Example sentences of "[noun] was [adj] [coord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The result was disastrous and a scandal to the country 's law and trade . |
| 3 | The search was thorough and a number of items were removed ; there was talk of ritual sexual abuse . |
| 4 | The Brontosaurus , for example , was big as well as being a herbivore , and T. Rex was big but a carnivore . |
| 5 | When North was charged with a number of very serious offences Reagan publicly announced that North was innocent and a hero . |
| 6 | He was a proper fop : his roses and cream complexion was clean-shaven and a silver pearl dangled from a small gold chain in his right ear lobe . |
| 7 | On her way to her desk she tried to collect a beaker of iced water but the machine was empty and a knot of querulous men were standing around it demanding something be done . |
| 8 | Several customers had similar tales to tell although there seemed none of the panic of the previous year , only a feeling that war was inevitable and a preoccupation with details . |
| 9 | The equipment in those days was primitive and a visit to any dental practitioner was an ordeal . |
| 10 | Ivan Dugue , a lawyer and spokesman for the group , stated that the surrender was unilateral and a contribution to the peace process taking place in the country . |
| 11 | He had switched-off the assembly track one Friday afternoon , half an hour before finishing time , ostensibly on the grounds that the overhead conveyor was unsafe and a danger to line operators working below . |
| 12 | Scientology circles were shaken by allegations that L. Ron Hubbard was dead and a group of opportunists were forging his signature . |
| 13 | The night was dark and a fog was coming in from the river , but she hesitated . |
| 14 | The night was cool and a chill breeze made itself felt . |
| 15 | When my teenage son heard that the visitor was 60 and a bachelor , there was silence . |
| 16 | Every finger was numb and a world away . |
| 17 | The Commission also discussed the republic 's draft constitution , but the debate was inconclusive and a number of key issues including the structure of the parliament , and the status of regions and their competencies , were left unresolved . |
| 18 | This time the front door was open and a swathe of sunlight lay across the red-tiled floor . |
| 19 | What the hell was that but a declaration ? |
| 20 | and Jacobitism than it had been in the previous year , yet Craigbarnet 's plight was serious and a failure to help him would offend many . |
| 21 | ‘ I found that delivering babies was exciting and a bit scary , but I noticed that the environment was not comfortable for women . |
| 22 | But his bravery was called into question in 1967 when an ex-tory MP queried whether the MC was genuine or a fiction invented by the publisher . |
| 23 | Fred MacMurray was easy-going and a pleasure to work with ; Herbert Marshall was , as usual , his British self and a great actor ; Edgar Bergen and his dummy made great fun of everything they encountered , and it was an experience to see the manipulation and ventriloquism involved in the Bergen-McCarthy act . |
| 24 | And Terry was nine and a half . |
| 25 | She called to Plummer that his breakfast was ready and a moment later he ambled in , followed by Hitch . |
| 26 | His expression was grim and a muscle above his right eye started to twitch . |
| 27 | ( 2 ) The system was specific and a lot of re-programming would be required to make it work elsewhere . |
| 28 | In the early 1980s , the shift towards repair grants was apparent but a shortage of resources has led to a cutback . |
| 29 | The Golden Hind was smaller and a lot more cheerful than the Lord Howe , a busy little place with an obvious hard core of regulars wedged into their favourite corners . |
| 30 | The lobster cocktail was plentiful but a touch cotton-woolly in texture , and for no visible reason arrived on a plate . |