Example sentences of "was [verb] [adj] [conj] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was given two and a half years custody . |
| 2 | Even before he finished speaking a caped and hooded figure appeared at Ivy 's shoulder , the door was wrenched open and a powerful torch shone into their faces . |
| 3 | In the same year it was considered likely that a commercial FBR would be ready in 1965 . |
| 4 | It was a day or two before I realized that his behaviour was becoming more than a little frenetic , to say the least . |
| 5 | The Graingers began a worldwide hunt for a cure when Helen 's diagnosis was made three and a half years ago . |
| 6 | At a meeting of the UN Security Council on Dec. 7 , it was made clear that a prospective resolution calling for a Middle East peace conference would not achieve US endorsement . |
| 7 | During the unrest one Palestinian was shot dead and a further 20 were injured . |
| 8 | ‘ Some sort of scheme would be reasonable , but only if there was training involved and a decent wage . ’ |
| 9 | The first formal study of the persuasive effect of language was written two and a half thousand years ago . |
| 10 | In the main gatehouse tower on the first stack , Moray was asking of the guard-captain whether the Countess was at home when the door from the first of the bridge-corridors was flung open and a young woman came in at the run , hair blown , laughing-eyed , skirts kilted up the better to run , fine bosom tumultuous — as unusual a Countess of Dunbar and March as was the castle of which she was chatelaine . |
| 11 | The ecstatic welcome came as a door was flung open and a short , ample-busted woman came running to meet them , her round brown face wreathed in smiles , surprisingly green eyes warm with pleasure . |
| 12 | And that was how I was trained and that way I was trained seven and a half years ago , it has now all changed again . |
| 13 | ‘ Kykko Bell 's ’ by Mike Powell was awarded nine and a half marks . |
| 14 | There were also rumours that newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell was showing more than a passing interest in Storehouse . |
| 15 | Swayne was a dealer , it was doubtful whether he was making more than a bare living out of his stamps and coins . |
| 16 | The effect of trees on foundation design was discussed earlier but a physical inspection of the site should include the location of all major trees , particularly where they are required to be retained under a tree preservation order and may therefore affect layout and density . |
| 17 | He was seated at the desk , about to dial Frankfurt , when the door was thrown open and a uniformed guard entered the room . |
| 18 | Its own scheme was implemented three and a half years ago , and now 85 per cent of its 250,000 borrowers pay this way . |
| 19 | The difference between the last elected candidate , Annon , ( DUP ) with 5,800 votes and the runner up , Donnelly ( SDLP ) with 5,124 votes , was 676 , which was covered two and a half times by 1,698 non-transferable votes most of which came from NILP and Alliance . |
| 20 | Destroyer USS Lansdowne was ordered two and a half hours later to fire four torpedoes into the side of the stricken carrier . |
| 21 | The drafting of the structure plan was initiated three and a half years ago and a feature of the drafting was the wide and thorough consultation process undertaken by Borders Regional Council . |