Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun sg] [noun sg] was a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tied loosely around the strap of her shoulder bag was a navy and yellow scarf . |
| 2 | We can learn very much from Thoreau most of whose adult life was a kind of retirement . |
| 3 | The rasp of his beard stubble was a sweet pain . |
| 4 | This entrepreneur 's capture of his monopoly position was a step toward eliminating the inconsistencies between the decisions of consumers and those of the earlier resource owners . |
| 5 | For most of his career Tolkien was a most extreme example of a man with this second urge strongly developed : he was fascinated by names , to give only one example , part of whose nature is that they are for one thing and one thing alone , very hard to reduce to system ! |
| 6 | The only remaining male member of our Church choir was a Vic-Wells ballet fan . |
| 7 | He told me that in my back bedroom was a sensational sports story of sex , drugs and liniment . |
| 8 | Staring back at her from her office windowsill was a ‘ dinosaurs head ’ ! |
| 9 | In his day Duke was a unique champion . |
| 10 | On his wedding finger was a worn gold band . |