form of transport was by canoe . |
| 18 | Those applicants who wanted to do a future course were interested in a diversity of courses including advanced science , professional qualifications ( eg , teaching , social work ) , computing , advanced engineering , business studies and electrician courses . |
| 19 | Jacobs alleged that the Canadian and Australian delegates were trying to sabotage the election because they were interested in a north Korean decision to convene a conference in Pyongyang for all Korean politicians concerned with unification Jacobs and Hodge believed there was a communist group in UNTCOK , encouraged by Jackson and Patterson , working to promote the failure of the UN efforts and to ensure that south Korea fell into the Soviet sphere . |
| 20 | Conversely , those not easily located like part-time farmers on Flotta in Orkney were dependent on a wife or neighbour able to deal with such emergencies . |
| 21 | The figures were high for a county in which comital lordship had not been noticeably demanding ; the count 's fortifications should have been adequately defended . |
| 22 | Ed Moloney of the Irish Times wrote : ‘ … a large number of those attracted to and recruited into the party through Robinson 's efforts were different in a number of important respects from the traditional Paisley follower of the early rabble-rousing days … . ’ |
| 23 | Most human discourses behave as if language were transparent to a meaning or a reality beyond it , but , if we carry the lessons of Saussure right through to their logical conclusion , we see that this can not be so . |
| 24 | She ate the food , sipped her brandy and was even able to smile at the sight of Iris peering between the slices of bread to ensure that the contents were acceptable to a vegetarian . |
| 25 | The great black eyes were clear without a shadow as Isabella , recognising the bright aspect of love and unaware of its dark face , looked up and smiled . |
| 26 | He came home from school some days later and said he had been ‘ thinking very seriously about our situation ’ — he was already beginning to be pompous — and that it was quite obvious that some women were unsuited to a life which held nothing but home and children . |
| 27 | A close friend who was gay — we were never quite lovers but we were inseparable for a while — went off with a woman and I was incredibly devastated by this . |
| 28 | On this occasion , however , Kaifu had resisted the move , arguing that Cabinet stability and continuity were crucial at a time when the government was under pressure from the impact of the Gulf crisis and from the collapse of the " Uruguay Round " of multinational trade negotiations . |
| 29 | FBI negotiators , who have not spoken with Koresh since Monday , said they were unaware of a request to provide a doctor and would probably refuse . |
| 30 | ‘ In one organisation , line managers were unaware of a goal statement which had clear implications for them , ’ it says . |