Example sentences of "[was/were] a [adj] and [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1	There was a sinister and often rehearsed entrance wearing a long cloak and looking like Count Dracula .
2	Industrial America was a pluralistic and highly organized society .
3	He thought privatisation was a logical and highly motivating next step ; commenting ‘ AEA now has to win the hearts and minds of staff if privatisation is to succeed . ’
4	The Jacobite riot at Newcastle-under-Lyme in July 1715 was a well-planned and carefully staged affair , and one of the patrons seems to have been Ralph Sneyd , MP for Staffordshire .
5	Mr. Woodward said that there was a substantial and clearly defined trackway used by local traffic presently running parallel to the east of the track joining others to the west and north of the parish boundary .
6	He was a Venetian and therefore descended from men who had ruled and schemed and dominated the world for centuries .
7	His column ‘ Listen Here Awhile ’ was a regular and highly praised feature of this newspaper for years — a column which mirrored Ulster life as he wandered into the highways and byways of the province meeting what he called ‘ the old worthies ’ .
8	It was a dignified and deeply moving occasion , the funerals of five ordinary people leading ordinary lives until they were gunned down by Loyalist terrorists .
9	There is no doubt whatsoever that this expansionism was a deliberate and carefully controlled policy ; Charles did not fight defensive or reluctant wars .
10	There was a widespread and strongly held view that the CITB should be retained , but that its management should be streamlined and reformed .
11	But the man was a romantic and probably saw Steve as an obstacle he might have to overcome .
12	Elliott was a long-serving and extremely experienced MI6 officer .
13	Off the field he was a quiet and relatively withdrawn family man , but with the ball at his feet and open space in front of him he became a demon .

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