Example sentences of "[was/were] a [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There wuz a bit of trouble outside the school gates when Sinead O'Connor said she was n't coming on the trip because she disapproved of buzzes and then she got on and took the best seat , ie the one at the back where me and Graham normally sit and smoke No6 . |
| 2 | Most of them seemed to be the kind that took the prepaid cards that he never had , but there were a couple of pay booths at the end of the row and he made for those . |
| 3 | There were a couple of fairground signs from Third Avenue antique shops , a polar-bear rug and two huge basketwork chairs that looked like witch-doctors in full gear and creaked when sat upon . |
| 4 | There were a couple of ballpoint pens clipped to the top left-hand pocket of his white coat . |
| 5 | As I made inroads into both , I sussed the other punters and though the place was fairly quiet there were a couple of city gents in suits talking earnestly and drinking fast . |
| 6 | It was as if he were a sheet of paper torn into many little pieces which she felt she had to cover entirely with her hand , but could not , however hard she tried , because the wind always blew a few of the pieces from between her fingers or from the edge of her palm . |
| 7 | Certainly , he never looked for one moment as though there were a dose of castor oil beneath his nose . |
| 8 | In addition , if there were a lack of confidence in the Government 's strategy for getting the deficit under control , it could require a rise in interest rates with very damaging effects on business confidence . |
| 9 | In addition , if there were a lack of confidence in the Government 's strategy for getting the deficit under control , it could require a rise in interest rates with very damaging effects on business confidence . |
| 10 | The dislikes were a lack of dustbag and no rebating facility . |
| 11 | I 'd ban coincidences , if I were a dictator of fiction . |
| 12 | The reporter picked up his empty lager can and contemplated it as if it were a work of art . |
| 13 | Then a Professor of German Literature applied his literary mind to the Gospels and declared that they were a work of fiction and that Jesus had not actually existed ? |
| 14 | I must begin with a coincidence which I would not dare to recount if this were a work of fiction . |
| 15 | Military vicissitudes were a feature of border life at this time . |
| 16 | It was true that the press gave far more attention to shortcomings than had been the case in the recent past , but those shortcomings were a feature of life itself and would not disappear if the newspapers simply ignored them . |
| 17 | His strong and aggressive displays were a feature of Palace 's progress back to Division Two , but his playing career was brought to a premature end by a troublesome eye complaint and his final match with us was the 6th round FA Cup-tie against Leeds ( 0–3 ) on 10 March 1965 . |
| 18 | The occasional independent unionist and independent Orange-lodge representative in politics were a feature of politics from 1880 to 1972 . |
| 19 | Large caverns had been fitted out as barracks and guard room , and these were a hive of activity as the base personnel stumbled from their beds to snatch weapons , rushing into the tunnels half-dressed . |
| 20 | Since opinion is now deeply divided on so many issues , one can probably no longer talk of the constitutional order as if it were a reflection of public opinion . |
| 21 | The ancient people were well aware of the way in which the principles of sacred geometry were a reflection of Nature . |
| 22 | But the vision was a long way off from Britain , for which the first two years of the Fifties were a continuation of wartime in civilian clothes . |
| 23 | The Civil War and the intervention of the Great Powers were a baptism of fire for the Bolsheviks . |
| 24 | ‘ Stair has his spyes in every quarter and even at the first posts on the several roads , ’ complained one irate conspirator , but often their work was easy for , as Bolingbroke observed , the most secret plans were a subject of gossip ‘ among women over their tea ’ . |
| 25 | The next two days were a flurry of activity . |
| 26 | She bought textbooks , studied in bed at dawn , and went every night to evening classes given by a frockcoated seer who spoke about calculus as though it were a way of life . |
| 27 | Ideas and culture were a way of life and education was never just about learning subjects for exams . |
| 28 | Well the miners er were middle of the road , as lots of miners are now , but er probably more middle then because , well , the Colliery Chapel and the Co-op were a way of life . |
| 29 | The sea had receded , and the yard and the grasslands were a wilderness of sand and mud and wriggling fish , of stones and pebbles and seaweed , of driftwood and shellfish . |
| 30 | Her greatest attributes were a sweetness of nature , a kind disposition , being a good sister and a wonderful daughter . |