Example sentences of "[adj] and [be] [verb] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The conversation lost some of its helpful nature after this and was ended only when the Smallholder demanded to know ‘ Ooever ahst Andy Sandham to baht dowen the order ? ’ and even the Old Stager forbore to express the comparisons between Sandham and the Smallholder which billowed behind his lips .
2 The clumps of colour grow in size until they become visible and are held together whilst the water evaporates .
3 There is an increasing number of low- and no-alcohol beers , lagers and wines on the market — they taste good , look good and are becoming more and more socially acceptable as people realise the dangers of taking too much alcohol .
4 People are angry and are pitching hard because of the polarisation of the debate between the status quo or independence .
5 The people surrounding it and supporting it — and by now many are living off it — are fitter and are living longer than ever before .
6 They are admittedly themselves valueless and are thrown away and it was for that reason , no doubt , that Upjohn J. was constrained to say that their value lay in the evidence they afforded of success in an advertising campaign .
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