Example sentences of "were [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were to mount a dummy attack on the R.A.F. airfield at Heliopolis , just outside Cairo , a distance of about a hundred miles across open desert … . |
| 2 | Whilst Robert Legg Snr and his cronies were enjoying a short-lived grandeur within the ill-fated United Company of Undertakers , the Upholders ’ Company continued to support those members who furnished funerals as part of their everyday trade , though their list of admissions does not identify persons trading as coffin-makers or undertakers though they did admit upholders and mercers , who included funeral furnishing as a sideline to their main trade . |
| 3 | By the latter half of the century , the majority of books on child care — which were enjoying a tremendous popularity — strongly recommended breast-feeding and described it as the normal practice ( Fildes 1980 ) . |
| 4 | I wandered along the sandy beach and saw just how mums and dads with kiddies and gran and grandad too , were enjoying a REAL family holiday in the sun . |
| 5 | On 30 June 1989 , Captain Knowles and Warrant Officer Fowles were visiting the Army 's transit training camp at Scarborough to ensure that 35 Signal Regiment ( V ) from London on their annual summer training camp were enjoying a satisfactory standard of catering . |
| 6 | Attention would only be conditionally offered to Ollie if Stan was in the room , and if the family were enjoying a quiet cuddle with Stan , he would have to be rejected in favour of Ollie if he appeared . |
| 7 | ‘ The chances are a thousand to one that you might stay here for ten seasons and never see a boatman in a hurry , ’ quoted Sir Thomas loudly to his brood , waving a lordly hand towards William and Joe who were enjoying a quiet chew of tobacco at the end of the pier . |
| 8 | At the same time both the Constituency Labour Parties and the Labour League of Youth were enjoying a rapid increase in membership and many of their new recruits were more interested in what was happening in Europe than in the traditional problems of unemployment and labour conditions . |
| 9 | Ed and Johnny were enjoying an unimaginative platter of boiled sprouts . |
| 10 | Potatoes were enjoying an unprecedented popularity amongst all classes of society ; in the houses of the aristocracy they were being marinaded in champagne , poached in wine and decorated with truffles . |
| 11 | We were seeing a steady growth in fee income of around 15% in the Newport office , and when we made the decision to move , there was n't a single indicator that we might see a downturn . |
| 12 | Well and that 's we were delayed a whole month in tidying the whole because it was such a rotten wet Summer , we could n't get the tiles . |
| 13 | However , the basic grammatical distinctions here are the categories of first , second and third person , If we were producing a Componential analysis ( for which see Lyons , 1968 : 470-81 ) of Pronominal systems , the features that we seem to need for the known systems would crucially include : for first person , speaker inclusion ( + 5 ) ; for second person , addressee inclusion ( + A ) ; and for third Person , speaker and addressee exclusion ( - S , A ) ( see Burling , 1970 : 14-17 ; Ingram , 1978 ) . |
| 14 | By 1500 BC , the metal workers of Crete were producing a large range of cooking and storage utensils , including some large cauldrons made by riveting together several bronze sheets : some fine examples were found at Tylissos . |
| 15 | He was asked by the Production Manager , J D Pearson , to redesign any part of the engine where the unskilled and semi-skilled staff were producing a high proportion of scrap . |
| 16 | We were producing an annual report |
| 17 | Barriers and warning lights were put up and further warning lights were placed a short distance away . |
| 18 | At a meeting with the consortium more than a week ago , Caledonian directors said they would help only if they were given a controlling interest in the pit . |
| 19 | The Black and Ambers pack , with Clive Brooks at number eight , were given a thorough work-out in the early stages . |
| 20 | We were given a thorough training in reading and spelling , in writing and arithmetic , with a weekly lesson in history , geography , nature study and drawing . |
| 21 | Naval officers received no help from the Treasury for their outfits , though they were given a small tax allowance . |
| 22 | At a concert at London 's Town and Country Club they were joined on stage by Metelic , a team of Ukrainian dancers from Reading who were given a rousing reception . |
| 23 | The proposals were given a cautious welcome by politicians on the left , but the right-wing parties decried them as an attempt to distract from the President 's and the government 's current unpopularity . |
| 24 | Later that week we were given a first indication that the previous three ‘ greenhouse ’ winters may merely have been within the normal climatic variations and that a better season may be on its way , when the first Pitztal race was cancelled due to extreme cold ! |
| 25 | When the final text of the poem was published after its author 's death , readers were given a revised version . |
| 26 | The rest of the women were given a shortened version of the PSE and possible ‘ cases ’ were re-interviewed by a psychiatrist . |
| 27 | From the mid-1970s , the Docklands were given equal priority with the new towns ; after 1977 they were given a higher status . |
| 28 | All were given a 20p-off coupon to buy round teabags , and members of three panels also received free samples , of four , eight and 16 teabags respectively . |
| 29 | The military , hitherto reluctant to intervene in previous attempted coups , went on the offensive on this occasion after they were given a firm mandate from Menem for resolute action . |
| 30 | Last week James and his wife were given a valedictory dinner by the Argentine ambassador , Mario Campora , and his wife at their handsome embassy across the square from Canning House . |