Sentence examples for was a background from inspiring English sources

"There was a background noise which encouraged me to think theology couldn't, and wasn't, standing still.

"It was a background task, never part of the limelight," he said.

This was a background that made it hard for him to launch a career.

His spokeswoman, Marcie Kinzel, said it was a background investigation to receive a security clearance.

I had been at college and then I was a background singer for Monica.

As we unpacked, there was a background noise of plopping tennis balls and gurgling Lamborghinis manoeuvring in the car park.

I wanted to be a background singer.

Of course there's a background as well.

It is a background that seems well suited to Ronco.

Nobody can claim that this is a background building.

Architecture is a background, a setting, an instrument that enables other things to happen.