Example sentences of "was a [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a catch-all for every kind of opinion which was literally in any way remarkable . ’ |
| 2 | I thought he was joking but it was a far from laughing matter . |
| 3 | In the East the Russian and Swedish forces were remarkable for their national character and resulting homogeneity ; and every Russo-Turkish war was a religious at least as much as a political struggle to the ordinary soldier on both sides . |
| 4 | Fast and clever , Roy was a typical inside man of his day , but he was better than most and had a successful career with Palace , providing the ideal foil to the mercurial Johnny Byrne and helping to make us a respected side in Division 3 before leaving for Portsmouth in the summer of 1963 . |
| 5 | All he wanted was a belly-full of berries and a chance to bully the small birds . |
| 6 | There would be time to get back to his books later , so like many others , he rolled up his sleeves and before long , he was a cocky with the best of them , and the farm prospered . |
| 7 | For 1693 there was a lay of £140 of which Roger paid sums totalling £25 : 10s. : 9d . |
| 8 | Their venue was a multinational with huge plate glass windows overlooking Lake Geneva . |
| 9 | An important manoeuvre was a stop-off by Mr Mladenov in Moscow early this month on his way to an official visit to China . |
| 10 | And it was a simple as that . |
| 11 | Discipline was a failing during Barrow 's years at Warrington , but there are signs that Brian Johnson has aggression under control and is about to tap the club 's potential . |
| 12 | But the first time she 'd spoken to Colin he 'd told her there was a hi-tech at the manufacturer 's end , and the second time the shop had been closed . |
| 13 | She remembers being in a kids ' dance troupe called the Wee Winkies when she was a seven-year-old in Chicago , she enjoyed a run of successes on the TV talent show Star Search , and she was eventually spotted by Prince dancing in a Los Angeles nightclub . |
| 14 | but we have shaved the bollocks of a bloke in T A , he was a right like Tintin , so we , we pinned him and shaved his bollocks and then put after shave over it . |
| 15 | I said I thought he was a right in fact I 've never seen Sally like it before I said I felt quite really |
| 16 | In the dining area of the bare brick Kitchen there was a stirring in the pool of lethargy . |
| 17 | He was a Georgian by birth ; did he , then , share the fierce nationalistic pride of his fellow-countrymen , or had his orphanage moulded him into one of the bland , rootless vegetables who regarded themselves as Soviet citizens ? |
| 18 | The word ‘ customer ’ was a turn-off to Nigel . |
| 19 | He was a employed by Dorrisons I think as a recovery bloke , you know |
| 20 | Dawson Fur Fabrics continued to grow its fleece fabric sales during the year , although there was a weakening in the European export business in the fourth quarter of the financial year . |
| 21 | There was a buzzing in her ears . |
| 22 | George Hirst would contribute in all three departments : his left-arm inswing from round the wicket would give variety to the attack , he could make runs quickly ( never mind that a large proportion would come from pull shots off the stumps ) , and was a superb mid-off fieldsman . |
| 23 | This payment was a fine for disturbing the deer when they were supposed to be fawning . |
| 24 | If I was a Christian at all — and I was n't sure that I was — I thought I was probably a custard Christian . |
| 25 | He was a Christian for many years but quite unable to forget that he had once been ‘ an infidel and libertine , a servant of slaves in Africa ’ . |
| 26 | The defence argument was that this was a preliminary to ‘ conventional ’ intercourse , and that if the husband was exempt from liability for rape , he should equally be exempt from liability for indecent assault . |
| 27 | Description of social conditions was a preliminary to political reform . |
| 28 | This was a preliminary to withdrawing Communist candidates from all but two of the contests in the General Election . |
| 29 | So where there was a potential for conflict between national and state , the court sided with the national . |
| 30 | I need n't be frightened of the mole-woman : she 'd be too busy making beds and totting up last night 's proceeds to wonder whether I was a truant from a Youth Custody Centre or a prostitute on an overnight break . |