Example sentences of "was [verb] a large [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The devil likewise found work for idle hands while the entire staff of Harvard Securities were gathered to gawp at Leslie Grantham , alias " Dirty Den " the pub owner in the TV soap opera Eastenders , who was accepting a large cheque on behalf of the Spastics Society . |
| 2 | Each man was given a large hunting knife and two smaller weapons known as okapi knives . |
| 3 | Betty was given a large selection of presents , all carefully chosen . |
| 4 | The author , Susan Hill , was given a large advance to write a sequel to Daphne du Maurier 's Rebecca and Emma Tennant is penning a follow-up to Jane Austen 's Pride and Prejudice . |
| 5 | However the UK was given a larger share of the regional and social funds . |
| 6 | The idea was to provide a large proportion of the teacher 's training on the job . |
| 7 | My brief was to provide a large painting of London with the Thames and the Richard Rogers Lloyd 's building somewhere in view , to fit a space that was large , long and thin in one of the client 's boardrooms at the Royal Mint . |
| 8 | Back in the Rathausplatz a seven-piece jazz band of students dressed up in 1920s ' costume was keeping a large crowd entertained . |
| 9 | One effect of this strategy was to create a large number of internal refugees — some reports estimating that some 150,000 Cambodians were displaced during 1990 , either by being forcibly moved in to the interior by SOC troops , or by fleeing from Khmer Rouge attack . |
| 10 | At the far end was hung a large tarpaulin . |
| 11 | Once upon a time , she had been able to withstand Florentine summers better than any English woman she knew but of late they had begun to tire her , to make her feel that in everything she did she was pushing a large boulder up a hill . |
| 12 | She was grasping a large man 's umbrella . |
| 13 | The firm 's owner assured them that he had never received a penny and was paying a large rent for his premises . |
| 14 | I was bought a large trunk and Uncle Charlie came round one Saturday morning and sign-wrote my name on both ends , with my house number . |
| 15 | But in September 1985 he joined forces with a man who was to play a large part in changing all that . |
| 16 | Dana had travelled from Berlin to Salamanca on an old motor bike that was to play a large part in our lives both in Spain and in England . |
| 17 | She was wearing a large muff and as they left the train Minton remarked , ‘ I thought you were going to smuggle me through the barrier in that . ’ |
| 18 | And Dyson knew from the depth of humility and reverence in his inflection that he was getting a larger fee than even Lord Boddy . |
| 19 | Then she saw he was holding a large stick in one hand . |
| 20 | The switchboard on the ground floor of the Questura was manned by a chubby youth who was holding a large roll , turning it from one side to the other and studying it closely like a wrestler looking for a hold . |
| 21 | As he watched , a supervisor carrying a big black bag began to move along the line of checkouts followed by a young assistant who was holding a large plastic container with a flap in the front like a letter box . |
| 22 | One young man , who was attending a large machine which was railed off as a safety precaution , warned Humphrey of the dangers of moving machinery . |
| 23 | Prime Minister Major , who has learned much about smiling through adversity , beamed pleasantly through adversity , beamed pleasantly through most of the play from his comfortable position next to the Pressbox on the ground where he was spent a large portion of his life . |
| 24 | To see my starved self as beautiful was to dissipate a large part of this confusion : I was , literally and metaphorically , in perfect shape . |
| 25 | Last spring , Lorna signed up for the fortnight 's training course , and was allocated a large portion of the Glasgow and Clyde area , with 12,000 potential customers . |
| 26 | My two main subjects were English and music , so I was spending a large part of every day doing the things I loved most . |
| 27 | David was , by this time , playing a major role in developing the fast-growing U S retailing operation ; Nick was taking a larger hand in design strategy and had built a team of extremely young , artistic friends around him . |
| 28 | She was clutching a large handbag on her lap as if it was a shield . |
| 29 | When he reappeared his hair was soaked , he had taken off his shirt and was carrying a large square of sticking plaster . |
| 30 | Kent police said : ‘ The lorry was carrying a large quantity of Royal Mail parcels . ’ |