Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] and [adj] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had taken far more interest in their efforts than his father had thought was right and proper for a boy and when Leonie , his eldest sister , had been apprenticed to a dressmaker his fascination had grown . |
| 2 | I felt very much the wallflower as I crept out of the room without speaking to anyone , my books held tightly against my chest in a way which , I was to learn , was feminine and wrong for a man . |
| 3 | At once he would sense my withdrawal , and was sad and silent for a while . |
| 4 | Her stare was cold and unreadable for a moment before she broke into a smile . |
| 5 | Although he was working on some big accounts — British Gas , Bankers Trust , Harris Queensway and Beecham — he was ambitious and keen for a little more action . |
| 6 | Vologsky was silent and thoughtful for a long while . |