Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] [adj] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The zeds of the fire-escapes looked as though they were used in earnest twice a week they were grimed to a cinder . |
| 2 | In Togo coffee farmers were paid in 1980 only a third of the export price for their crop , the Bank points out . |
| 3 | It was introduced in 1970 following an amendment to the articles of agreement of the IMF and the formation of a special drawing account . |
| 4 | It was identified as such only a short while after Delta Cephei itself , and if it had been found a few months earlier the short-period stars would probably have been known as Aquilids rather than Cepheids . |
| 5 | The Constitution was suspended in 1974 following a military coup [ see pp. 26486-97 ] , and the country was ruled by a Supreme Military Council under Seyni Kountché until his death in November 1987 , when the Supreme Military Council appointed the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces , Brig. |
| 6 | The Constitution was suspended in 1974 following a military coup [ see pp. 26496-97 ] , and the country was ruled by a Supreme Military Council under Lt.-Col. Seyni Kountché until his death in November 1987 , when the Military Council appointed the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces , Brig. |