Example sentences of "were [pron] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , one had only to go to Rhodesia to see the ample supply of consumer goods in the shops from every part of the world to realise that sanctions were nothing but an empty farce , and that the claim that they were going to bring Mr Ian Smith to his knees was a total fraud . |
| 2 | they were nothing but an excuse for idleness ; twelve hours being too many for a man to work underground without intermission . |
| 3 | In drama we act as if we were someone else , or as if we were ourselves in an other situation . |
| 4 | To him , they were something of an adventure , a small knock at the system which gave him the illusion of individual importance . |
| 5 | Although very much the ‘ poor commons ’ paying for the most part a 5 per cent tax on their goods , they were anything but an undifferentiated whole . |