Example sentences of "[was/were] a [adj] [noun] ' " in BNC.

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1 There were a few moments ' stalemate , then more petrol was thrown , this time into the warehouse , and two men with a bren gun were left to cover the building as Peter Young led his men on .
2 It was a veritable hornets ' nest !
3 He was a real teachers ' pet , worse than me .
4 The result was a threatened players ' strike in 1909 , which led the authorities to re-recognize the union .
5 It was a favourite prisoners ' jeer at the guards , though unfair in view of the relative safety of the prisoners ' position .
6 Well nobody wanted them jobs because it was a seven days ' a week job .
7 George Wood had hinted , and not too darkly , about the ‘ lads ’ who knew how to get past the guards and into the mines at night : he had intimated that there was a prosperous smugglers ' route through the highest mountain passes to the coast where the ore would be taken over to Ireland or down to Liverpool and Swansea .
8 It was a few moments ' work to have her sitting with her baggage in a gig , to crown the blot with a ridiculous hat , and to write the word CAMBRIDGE on a downward-sloping signpost .
9 His popular wife , who was a National Farmers ' Union branch secretary before the birth of their children , is seen in the constituency as calm and strong , but also gentle and kind .
10 We tried to make it the best school , and it was an outstanding girls ' school . "
11 ‘ I 'd be disappointed if it was an old ladies ' outing . ’
12 It was an old folks ' home .
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