Example sentences of "and [adj] [adv] [was/were] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that again was a bit of a shock to the family concerned . |
| 2 | And memorable too was the dance of the Earth in her bloody red dress — rapacious and , equally , hunted . |
| 3 | The significance of Rookes v. Barnard was that it made it clear that a threat of a breach of contract was unlawful for this purpose but the criticism has been made ( and this indeed was the opinion of the Court of Appeal ) that if intimidation is extended to threats to break contracts ‘ it would overturn or outflank some elementary principles of contract law , ’ notably the doctrine of privity of contract , which holds that one who is not a party to a contract can not found a claim upon it or sue for breach of it . |
| 4 | And this really was the basis therefore of the first films , they were really demonstrations that pictures could move , and this was sufficient for people to pay a few pence to come in erm and look at the films . |
| 5 | The only feature of the city shared by rich and poor alike was the atmosphere , and as time went on the manufacturers stopped living next to their mills , as Robert Thornton does , and retreated further and further into the suburbs . |