Example sentences of "was [prep] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernard 's original idea was for a 24″ tank next to the fire , but our series made him think again . |
| 2 | I had to announce a big disaster during the war , the fall of France or something , and it was during a children 's matinee . |
| 3 | While there were enough differences between police tactics in separate areas to demonstrate that individual police officers retained some control over police operations , the strong overall impression was of a police force subject to central direction by senior chief constables and Home Office officials along lines determined by the Cabinet . |
| 4 | It was like a drovers ' camp in front of Castle Menzies . |
| 5 | The kitchen floor , Martina said , was like a jacuzzi . |
| 6 | Six goals … two penalties … a sending off … a carrying off … a touchline bust-up … the Manor Ground was like a fireworks factory on saturday as Denis Smith kicked off his reign as manager of Oxford United |
| 7 | It was like a crooks ' convention |
| 8 | I think he was in a munitions factory somewhere near Baghdad and the stress had certainly precipitated quite a serious heart condition and that was under a relatively peaceful situation , so if there was any sign of war out there that would obviously be tenfold . |
| 9 | Yousefi was caught when he tried to cash a cheque at a London bank but the name of Garawand was on a defaulters list . |
| 10 | Best who was at a Lions selection meeting in Edinburgh yesterday morning , reckoned the margin and manner of Scotland 's 20-0 victory would certainly have England worried and that he expected a cracker of a game on Saturday week at Twickenham , where Scotland have won only twice , in 1971 and 1983 , since the Second World War . |
| 11 | It was at a jewellers ’ in Milan and could be retrieved for a certain sum . |
| 12 | He was at a police station , being questioned . |
| 13 | Emma Butler , 12 , was at a sports day with her family in May when the accident happened at the European School for children of nuclear scientists near Abingdon in Oxon . |
| 14 | And that was by a women called Robin Lakehoff and she wrote a paper called l language and woman 's place . |