Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [conj] [was/were] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | where the plaintiff was employed by the Ministry of Supply as an inspector of munitions in the defendants ' munitions factory and , in the course of her employment there was injured by the explosion of a shell that was being manufactured . |
| 2 | Brian Lane ( schoolteacher ) : ‘ One thing I remember about David was something that he did n't take part in , which was a concert held at the school in aid of a pavilion that was being put up by the parents and teachers , and being paid for by them . |
| 3 | So no doubt it was a boy that was being christened . |
| 4 | They passed a cement-mixer that was being operated by two men with cement dust on their caps and dungarees . |
| 5 | ‘ After missing the P-38 , a friend in Fresno , California rang me up and told me of a Corsair that was being advertised for sale in the American journal Trade-a-Plane . |
| 6 | So he jumped astride a tractor and was being driven at maximum speed when he was told by somebody landing one of his aircraft alongside " You are not so far in advance of Rommel 's recce tanks " . |
| 7 | There was so much to do ; there were people out there whom the system was failing ; there was a world that was being poisoned . |
| 8 | They put their faith and money in a bank that was being monitored and restructured under the close supervision of the Bank of England . |
| 9 | It was a press release following the Chief Environmental Health Officer preempting a report that was being made to the council going to be implemented for the use of the Environmental Protection Act , and goes on to list them in indented form . |