Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [conj] [adj] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The upper slopes rose softly almost from her collar bone , the lower curves were rich and full and the nipples pointed invitingly upwards . |
| 2 | The man 's lips were narrow and pale where the boy 's were full — almost swollen . |
| 3 | These weapons were apparently unremarkable other than that they were old and battered and the letters ‘ NB ’ were engraved in gold on the barrels . |
| 4 | Roland 's xeroxes were cleaner and clearer than the faded coppery-grey script of the originals ; indeed the copy-ink had a black and gleaming freshness , the machine 's rollers must have been newly inked . |
| 5 | Their draughts of memory were clear and generous but the daughters — in truth Richard 's nieces but brought up as his sisters — thought there were points with which they did not wish to embarrass their mother and after our talks Rhianon wrote : |
| 6 | They were relaxed and open and the presence of Greg Campbell , a name well known to Rugby World & Post readers , was a blessing . |
| 7 | As it happened my ‘ tablees ’ were fine and fun-filled and the only remaining knee jerk came after the Duchess had made an excellent speech and I was called up before 150 people for the photo call , which turned out to be a speech . |
| 8 | The stairs were cold and draughty and the light was n't good , but she 'd placed herself so that the agency 's receptionist would be able to see her through the glass-panelled door if she should happen to glance up . |
| 9 | Fernando 's eyes were cold and expressionless once the horror and surprise had faded and as Ruth made pointless reminiscent remarks in a voice that was barely her own she saw him take a worried sidelong glance at his beautiful companion . |
| 10 | Besides , they were cold and wet and the burrow , while it would n't have sounded a very comfortable proposition back at the quarry , was suddenly much better than the horrible night outside . |
| 11 | ON MONDAY , the second day of the Marui Pipeline Masters , the waves were glassy and tubular and the local hotshots were setting the pace . |
| 12 | The colours changed back to the traditional , the ball from white to red , the pads and clothing from kaleidoscopic to white , there were no floodlights , the pitches and outfield were hard and bare and the temperature consistently in the low 30s celsius . |
| 13 | The florist was closed , and they 'd put the fresh stock away , so that when Boy looked in through the first window the flowers he saw were of silk ; all artificial , but so good that they were better and fresher than the real thing , and certainly more expensive . |
| 14 | Following the subject breakdown into the seven categories suggested by the SERC IT Directorate , it is possible to see whether employment chances were better or worse than the average , depending on IT course content . |
| 15 | The bars of Victoria 's cot were black and menacing and the line of light under the door from the landing was a brilliant pencil which might at any moment rear up and scrawl ‘ She is not normall ’ lambently on the wall . |
| 16 | But the prosecution said conditions on the farms were horrific and appalling and no animal should be allowed to exist in such conditions . |
| 17 | Brian Gordon Laudable sentiments Brian , but I have a funny feeling the organisers were more than glad that a big name team made it to the final . |
| 18 | The lyrics , about betrayal in Manchester town , were blunt and fulsome and the music was a brilliant hybrid of punk and pop . |
| 19 | Her eyes were red and puffy and the remnant of a tear was still moistening her left cheek . |
| 20 | We spent a lot of time outside on exercises , we had runs every morning in full combat kit which were longer and harder than the ones at Orange , we dug trenches , learnt how to camouflage ourselves and how to move across country at night . |
| 21 | Tax burdens were arbitrary and unpredictable and the judicial verdicts of royal governors were blatantly dependent upon bribery . |
| 22 | The clinical grading structure could give rise to some difficulties in deciding whether previous posts held were equivalent or higher than the new grades and it would be advisable to clarify your position at interview . |
| 23 | And they always did , no matter how rich they were ; no matter , come to that , if the wives were richer or bigger than the husbands . |
| 24 | As well as showing the average or individual costs of community care under the Home Support Project it would clearly also be useful to show whether the project was or was not cost-effective overall ; that is , whether the costs of running the service were greater or lower than the total public expenditure saved through sustaining at home people who without the project would have been in institutions . |
| 25 | I enjoyed all the workshops very much , because the knitters were keen and interested and a delight to teach . |
| 26 | The staff recruited were young and inexperienced and the structure of the operation was seriously flawed . |
| 27 | All the displays were bright and lively and the leotards were also a very colourful touch . |
| 28 | The old woman stared at him and her eyes were bright and piercing and the silver thimble had fallen to the lap of her dress , and her fists were clenched now as if she searched for a memory , and her husband watched her anxiously as if he witnessed that she was at war within herself . |
| 29 | His blue eyes were bright and clear and the frequent pump of adrenaline through his veins as he tracked and shot for fourteen successive days had left his senses sharpened , on a high edge of alertness . |
| 30 | As he drank from the two glasses so he was able to strut wider and leap higher , until with the glasses empty he was spinning and soft-shoe shuffling , and the dancers had stopped dancing and were finger-clicking and hand-clapping and the atmosphere built like a house of cards , thin and precarious but high and beautiful . |