Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [adj] [coord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words were enigmatic and the expression cool — perfectly composed . |
| 2 | Points raised included the question of training for headteachers and governing bodies , the end of redeployment opportunities if schools were overstaffed and the need to increase levels of staff involvement in decision-making in schools . |
| 3 | They were blameless of seasonal road accidents : they were closed in with themselves , more than usual , since no shops were open and no employment was possible , except to " enjoy oneself " and wash up more plates than usual , as Frederica frequently pointed out . |
| 4 | ‘ The lads were tremendous and the club was run for the players . |
| 5 | The bacon burgers were awful and the coffee was at 1000 degrees C , but that months copy of VIZ helped to pass the time . |
| 6 | The elm paddles of the iron wheel were renewed and the mechanism was modified to operate on the ‘ undershot ’ principle because a lowering of water levels brought about by a local flood alleviation scheme made impracticable the restoration of the original ‘ breast-shot ’ arrangement . |
| 7 | The grey eyes were serious and the mouth and chin set in a stern line . |
| 8 | Her eyes were red-rimmed but the set of her mouth was as severe as that of a judge . |
| 9 | The body was a skeleton wrapped in a winding sheet of clothes , but the eyes were bright and the smile was glad . |
| 10 | The villages or townships were artificial and the atmosphere mildly frenetic at times . |
| 11 | Even where books were appropriate and the student keen , a lack of funds could often limit purchase . |
| 12 | The officer told the defendant three times that he considered two pickets at each entrance were sufficient but the defendant , persisting in his intention to join the pickets , ‘ pushed gently past ’ the police officer , ‘ was gently arrested ’ , and was charged with obstructing the police in execution of their duty . |
| 13 | Arthur Stephenson was 22-years-old and the sight of the tragic woman 's corpse has haunted him . |
| 14 | The experiment was short-lived and a failure ; but it suggested that the young king might not be able to reckon as a matter of course on wielding all the powers of his great predecessor . |
| 15 | During the first months of war life in Fontanellato was uneventful and the fighting seemed far away . |
| 16 | The total electorate was 12,319,787 and the turnout was 75 per cent . |
| 17 | has two separate main entries for this , corresponding to its occurrence in The sky-light was open and The duchess refused to open the safe . |
| 18 | The result was disastrous and a scandal to the country 's law and trade . |
| 19 | It was warm sunshine and the seat was easy and the progress slow . |
| 20 | In the early days ordinary mill-stones were used as the clinker was soft and the cement need not be finely ground . |
| 21 | The search was thorough and a number of items were removed ; there was talk of ritual sexual abuse . |
| 22 | By lunchtime the department was manic and the pace relentless but it still did not stop the old man who brought back a kettle complaining it did not work . |
| 23 | He drove slow ! y because the rough road was always treacherous in winter and insufficiently sanded , but the inside of the car was warm and the sky alive in blue beyond the windows . |
| 24 | Ranulf was harmless but the potion could be dangerous . |
| 25 | ‘ But the child you abducted was of six years of age and although the period of abduction was short and the child came to no harm , this was a crime , particularly now , of the most serious kind . ’ |
| 26 | The labour was uneventful and the child , now aged 10 , shows normal development . |
| 27 | When he looked up the light was pearly and the sky a blue so tender he could hardly take his eyes off it , with the result that on several occasions he collided with people coming the other way . |
| 28 | The Roman script was phonetic and the book consisted of a series of dialogues , building up with phrases rather than individual words . |
| 29 | It was not a ‘ brilliant ’ movie ; the script was flawed and the premise was suspect , but the underlying presence that Fonda , Hopper and Nicholson caught , perhaps without even realizing it , was an air of tension that prevailed among youth right across the world in 1969 . |
| 30 | The Brontosaurus , for example , was big as well as being a herbivore , and T. Rex was big but a carnivore . |