Example sentences of "was a [noun pl] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Oh yes they made it Miss has just died erm then coming down there was the Post Office with old Pa and the , then the Miss , they used to keep the Post Office , then there was er well there was a gents outfitters and then there was a beautiful shop I always used to think , it was called , another , but it was confectioners , but it was all most delightful old oldy-worldy sort of shop and my mother often used to go in there then you 'd |
| 2 | We went there , we took it with us , all this load , And what it was it was a forces couple and they were coming back to this country from Germany or somewhere like that , so we had n't seen them . |
| 3 | Every Sunday on our way back from church , we 'd call on Mrs Wright , whose son was a Schools Inspector and had been to Cambridge . |
| 4 | The only one who spoke to me about it was a police officer when I was in the police station : ‘ Why is a young girl like you destroying yourself on this stuff . ’ |
| 5 | The Spanish victory of Bailén ( July 1808 ) was the inevitable consequence of Napoleon 's belief that the conquest of Spain was a police operation that could be entrusted to inferior troops . |
| 6 | At the end of the Corniche , opposite where the newly arrived barge was moored , was a police post and an army barracks . |
| 7 | He had a father who was a police sergeant and always knew everything first . |
| 8 | At one time there was a police inspector and a police constable at the police station . |
| 9 | Similarly , I found it hard to believe that Neil Morrissey , as Danny in the Comedy Playhouse pilot Stuck On You , was a sports journalist when he seemed able to fulfil all his professional obligations without leaving his flat . |
| 10 | Hunt , who had a playboy lifestyle during his racing driver career , was a sports fanatic and played squash , tennis and golf . |
| 11 | Lastly , I would simply say that for weeks before the war was over , General whom I would like to call your attention to , was an Operations Officer and during the night when we were laying on missions we 'd say to each other , when this thing 's over we 're gon na get stinking drunk . |
| 12 | Anyway , she wanted to , me to go and see her , she said there we there was a scanner appeal , and she was also trying to talk about all sorts of other things that were possible and because there was an arts appeal and for arts facilities at the hospital , and all sorts of things . |