Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] and [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people were outstanding and became the deified men and women of the great religions , and their lives can be shown to be relevant to the conception of the Created God . |
| 2 | The successful schemes were unsentimental and transcended the apparent dilemma posed by the design brief which asked for a building which related to preformed and powerful sensibilities and beliefs about life and death and which is also required to be effectively energy conscious . |
| 3 | His parents were bookish and encouraged the young Roberts in his early interest in science . |
| 4 | they used to , they used to travel them back to Driffield if they were full and keep the empty coaches in two sidings . |
| 5 | Bologna was rich and had the usual rivalries with neighbours , most intensively with Modena , its arch-enemy . |
| 6 | The activities of these joint working parties was extensive and entailed the substantial involvement of teachers in Scotland in curriculum development work . |
| 7 | Lady was old and followed the Great Dane 's example because she was too stupid to know any better . |
| 8 | The Daurog was nervous and eyed the human warrior cautiously . |
| 9 | At the same time two of the nine popularly elected representatives , Akilisi Pohive ( leader of the dissident pro-democracy movement ) and Viliami Fukofuka , were each reported by the Times of Tonga to have returned about 12,000 pa'anga to the Treasury on the grounds that overtime payment for members of the Assembly was immoral and increased the financial burden on the people . |
| 10 | Sheila Cunningham , of Norfolk North , said the present system was unfair and perpetuated the elective dictatorship which had developed in the 1980s . |
| 11 | The Scottish women 's teams have been held annually on the last weekend in February since before the war , but some five years ago the male members of the SBU council decided this was unfair and established the national men 's teams held in Perth on Sunday . |
| 12 | But we still lost the consignment because it was perishable and missed the Spanish markets because of the delays caused by the roadblocks . ’ |
| 13 | Noel was present and presenting the Welsh independence in and also Gethyn was present erm I 'd like to see , er , know that Gethyn was representing the Church in Wales apart from the fact that he 's also a baptist . |
| 14 | The steward opened the exit door when the plane was stationary and dropped the retractable stair ladder . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , at first I was lonely and missed the free-and-easy atmosphere I had left behind , until I began to get to know people . |
| 16 | I am allowed a say on this question of standing up at football matches because I first planted my feet on the terraces at Barnsley when I was five and spent the next 15 years or more rooted to the spot . |
| 17 | When she was five and did the first sale , I was so proud of her . |
| 18 | In nineteen sixty six I stood for election of the national organizer and was successful and joined the head office in Glasgow in May nineteen sixty six . |
| 19 | To economize , Chéron sent his wife to pose for Modi , but he was furious and sent the unfortunate lady upstairs . |
| 20 | He was Welsh and preferred the gentle language of the valleys to the prescriptive phrases of the academic . |
| 21 | He realized it was blue and saw the loose thread writhing at the button of the prison shirt worn by the smiling dark haired girl . |
| 22 | The headmaster issued a brief and dignified press statement which avoided confirming that the letter was genuine and regretted the entire incident . |