Example sentences of "was [adv] [adj] and [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour council leader John Williams said the pedestrianisation of Skinnergate and High Row was long overdue and just the first step in a town improvement strategy . |
| 2 | Approaching Heligoland the weather was obviously unsuitable and so the mission was abandoned and the aircraft went home . |
| 3 | I sat down and began switching my tail from side to side to let her know that I was constantly alert and maybe a little unpredictable . |
| 4 | Seeking to translate this question of morality to local issues , I asked the question , did the candidates agree that it was morally wrong and perhaps a misuse of public funds for local councillors to claim that there was no money available to install gas central heating in the homes of elderly disabled people when they always found money for hospitality allowances and trips abroad for themselves . |
| 5 | At the show I was disappointed by the few craftsmen apparent and felt that the show was overly commercial and really the domain of the equipment seller , indeed the price for the floor space and stands etc. would almost guarantee this . |
| 6 | At the wedding ceremony , when the usual problem of naming his father had arisen , John put ‘ Lawrence Tiller ( deceased ) ’ but his son was called Lawrence , was still alive and now a man of twenty-nine , working as general manager in the business . |
| 7 | It was slightly fuzzy and presumably a distant galaxy . |
| 8 | Another market on the main shopping street , the Ludwigstrasse , was equally busy and there a number of the stalls were manned by Turks selling cheap jeans or asparagus or pots and kettles . |
| 9 | It was very tiring and actually the perspiration just used to be dropping off me by the time I got into the flat . |