Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] such a [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Toward the end of the war , many artillery pieces were of such a size and weight that they could only be moved around on specially strengthened railway freight wagons . |
| 2 | What is bewildering about ‘ the Arabs ’ seems , in a paradoxical way , to be that this undifferentiated ‘ they ’ are in fact behaving as ‘ we ’ might expect them to behave if ‘ we ’ were in such a position . |
| 3 | Many salespeople who , to an outsider , seem naturally quick-witted have developed this skill through careful preparation beforehand , imagining themselves as buyers and thinking of objections that they might raise if they were in such a position . |
| 4 | We were in such a state we decided to swallow what seemed the bitter pill of Thatcherism . |
| 5 | When the Duke died of dropsy in 1827 , his financial affairs were in such a state that his executors took the unprecedented step of placing his chattels up at public auction , entrusting the sale to the young James Christie . |
| 6 | Oh the plants were in such a mess on the oh it was a filthy mess |
| 7 | I should say at this point that the channel 1 ‘ clip ’ indicator on this example does n't work , although you ca n't blame the British distributors , as we were in such a rush to lay hands on the Acousticube that they did n't have time to check it ( also , pushing the Line/Mic button on channel 2 produces a large bang through the speaker ) . |
| 8 | ‘ I wanted to tell you the morning you left , but you were in such a hurry to be gone and — ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But , ’ Robbie protested , ‘ I thought you were in such a hurry ? ’ |
| 10 | This is true , for we know some travellers who were on such a ship . |
| 11 | By 1989 fund-raising and the general economy were at such a position that a ‘ Go ’ decision was either to be made , or it would never happen . |
| 12 | He thought he could remember that he and Peter had fastened their rope to a spur or spike of rock and accordingly it was for such a feature that he searched . |
| 13 | Charlie could no longer accept that any victory was worth such a price . |
| 14 | Not only that but the decline of capitalism was of such a character each step taken represented a positive move in the direction of socialism . |
| 15 | In such cases they will escape , unless they have been negligent , or at least ought to have known that the publication " was of such a character that it was likely to contain libellous matter " . |
| 16 | It was against such a background of innovation that the Plowden Committee began its enquiry into the state of primary schools in England and Wales . |
| 17 | It was into such a landscape that a foreign alien culture stepped in AD 43 when Claudius decided to send the Roman army into Britain . |
| 18 | If a bank was in such a position that it was to end , what is the necessity for it to go on ? |
| 19 | For one thing , I was in such a rush to get everything arranged for our move . ’ |
| 20 | That 's why he was in such a rush about the will … ’ |
| 21 | It seemed that in a school where he was in such a minority , his language and ethnicity had been defined as particular problems requiring the rather Draconian solution of Statementing . |
| 22 | At 85 , Swanton can claim to have seen it all , including those dire days in the mid-6o 's when the county game was in such a mess . |
| 23 | Some sceptics also felt that community care was in such a mess that it would be quite convenient for the government to transfer future blame for failure on to local councils . |
| 24 | Everything was in such a mess . |
| 25 | She says a customer once asked Mr Summerfield how he managed to stock-take when his shop was in such a mess ? |
| 26 | It was in such a mood , then , that I proceeded here to Salisbury . |
| 27 | In fact , when he drove us home he was in such a state I had to get out of the van . |
| 28 | You see , I think I was in such a state after glancing at those few pages simply because I did n't read any more . |
| 29 | Swift is normally the most phlegmatic of characters but he was in such a state of fluster on that occasion that he missed touch and found Smith instead . |
| 30 | By the time the meeting was over I was in such a state of excitement and fright that I forgot all about the clothing parcel I was supposed to collect . |