Example sentences of "a [noun pl] [noun] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone who was n't a wheels-on railwayman was demonstrably stupid . |
| 2 | But within a minute , any hopes of a Spurs recovery were ended , when the outstanding Roy Keane scored Forest 's second , thus securing their victory . |
| 3 | He led her into one of his work alcoves where a hi-res VDR was set up . |
| 4 | A 4″ pipe was built-in between this pond and the top header pool and a 2″ pipe was added just below where the capping stones would be . |
| 5 | South Cave school was opened in 1967 , further extensions including a sports hall were completed in 1978 . |
| 6 | ‘ He used to say that the first obligation as a sports writer was not to be in the least boring ; that you had to try and retain the excitement of the event in your writing — without taking liberties with the truth or manufacturing drama . ’ |
| 7 | IN 1965 a Sports Council was set up to advise the government on future policy on sport and physical education . |
| 8 | Negotiations on the establishment of a customs union were ahead of schedule , and the Commission was forecasting that the union could come into effect by 1967 , three years earlier than originally planned . |
| 9 | The document on the formation of a customs union was not unanimously agreed . |
| 10 | Occasionally I felt that a policeman or a plain-clothes dick was looking rather too intently into my face . |
| 11 | I , on the other hand , had backache and climbed it as though a cattle prod were taped to my spine . |
| 12 | The picture of life in a goods station was painted by Ernest Protheroe : |
| 13 | At the entrance to Rose 's office a plainclothes policewoman was standing . |
| 14 | The weakness of TANU as a communications channel was well known . |
| 15 | Third , a Revels officer was created ; there were various temporary appointments from 1494 and a permanent establishment from 1545 . |
| 16 | Subsequently , a munitions factory was erected on the Croydon side of the aerodrome , with both railway and tramway sidings leading into its yard . |
| 17 | a ladies man was n't he ? |
| 18 | Despite considerable controversy , a Children Act was passed in 1975 based on these recommendations . |
| 19 | As a QANTAS flight was due to come through the following day , they hoped that Koepang W/T would be on the air before their arrival at Timor . |
| 20 | Anchor 's first application for a drinks licence was refused in December . |
| 21 | When we returned from our honeymoon , feeling bronzed and glowing , a drinks party was held so that all the rest of the family and our friends might share in our celebration . |
| 22 | The family who had owned and operated the mill continued to live in the imposing nearby mill house , but were unable to fund a restoration of the redundant mill , so that when a Repairs Notice was served on them by the local authority , they were obliged to sell the building . |
| 23 | In the latter stages of Activity 3 , a requirements specification was developed , taking into account the problems and needs identified during the analysis . |
| 24 | There was further rioting on May 14 in Molenbeek , west of Brussels , where a police station was attacked , shops looted and fire bombs thrown as police sought to control a crowd of some 600 people . |
| 25 | A shot of a police station was used to accompany a voice-over commentary that " some CID men take bribes " ; for two and a half seconds , the officer could be identified in the film as he walked down the station steps . |
| 26 | FIVE UDA blackmailers jailed last week after they were snared in a police sting were the organisation 's top extortionists . |
| 27 | A man whose name was linked to the killer of a police informer was found murdered at his home in Chapel Street , Stroud , Glos , early yesterday . |
| 28 | One of the two men accused of murdering a police informer was also a drugs dealer , according to evidence given by the prosecution on the second day of their trial . |
| 29 | AN IRA terrorist who claims he was involved in more than a dozen killings while acting as a police informer was arrested yesterday . |
| 30 | According to a government spokesman , three people including a police constable were killed and 175 people taken into custody ; opposition leaders claimed a higher total of casualties . |