Example sentences of "[adv] was an [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inside was an assembly of metal rings and leather straps . |
| 2 | Ono was still around in issue two ; growing fast was an interest in censorship and pornography , to join dope , flying saucers , ley-lines , and rock as obsessions of the nascent underground . |
| 3 | The cab journey downtown was an anguish of effort , of clogged and doddering crisis . |
| 4 | A second caravan contained an exhibition of recruitment leaflets and in a third one there was an exhibition of army rations for Antarctic expeditions . |
| 5 | He had the invention patented , and as soon as companies heard about it there was an offer of investment . |
| 6 | The authors argue that this too was an act of desperation , not part of a grand design ; and that he construed his famous interview with the American ambassador , April Glaspie , as a ‘ green light ’ . |