Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes were red-rimmed with black bags underneath . |
| 2 | I settled for a quality pie inside the ground — they were temperature-controlled by a woman who stuck a fancy knitting needle in them all . |
| 3 | When it came to childraising , although they were libertarian towards the baby , they seemed conservative towards Phoebe 's needs : demand feeding and endless devotion seemed to be required of her . |
| 4 | In general they hoped , too , for considerable control over such measures and were unkeen about their falling into the hands of state bureaucracy . |
| 5 | Now faces appeared in his mind , with features that were grotesque in their exaggeration of innocence and evil . |
| 6 | Their hands were encased in closefitting gloves and their heads were grotesque in respirators with ribbed breathing tubes and large , goggling eye-pieces . |
| 7 | What Mr Major should have said , if he was intent on justifying his decision , was that many of the executions were grotesque by any civilised standards , but that they accorded with the code of discipline that was in force at the time . |
| 8 | They were dry for him in the morning . |
| 9 | So ground and air were dry with a touch of steel |
| 10 | Her lips were dry with emotion . |
| 11 | By March 9th when the Germans were ready to make a renewed attempt on the Mort Homme , via Bethincourt to the northwest , the French were well-consolidated after their initial setback ; the Reichs Archives chronicle the ‘ tragedy of the first utterly collapsed assault on the Left Bank ’ But le beau Colonel , alas , was barely to outlive his triumph . |
| 12 | Which they were used to . |
| 13 | It was not a voice North Americans were used to hearing . |
| 14 | He said ‘ you would thing that people were used to elephants , but they love them and would come out and be blessed by her . |
| 15 | By now his eyes were used to the darkness but he could make out very little . |
| 16 | They were used to obeying orders . |
| 17 | The Latinos were used to flying their drug cargoes and knew that there was always the risk of someone , if only by accident , being on or near the airstrip . |
| 18 | Granted that senior army officers , like Sir William , were used to handling men and making decisions , they still could n't be expected to understand what was involved in a tricky investigation , be able to discuss tactics . |
| 19 | They calculated the energy , and costs , that would result if the wood were used to fuel highly efficient cogenerating power stations , where both the electric power generated by steam , and the waste heat , are used . |
| 20 | They were used to him . |
| 21 | ft was strange then , all these things were happening , and the thing was , sometimes you did n't hear about them until much later , even if it was someone you were used to seeing all the time . |
| 22 | If you were close to the patient before his stroke , and were used to showing him affection by touching and kissing him , and if you still feel the same warmth for him despite his illness , you can help his morale greatly by continuing to behave as before , even if he seems not to respond . |
| 23 | As with all farm workers during the last century , Dad 's family were used to poverty — never any sweets or treats and barely enough money to exist . |
| 24 | It was rough but people were used to that type of thing . |
| 25 | Several transports were sent to convey us to the camp , and they were certainly less basic than the RAF ones we were used to , and when we arrived at the aircraft hangar where the jollifications were being held , it was ablaze with coloured lights and swarming with people , and a seven piece band was being very loud on the platform . |
| 26 | Orcadians were used to building wherever they liked since they never equated physical and social isolation . |
| 27 | Frederick was exceedingly persistent in his efforts to subdue the Lombard cities ; and cooperation came unnaturally to them ; they were used to fighting among themselves , so that some even then allied themselves with the emperor . |
| 28 | They were used to being the pet of the house , and so whenever I went to my uncles , both dogs never seemed to take their eyes off me and their big mouths were always gaping wide , showing long sharp teeth , and I knew fine they 'd like to sink them into me . |
| 29 | Families who were used to servants , but were now finding domestic staff hard to come by , took immediately to the idea of having a young refugee about the house . |
| 30 | Most of them were used to paying regular visits to the friendly neighbourhood pawnbroker , but on the objects they brought to him they could not expect to raise any great sums . |