Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] and [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a random sample of women in Camberwell , the researchers found the following relationships between provoking agents and depression , first among a sample of women who were vulnerable and secondly among a sample of women who were not . |
| 2 | I crossed wet ground and came to a long , open piece of sand , then went on to a place where the trees had branches that were thick and close to the sand . |
| 3 | Then she saw that the verandah doors were open and inside in the shade on two wicker-chairs , talking earnestly to one another , were Rosette and Andrée . |
| 4 | Most of the time it was rigid and still under the hot sky but on the occasions when it swayed , though no one noticed a breeze , there was a tiny ticking noise of brittle head against dry stalk . |
| 5 | Suddenly its noise was distinct and loud like a tractor coming over the western horizon . |
| 6 | Now fully recovered from a hairline crack of the shin , Robson spoke to the England manager , Bobby Robson , this morning to tell him that he had suffered no reaction from the Portsmouth game and was fit and well for the Polish trip . |
| 7 | There was a long silence and then a deep sigh from Fernando and when he spoke again his voice was soft and almost at the point of exhaustion . |
| 8 | It was grey and just like an old bag . |
| 9 | Certainly , the British survey researchers saw little or no need for theories ; hard facts were what was important and so with the early opinion researchers in the United States . |
| 10 | It was hot and still in the little hollow . |
| 11 | And er it was salted and then For a few days , and then it was put in what we called brine , s more salt , and covered and it would be there for six weeks . |
| 12 | This design was not popular with the boatmen as it gave a less comfortable steering position — it was noisier and closer to the exhaust . |
| 13 | The severe depression of 1878 — 83 , which was longer and deeper in the coffee-growing Central Province than elsewhere , had little effect on cattle stealing ( Table 3.6 and Figure 3.1 ) . |