Example sentences of "[noun] was [adj] and [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this seepage was slight and not a problem . |
| 2 | The plucky little hedgehog kept at it until the dog dish was empty and not a scrap remained . |
| 3 | The Speech Institute group was similar and perhaps a rival to the band directed by Miss Elsie Fogarty , who had done the choruses in Murder in the Cathedral , and I believe that one of them had asked me what were the chances of taking part in its successor . |
| 4 | The kind of boat fishing at sea that I 've always done has had quite a few fathoms below the boat , but here the water was clear and only a few feet deep , we were certainly less than one hundred yards offshore . |
| 5 | The competition was fierce and only a few could obtain the valuable passports , visas and tickets to leave the confines of China . |
| 6 | Still , on-the-move shifting was simple and even a small gearing drop helps . |
| 7 | The performance of the EEC during the Uruguay round of GATT discussions was instructive and probably a foretaste of what is to come . |