Example sentences of "was a row of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , there was a row of mirrors on the wall opposite me . |
| 2 | To one side was a row of lights which flickered on and off like something you 'd get |
| 3 | Along one side of the room was a row of doors where nurses and helpers appeared and disappeared like actors on a stage set . |
| 4 | Down the front of the jacket was a row of brass buttons similar to those on his precious army greatcoat , and on each breast was a pocket with two pleats and a pointed flap . |
| 5 | On the wall beside the door there was a row of three electric switches . |
| 6 | Here again , it was easy for the grandchildren to call in frequently : the two houses were both in the same ‘ raw — this ‘ raw ’ was a row of houses . |
| 7 | But accelerating towards us was a row of sharp , jutting , foamy peaks , like a set of upturned shark 's teeth wreathed in toothpaste . |
| 8 | There was a row of whitewashed thatched cottages on the right . |
| 9 | Whitechurch then saw ‘ one shop where a group of female polishers and varnishers were rubbing seat-arms and panels … the upholstery department … a room above , where was a row of sewing machines , worked by steam , and an army of fifty women and girls stitching busily at cushions , and cordings and hand-rests , and the like , while in another room were more of the gentle sex preparing strips of leather for window straps . |
| 10 | There was a row of three , and the middle one was empty and even quite clean . |
| 11 | Dorchester Terrace was a row of tall red houses with sloping slate roofs . |
| 12 | But if it were an ancient castle standing there against the skyline , if what we looked out at tomorrow morning was a row of turrets , we 'd probably be saying how magnificent it is . ’ |
| 13 | Linsdall 's Hospital was a row of almshouses built in 1843 with money left by Pheobe Linsdall of Winestead . |
| 14 | There was a row of hooks for hanging up jackets and waterproofs and one of these hung there still , Hilbert 's old shooting-jacket , tweed , with leather pads on the elbows . |
| 15 | This was a anti-tank and it fired a bomb and of course we put a demonstration on firing this and then we was up the Bell Lane end and right at the top by Bailey 's farm there was a row of seats , benches , along the walk there and of course the demonstration was we 'd show them imagine those seats are tanks course we never thought in the world we should ever even get near one anyway we hit one and broke it Cos they , they , I mean they was only dummies , they were n't , I mean there was no explosive just the dummy shell you know and we , we was quite pleased with ourselves being as we 'd got an audience . |
| 16 | Against the right-hand wall , beneath the windows , was a row of old machines and , beside the door , a big enamel sink . |
| 17 | In front of us was a row of three men , sitting on mattresses , chained like us . |
| 18 | She whiled away time walking along the Mootwalk , an ancient wooden cloister that faced the Hilder and under which was a row of shops : an optician 's , a hairdresser 's , a wine shop , a jeans and sweater boutique , a newsagent , the pet shop . |
| 19 | There was a row of frosted glass windows down one side , each fitted with an electric fan . |
| 20 | There was a row of bright enamel saucepans , an Italian coffee pot and two or three painted ceramic jars on the shelves ; Melissa bent down to peek into a cupboard and saw an array of packets and tinned foods and several types of pasta in glass jars . |
| 21 | There was a row of five chairs where people sat to wait for their turn . |
| 22 | Geneva Street was a row of identical terraced houses without even different front-door paint jobs to distinguish them . |
| 23 | Down the middle there was a row of desks , all empty except one . |
| 24 | Behind them was a row of flimsily-partitioned wooden boxes . |
| 25 | well , there was , after this there was a row of houses with a little shop on the end and her mother kept that shop , Colin |
| 26 | Well , it was actually started by a few railway men , th right opposite Street there used to be hand laundry , and then there was a row of houses , from there , running up to the corner of Street where the club stands originally , but in the beginning it was just a row of small houses , and it started with a few railway men having a meet holding the meetings in this house , in these houses , and I 've got very dim memories of how it actually started but it was a real event when they were first , before they actually built the club it was run in the row of houses that ran from up Street as I say there was a little hand laundry corner of Street heading onto Street on the left hand side was the greengrocers , and that , they kept that greengrocers for as long as I can remember . |