Example sentences of "was [adj] and [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plucky little hedgehog kept at it until the dog dish was empty and not a scrap remained . |
| 2 | The Speech Institute group was similar and perhaps a rival to the band directed by Miss Elsie Fogarty , who had done the choruses in Murder in the Cathedral , and I believe that one of them had asked me what were the chances of taking part in its successor . |
| 3 | The performance of the EEC during the Uruguay round of GATT discussions was instructive and probably a foretaste of what is to come . |
| 4 | However , this seepage was slight and not a problem . |
| 5 | It was adventurous and yet a bit modest and down-to-earth . |