Example sentences of "was a [noun pl] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 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 | At the end of the Corniche , opposite where the newly arrived barge was moored , was a police post and an army barracks . |
| 5 | He had a father who was a police sergeant and always knew everything first . |
| 6 | At one time there was a police inspector and a police constable at the police station . |
| 7 | Hunt , who had a playboy lifestyle during his racing driver career , was a sports fanatic and played squash , tennis and golf . |