Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] [adj] and the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They took trouble to make sure our rooms in the hotel were the best and the result was that this was a very happy film to make . |
| 2 | Until that first excursion most travellers for pleasure were the wealthy and the aristocracy who travelled independently ; less privileged people travelled only through necessity . |
| 3 | The last decade of the struggle was the 1680s and the period is known as ‘ The Killing Times ’ . |
| 4 | I had other pet lambs , but Nanny Bateson was the first and the best-remembered . |
| 5 | Published by order of the general meeting of subscribers to the College , London , 1801 , Smith described it as ‘ … a very poor product for seven years ’ work : it was the first and the last' . |
| 6 | Thus , in part , a causal circumstance is such that if it occurred , then even if there also occurred any change logically consistent with it and its effect , the effect occurred — or , it was the first and the effect was the last of a sequence of things such that the given connection obtained between each thing and its successor . |
| 7 | Chris explained : ‘ James here is our scorer and Mr Marshall signalled four wides when there was a wide and the ball went to the boundary , but the other side 's scorer says you ca n't have four wides at once , only one , and the other three must count as byes . |
| 8 | It was n't a bad meal , but it was a rip-off and the service was appalling . |
| 9 | But he was a Moslem and the crowd would be Copt . |