Example sentences of "were a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Dr Charles Deering , who settled there after a wandering career , said that ‘ were a naturalist in Quest of an exquisite Spot to build a Town or a City , could he meet with one that would better answer his Wishes ? ’ |
| 2 | Most of them seemed to be the kind that took the prepaid cards that he never had , but there were a couple of pay booths at the end of the row and he made for those . |
| 3 | There were a couple of fairground signs from Third Avenue antique shops , a polar-bear rug and two huge basketwork chairs that looked like witch-doctors in full gear and creaked when sat upon . |
| 4 | There were a couple of ballpoint pens clipped to the top left-hand pocket of his white coat . |
| 5 | As I made inroads into both , I sussed the other punters and though the place was fairly quiet there were a couple of city gents in suits talking earnestly and drinking fast . |
| 6 | It was as if he were a sheet of paper torn into many little pieces which she felt she had to cover entirely with her hand , but could not , however hard she tried , because the wind always blew a few of the pieces from between her fingers or from the edge of her palm . |
| 7 | Certainly , he never looked for one moment as though there were a dose of castor oil beneath his nose . |
| 8 | In addition , if there were a lack of confidence in the Government 's strategy for getting the deficit under control , it could require a rise in interest rates with very damaging effects on business confidence . |
| 9 | In addition , if there were a lack of confidence in the Government 's strategy for getting the deficit under control , it could require a rise in interest rates with very damaging effects on business confidence . |
| 10 | The dislikes were a lack of dustbag and no rebating facility . |
| 11 | I 'd ban coincidences , if I were a dictator of fiction . |
| 12 | John described it to many interviewers as if the free lessons were a concession in return for taking part in performances , but it would be more realistic to regard the performances by the University of Cape Town Ballet as a valuable part of his ballet education . |
| 13 | The reporter picked up his empty lager can and contemplated it as if it were a work of art . |
| 14 | Then a Professor of German Literature applied his literary mind to the Gospels and declared that they were a work of fiction and that Jesus had not actually existed ? |
| 15 | I must begin with a coincidence which I would not dare to recount if this were a work of fiction . |
| 16 | That 's right , but you were a councillor for instance Dave ? |
| 17 | Military vicissitudes were a feature of border life at this time . |
| 18 | It was true that the press gave far more attention to shortcomings than had been the case in the recent past , but those shortcomings were a feature of life itself and would not disappear if the newspapers simply ignored them . |
| 19 | His strong and aggressive displays were a feature of Palace 's progress back to Division Two , but his playing career was brought to a premature end by a troublesome eye complaint and his final match with us was the 6th round FA Cup-tie against Leeds ( 0–3 ) on 10 March 1965 . |
| 20 | The occasional independent unionist and independent Orange-lodge representative in politics were a feature of politics from 1880 to 1972 . |
| 21 | Large caverns had been fitted out as barracks and guard room , and these were a hive of activity as the base personnel stumbled from their beds to snatch weapons , rushing into the tunnels half-dressed . |
| 22 | ‘ They were a sacrifice to purity , ’ murmured Jaq . |
| 23 | Since opinion is now deeply divided on so many issues , one can probably no longer talk of the constitutional order as if it were a reflection of public opinion . |
| 24 | The ancient people were well aware of the way in which the principles of sacred geometry were a reflection of Nature . |
| 25 | But the vision was a long way off from Britain , for which the first two years of the Fifties were a continuation of wartime in civilian clothes . |
| 26 | The Civil War and the intervention of the Great Powers were a baptism of fire for the Bolsheviks . |
| 27 | The recent European Soccer Championships were a case in point — we ( in this case , England ) looked , and were , second-rate . |
| 28 | The conservative political parties of the interwar years , with their amorphous ideologies , were a case in point . |
| 29 | In this case , the plaintiffs were a finance house and the defendants were a company in liquidation and liquidators of that company . |
| 30 | ‘ Stair has his spyes in every quarter and even at the first posts on the several roads , ’ complained one irate conspirator , but often their work was easy for , as Bolingbroke observed , the most secret plans were a subject of gossip ‘ among women over their tea ’ . |