Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adj] [adv] [coord] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I thought I was satisfied then but the more you have the more you want . |
2 | She had the manor and with it a great many pleasures which were negative perhaps but no less welcome for that . |
3 | She was big now and the child vigorous . |
4 | Then we were higher still and the earth curved away from us , showing a nimbus of atmosphere at its edge . |
5 | It was peaceful enough and the slate roofs shone in the soft , evening light , but it was still a hideous place , the oldest boy thought : ugly houses and black pit machinery and smooth cones of slag , meanly dark against the green mountain . |
6 | It was 5.30 A.M. and a new day had begun . |
7 | it was cold certainly but the sun shone . |