Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [adj] [coord] [adv] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | That 's what I did when Ann was small But then Jerry was n't interested in shopping anyway . |
2 | ‘ But my strategy was clear and once Riccardo had gone out — and he was really the last chance of anybody catching me — I just had to stay calm and not worry about winning . ’ |
3 | The bond which had drawn them so close before Angel 's birth was strong and sometimes Sarah longed to be back for a brief time in that dilapidated house in Stone Alley , free of the sanctimonious atmosphere of the rectory , until she remembered Maggie was n't there any more either . |
4 | The roller-coaster cliff-top walk was tiring but both Vanessa and I were spurred on as we approached the final climb up Golden Cap . |
5 | Our cover was terrific and neither Scotland Yard bodyguard had a chance of spotting us . |
6 | Brighton was better but then Graf was playing . |
7 | Jana contended that the Phoenician empire was Arab and therefore Venice was once part of a Pan-Arab civilisation , not to mention the other claim that many Venetians have Arab roots from ninth-century traders . |