Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [prep] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the 1983 demonstration arrived outside the CEGB , it was witnessed by just a handful of press : foreign TV , the Guardian , the Morning Star , and local radio . |
| 2 | The speaker who complained at the burden on small businesses was clapped by just a handful . |
| 3 | Not too long ago , property ownership was limited to just a minority — but today nearly two thirds of people in England and Wales live in their own homes , more than in many other countries . |
| 4 | Lowell Bayles paid $500 for the chance to fly the aircraft and it was completed with only a week to go to the National Air Races at Cleveland . |
| 5 | Day schooling was received by only a minority of children from the labouring classes , in some parishes a very tiny one . |
| 6 | The next year she was referred to both a chest physician and a cardiologist but no further investigations were done . |
| 7 | The effect that evening was that it hurt , especially as my supper was delayed for over an hour by blocked jets . |
| 8 | NEW ZEALAND , whose tour of Sri Lanka was delayed by nearly a week and then rescheduled after a bomb blast near their hotel , yesterday lost their opening game by 17 runs in Matara . |
| 9 | But the test was sat by only a handful of pupils because of a boycott by teaching unions . |
| 10 | A long-standing illness , disability or infirmity was reported by almost a quarter . |
| 11 | A long-standing illness , disability or infirmity was reported by almost a quarter . |
| 12 | In an elegant and scholarly catalogue entry , Christie 's included a reproduction of the relevant pages from the catalogue of the Aumont sale which lasted nine days and was preceded by nearly a month 's viewing . |
| 13 | Both women died instantly but Mark , who was trapped for almost an hour in the wreckage , was taken to Wexham Park Hospital , Slough , Berks , with severe chest and leg injuries . |
| 14 | By 1900 Darwin was acknowledged as the founder of evolutionism , but his theory of natural selection was accepted by only a minority of biologists . |
| 15 | Back here , his chance at Edgbaston , where last season he was selected for only a couple of first-class fixtures , came because Dermot Reeve was injured . |
| 16 | General de Gaulle , who had re-emerged unto the political scene , opposed the constitution and it was approved by only a minority of the electorate : 36 per cent voted ‘ for ’ , over 31 per cent ‘ against ’ , and 31 per cent abstained . |
| 17 | The legislation was postponed for nearly a year . |
| 18 | Its latest display was performed without even a fire extinguisher , but a top stuntman has warned that the act is highly dangerous . |
| 19 | With losses in the fourth quarter of $40.1m lower at $42.1m ( 1991 : $82.2m loss ) the UK underwriting deficit at the full year was reduced by almost a half from $341.9m to $175.2m as action on rates and operating costs proved increasingly effective . |
| 20 | Actress Arkie Whiteley 's collie-cross , Merkin , was stolen from outside a shop on the Portobello Road , London , on April 29 . |
| 21 | Schoolboy John Moore , ten , is offering a reward for the return of his £100 mountain bike which was stolen from outside a shop in Murray Street , Hartlepool . |
| 22 | A mountain bike worth £350 was stolen from outside a shop on Newgate Street , Bishop Auckland , on Friday morning . |
| 23 | Early in September the four Thomas brothers were told to make ready for the journey home , where Ernest had to re-sit for his Teacher 's Certificate , and Edward was left with scarcely a month to reassure Helen of his faithfulness and to make his final preparations before beginning his historical studies with Owen M. Edwards . |
| 24 | No.4 Troop was stalled for only a moment . |
| 25 | But before he cruised to his unbeaten 85 which sealed this victory with more than 11 overs to spare , he was put through quite an ordeal by the pumped-up Waqar . |
| 26 | Today , no reputable historian or biblical scholar would deny that the earliest of the Gospels was composed at least a generation after the events it describes . |
| 27 | In the mid-1980s , I was addicted for nearly a year to ‘ free-basing ’ cocaine , which is no different in any way from what is now called crack . |