Example sentences of "was [noun] [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The delegation 's leader , Sulayman Gulayman Gal , told a reporter that " there was hope that a nation would emerge from the Somali people " and that the SNM was interested in forming a united front against forces loyal to Siyad Barre . |
| 2 | All I got was sympathy and a piece of House of Commons headed notepaper . |
| 3 | Such sites can be useful , however , as a collection of pottery may indicate earlier occupation on a site than could be discerned when it was pasture or a field of unploughed earthworks . |
| 4 | Eliot 's presents were laid out on the table , and there was champagne and a birthday cake : when Rupert Hart-Davis lit the candles on the cake , Eliot knelt down and blew them out . |
| 5 | Just remember , kid , you can quicker get back a million dollars that was stole than a word you gave away . ’ |
| 6 | After Newsnight there was snooker and a film on BBC2 . |
| 7 | And what was Greenham but a phenomenon of the 1980s ? |
| 8 | Alexei was shouting something , and he quickened his pace so that if it was abuse or a challenge , he would be able to pretend that he had not heard it . |
| 9 | In 1989 there was outcry when a Pole carried his four-year-old son to the top of the Tacul , and two-years later the same pair were actually stopped by the police and turned back during an attempt on Mont Blanc . |
| 10 | Mosley also lived in a private world where there was leisure and a sense of fun . |
| 11 | In Corcoran v Anderton ( 1980 ) 71 Cr App R 104 ( DC ) , there was robbery where a handbag was tugged away from the victim , even though she did not lose control . |
| 12 | It was years and a lot of funny looks in the town before I learned the truth . |
| 13 | So you would n't you would just er mind er the kind of less fancy it would n't be particularly made like the one in the North End it was cart and a horse . |
| 14 | There was evidence that a tear had progressed from the corroded area across the face of the pressure dome , initially in fourteen separate steps , after which the critical crack length was exceeded and total disruption followed . |
| 15 | It was going to be a good night , in spite of the fact that it was August and a Wednesday . |
| 16 | But they 're not going fast enough for some residents of nearby welland , last night at a private meeting there was suggestions that a vigilante group should take the law into their own hands and forcibly evict the remaining travellers . |
| 17 | With Beth it was different , there was music and a reading but not really much VROOOOM ! |
| 18 | Useless at the moment to try to touch her , to convince her that what he felt for her was love and a pity so enormous that it was almost unmanning him . |
| 19 | Among the attractions was face-painting and a chance to feed the ducks , as demonstrated by two-year-old Callum Stephenson of Coulby Newham . |
| 20 | ‘ Think it was sweetpapers and a comic dropped at the scene . |
| 21 | There was steam and a smell of cleaning powder . |
| 22 | Solomon spent money on his appearance and , to them , spending money was proof that a subject was being taken seriously . |
| 23 | All that remained was paperwork and a passage to Peking . |