Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] apart from a " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the surfaces were bare apart from a seventeenth-century bronze statue of Theseus abducting Antiope , the queen of the Amazons . |
| 2 | It was almost eight o'clock and the streets were dead apart from a little through traffic . |
| 3 | It was empty apart from a round wooden table , a large golden picture frame on one wall and a cupboard . |
| 4 | The dining room was empty apart from a couple of staff members who were laying tables for breakfast . |
| 5 | It was empty apart from a few chairs and a couple of tables . |
| 6 | Pilot Stephen Grey was unhurt apart from a minor neck injury which hospitalised him for a short period . |
| 7 | ‘ When I told him that the van was standard apart from a roll cage he found it even more difficult to accept . |
| 8 | Here , however , she was alone apart from a couple of men seated on stools next to the bar , and a yellow Labrador slumbering at their feet . |
| 9 | An earlier court hearing was told that the woman awoke one morning to be confronted by McKenzie , who was naked apart from a pair of underpants on his head . |