Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] be a large " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he 'd gone , there seemed to be a large vacuum in the café . |
| 2 | A few minutes later we drew up at a big concrete building which the officer told me was the town jail but which seemed to be a large Luftwaffe barracks . |
| 3 | It proved to be a large specimen of amber worth £3,000 . |
| 4 | Although there was a facility for central storage of information , localised filing systems were also in operation , and there appeared to be a large amount of duplication . |
| 5 | We made camp that night in a clearing in the woods , and I put up my tent in what appeared to be a large sandpit , in the vague hope that perhaps the mozzies might not like it . |
| 6 | Nestling in her belly-button was what appeared to be a large diamond . |
| 7 | Directing the building of what appeared to be a large fortification , Ross was clearly enjoying himself as he laughed and joked with the children , as perfectly at ease in these casual , unsophisticated surroundings as he was in the cosmopolitan offices of a smart City boardroom . |