Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [conj] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes were clear but his white wig was askew . |
| 2 | But , as earlier sections in this chapter have demonstrated , a decade earlier prospects for the District 's future prosperity and work were unpromising and its autonomous existence open to serious doubt on occasions . |
| 3 | My fingers were numb and my whole body ached . |
| 4 | They were convinced that their high-tech weapons would work against the peasant forces , however . |
| 5 | Mr and Mrs Gorman at first were relieved that their only child had found such a solid , trustworthy young man and in fact encouraged the relationship , until Marion began to disappear for hours and then return home without saying where she had been . |
| 6 | And both Bramble and Quince were relieved when their respective charges had finished lunch and set off again on their quest . |
| 7 | The accused contended that the vouchers were worthless because their essential character had been destroyed . |
| 8 | Despite their aching limbs , the pupils were delighted when their final total of 74 laps ( over eight miles ) raised a splendid £300 towards the £500 required to install a radio in Fowey lifeboat house . |
| 9 | Appearances were deceptive and her own mother looked handsome and smart and had what people called a very sweet expression . |
| 10 | But some of the protests were unrelated and their coincidental timing indicates shared feelings of frustration and resentment among the student population , who were extremely sensitive to official party moves . |
| 11 | For example , when the Lucas workers were asked if there were ways in which it would be possible to protect workers on the North Sea oil pipelines from the hazards experienced there , they were conscious that their initial reaction was typical of the existing forms of science and technology : they thought of designing a robotic device which would eliminate the human being altogether . |
| 12 | Her hands , with the nails cut very short , were ringless and her only ornament was a necklace of large wooden beads strung on a silver chain . |
| 13 | Thus , it is not surprising that , even though the snowball group were older than their known counterparts when they began using drugs for recreational purposes ( a modal age of 16 against 15 ) , they were initiated into heroin use at an earlier age ( a modal age of 16 against 17 ) . |
| 14 | When Japan opened up to Western technology in the latter half of the l9th century their whaling fleets were smaller than their Western counterparts . |
| 15 | With the workshops locked up , furniture students were unable to do any woodwork and some were angry that their academic colleagues still had the facilities of the library available . |
| 16 | Tess 's cheeks were pink and her long hair was wet . |
| 17 | Like many students the world over , the young Reagan was not overly committed to academic work ; both at school and college his grades were mediocre and his principal preoccupations were sport and drama . |
| 18 | While I spoke like that I could pretend that Syl and his house were unreal and my projected presence in it merely an extension of that fantasy , but the wedding loomed ever closer like a rock and I , poor ship , was about to founder on it . |
| 19 | Her neck was perhaps a trifle long and her head rather small but her features were symmetrical and her brown eyes large . |
| 20 | Brassieres were unmentionable and my dark aureoles and prominent nipples would show through my school blouse and vest . |
| 21 | The freedoms threatened by the fatwa went far beyond his own freedom and the principles involved were greater than his own life or death . |
| 22 | Fribble , whose eyes were bright and whose whole bearing was alert , wanted to know what they had to do . |
| 23 | We both detested Katherine Mansfield and her whining , coarse letters , and we were aware that our private jokes and Ivyisms would look no better to outsiders than her Dickensianisms and her ‘ my strikes ! ’ . |
| 24 | Certainly , the Comunión , too , was split into two main factions , but , in contrast to the Falange , its organizational structure was intact and its top men were in the Nationalist zone . |
| 25 | His thin face was yellowish-white and his whole body seemed somehow diminished . |
| 26 | That was strange but my main concern now was how to get to her , since she obviously wanted me . |
| 27 | I was told early on that it was possible that your Royal Highness would be able to be there and indeed you were and it gave us all one of the most unforgettable nights . |
| 28 | The girl did not like her father and was upset when her divorced parents got back together . |
| 29 | It 's true he had money problems and he was upset when his close friend , singer Michael Holliday , committed suicide the previous year after a marriage break-up . |
| 30 | Her uniform shirt was crisp and her red hair had been tied back and she had a hint of an overbite . |