Example sentences of "[was/were] an [adj] [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His cellarman who had to make the journey to Culver Street at least twice a day was an ex-City Police Sergeant named Golding . |
| 2 | It is interesting to note that included in the government-funded School Curriculum Development Committee 's Arts in Schools project ( 1986 ) there was an equal opportunities section which clearly recognized the need to take this issue seriously . |
| 3 | It was an armoured personnel carrier with a 20 mm weapon fit in a turret . |
| 4 | In the process of losing his undisputed title to Bowe , on what one must say was an overwhelming points decision , Holyfield defined the qualities of a true champion . |
| 5 | Each of the four was an experienced police frogman , and each of them knew exactly what he was looking for — knew indeed the exact dimensions of the object and the positioning of the three great ruby eyes once set into it . |
| 6 | Neddy was an old Dales character who played the harmonium and who found an old bell one day which he placed on top of his harmonium because he liked the sound of it . |
| 7 | At the rear of the church was an old girls school erected in 1818 by a former rector , Archdeacon William Henry Edward Bentinck . |