Example sentences of "was [verb] a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In those days the old Empire News was waging a circulation battle in the West Country . |
| 2 | Jacques was speaking enthusiastically about the crop of grapes which the vines had produced , and was prophesying a bumper harvest . |
| 3 | The first time I came across the problem I was knitting a tuck stitch sweater . |
| 4 | Successful in three hurdle races in the West Country , Mardood won on the Flat at Catterick last month and was completing a nap hand inside seven weeks . |
| 5 | Mr Kidd said the committee was producing a draft guide for management which would include a review of existing legislation in six European countries . |
| 6 | If Mr Lamont was using a Gold Access card , as he says , it is also highly unlikely that he was exceeding his credit limit . |
| 7 | Text is input as if the user was using a word processing program and files from VIEW or WORDWISE can be incorporated . |
| 8 | The Doctor was using a pocket mirror to see what was going on outside without sticking his head out of the window , Howard was over by a small stove cooking several breakfasts , the hospital staff were milling about seeing to their patients , and Petion was being shaved by an orderly using a piece of broken glass . |
| 9 | Apparently during the First World War some professor erm was using a bunsen burner and he burned himself quite badly and by him he just happ he just happened to have some lavender oil essential and for the nearest thing he put his hand in there and apparently it was supposed to have calmed it down and it healed very quickly . |
| 10 | The man whom Patrick had seen through binoculars was using an artillery sight to fine-tune the angle . |
| 11 | Care would be taken not to harm the environment in the nature reserve there , which was designated a world heritage area . |
| 12 | In 1984 Bishop McGregor School was designated a community college . |
| 13 | After two days , in which it had become clear that Daod was organizing a drug shipment from Lebanon via Cyprus to Bulgaria , a well-worn route through the Eastern bloc into Western Europe , he decided to go home and sleep with his wife instead of staying on the job , as instructed , in case of overnight calls . |
| 14 | ONE of the three kings in a nativity play was given a sex change in a Christmas message of sexual equality . |
| 15 | She was given a sun dial , two large planters , garden centre tokens and flowers . |
| 16 | FOURTEEN WGEC production operators on Marathon 's Brae platforms reached a new record of five years without a lost time earlier this year and to mark the occasion each was given a pen set . |
| 17 | Each school team was given a toy Dulux dog as a memento of the occasion . |
| 18 | A HUSBAND was given a crash course in how to deliver a baby by a midwife on the phone . |
| 19 | I was given a crash course and then the necessary documents that have seen me through ever since . |
| 20 | One vacation she was given a holiday job in the palace gardens , pricking out marigolds . |
| 21 | Every policeman was given a pint mug and on night duty we were , have n't , we , each of us was given one pint of coffee . |
| 22 | Even so , he was given a garrison command at Rockingham . |
| 23 | He just leaned on me and when he caught me with a left hook I was given a standing count . |
| 24 | John Strafford of Beaconsfield was given a standing ovation after declaring that the people of Northern Ireland had ‘ more than earned the right to be members of the Conservative Party ’ . |
| 25 | Gordon Wilson , whose daughter died in the Enniskillen bombing and who is a member of the Republic 's Senate , was given a standing ovation by the emotional crowd . |
| 26 | Administrator Michael Barnes was given a standing ovation after addressing the audience . |
| 27 | She was given a test dose of 10 mg intramuscular gold ( myocrisin ) with no major side effects . |
| 28 | And the CND march of Easter 1966 was where a new paper was given a test outing . |
| 29 | Outside the Company Office , Charles was given a walking stick and marched up and down the stone courtyard with other officers between the granary in which the platoons were barracked and long low buildings nearby , previously the administrative block and now being used for the same purpose in military terms . |
| 30 | On 11th May the Bill was given a Second Reading and referred to a Select Committee , which met on 10th July with Molesworth as Chairman . |