Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [adj] [conj] [adv] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often the skirt was frilled as well making it impossible for the audience to see where the skirt ended and the knickers began . |
| 2 | The boy was offhand and always trying to be clever . |
| 3 | ‘ And you 've had to live with this , knowing what she was doing was wrong and yet showing such concern for her . |
| 4 | George 's insobriety was disturbing and even wounding to his friends . |
| 5 | The sky was low and constantly shifting as different layers of grey and black cloud were dragged around by gusty winds . |
| 6 | The voice was clear and faintly ringing , like crystal — yet deep , a man 's voice . |
| 7 | This was the usual practice when mail was given out : a recipient of a letter would normally get 150 , two letters 300 , and the penalties for a parcel were 500 and above depending on its contents . |
| 8 | Critics of the planning system argued that the resulting system was bureaucratic and slow moving because of the problems of dealing with competing interests and the long cycles of committee meetings that local authorities use . |
| 9 | His attitudes are best illustrated by this typical passage from Thucydides ( iv.83 : 424 BC ; the details of the diplomacy are irrelevant ) : Perdikkas ' diplomacy was subtler than just pitting Athens against Sparta and conversely : before the great Peloponnesian War broke out he shrewdly persuaded the Greek cities near Olynthus to coalesce into a federation ; this was an act designed to weaken the greater confederacy of the Delian League , since Athens ' policy ( Thuc. iii . |