Example sentences of "was a [adj] [conj] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was a fascinating as well as instructional programme , written , narrated and produced by Barry Paine . |
| 2 | My father was a Gemini , and I knew your mother was a Sagittarian as soon as I found he 'd given her half the clip . |
| 3 | There was a mental as well as a physical strength to Svend 's uncle and she would n't like to be the one who trespassed on his preserves . |
| 4 | The fact that the title of Khan was a military as well as a civil appointment had not occurred to him until now , but now that he thought about it , the suggestion seemed ridiculous . |
| 5 | She had evidently decided that the policeman was a handsome as well as an agreeable fellow . |
| 6 | He saw Owen redden with pleasure , and laughed , flinging an arm about his shoulders so forgetfully that it was a worthy as well as a willing sacrifice Owen made for him , containing the pain of the embrace . |