Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [coord] [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 | Appearances were deceptive and her own mother looked handsome and smart and had what people called a very sweet expression . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Tess 's cheeks were pink and her long hair was wet . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Her neck was perhaps a trifle long and her head rather small but her features were symmetrical and her brown eyes large . |
| 11 | Brassieres were unmentionable and my dark aureoles and prominent nipples would show through my school blouse and vest . |
| 12 | Fribble , whose eyes were bright and whose whole bearing was alert , wanted to know what they had to do . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | His thin face was yellowish-white and his whole body seemed somehow diminished . |
| 15 | That was strange but my main concern now was how to get to her , since she obviously wanted me . |
| 16 | Her uniform shirt was crisp and her red hair had been tied back and she had a hint of an overbite . |
| 17 | On the third day his urine was clear and his renal function remained normal . |
| 18 | I did n't mention it to Kenneth initially as I did n't want to spoil his holiday , but my martyrdom was brief and his subsequent concern touching . |
| 19 | Her hair was dishevelled and her green eyes full of sleep . |
| 20 | The central bureaucracy was embryonic and his provincial officials were spread wafer-thin and proved very difficult to supervise . |
| 21 | Unfortunately the crossing in was poor and our best chances came when Strach , Sharp , or Mcallister ran at the defence ( good tackling denied Strachan a certain goal ) . |
| 22 | The door-knocker was stiff and my nervous hand rapped too loudly . |
| 23 | I believe Seton was responsible but your own Benstede can answer for that , he and Seton seemed close friends . |
| 24 | I ca n't remember what was on , it was a plain , well , we , we had er french windows with a balcony , it was an upstairs maisonette and the wall that end was orange and my father-in- law made us the cocktail bar , do you remember that cocktail bar |
| 25 | He was a lifelong Congregationalist and believed in the gospel of work and strict self-discipline , although his hospitality was renowned and his greatest pleasure was shipboard life on the great Atlantic liners . |
| 26 | She was thin and her bare arms were muscular . |
| 27 | Samuel Marshall , who was four and his younger sister Taylor , who was two , climbed into a twenty-five thousand gallon water tank while playing at Simpson Barracks in Northampton . |
| 28 | Dana was twenty-two and her own mistress , but this sounded serious . |
| 29 | When she turned on her mother , her face was scarlet and her double chin wobbled as she sought for words . |
| 30 | Her face was ashen and her amber eyes glowed with the pent-up anger which was now released in a torrent of words . |