Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [coord] [v-ing] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the company had been solvent and considering a civil action against the Bank , it would not be allowed to take pretrial depositions from those who may have participated in the fraud . |
| 2 | By the mid-60s , Guy Thomas , who had been news-reading and fronting a weekly current affairs programme , became the main presenter of " Here Today " . |
| 3 | Did n't lose sleep over it ’ Frank is 19 and serving a 21-month sentence for assault and robbery . |
| 4 | Last night I opened my eyes when it was dark and feeling a sudden want of air opened the window when to my astonishment I was in time to see Oreste carried past in the arms of an angel and I wept and called out to him but there was no reply and soon they were gone up to the heavens and lost sight of . |
| 5 | The hospital said she was comfortable and having a light breakfast — her first full meal since was admitted to hospital . |
| 6 | He was unshaven and wearing a shabby towelling bathrobe with threads hanging off it . |
| 7 | He was unshaven and wearing a checked padded jacket . |
| 8 | He was barefoot and wearing a black brocade dressing-gown and looked like a Chinese Emperor . |