Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some large examples in important towns such as Rome , Constantinople , Milan , Trier and in the Holy Land were complex designs ( pages 94 , 96 and 173 and XVII ) which might possess more than one hall , or were multi-aisled and had several apses . |
| 2 | We were dependent and scared when we thought the powerful people had left us , were not attending to our needs , or were angry and cruel to us . |
| 3 | Apparently Swedish cows , secure in the knowledge that they were going to be stunned by true Aryans before they were slaughtered , were happy and friendly towards man ; British cows , who might be bled to death for kosher meat , had no such guarantee and were morose and sullen as a result . |
| 4 | The granulomas had a similar structure at all these sites , and were non-caseating and epethelioid . |
| 5 | ‘ The fans responded to our request to arrive early , sober and by suggested routes , and were prompt and courteous in complying with police requests both inside and outside the ground . |
| 6 | In another study while 33% of patients with high grade dysplasia developed cancer within six years 33% were not operated on and were alive and well five years later so not all authors have advised operation even when high grade dysplasia has been diagnosed . |
| 7 | The few-branched forms , which include the Order Graptoloidea or planktonic graptoloids , were derived from the dendroids at the base of the Ordovician and were successful and prolific until the early Devonian . |
| 8 | Elsie Streek 's holiday classes in Sidcup saw the largest attendance ever , and were successful and rewarding . |
| 9 | Victor and vanquished , he was beginning to think , came together in art and were one and the same . |
| 10 | As he drank from the two glasses so he was able to strut wider and leap higher , until with the glasses empty he was spinning and soft-shoe shuffling , and the dancers had stopped dancing and were finger-clicking and hand-clapping and the atmosphere built like a house of cards , thin and precarious but high and beautiful . |
| 11 | The English with their Scottish support had breakfasted well ; the Highlanders had left their supplies at Nairn , and were cold and unfed . |
| 12 | Both rooms overlooked the green and were light and sunny . |
| 13 | Twenty had a recent diagnosis and were untreated and 35 were in clinical , biochemical , and histological remission after more than one year of gluten free diet . |
| 14 | Their household gods were created , not inherited , and were meagre and fleshless . |
| 15 | We walked in the wintry Perthshire countryside and were happy and at peace , refusing to think beyond the present . |
| 16 | Or , as Nehemiah vividly expressed it , ‘ They ate and were satisfied and grew fat and found delight in thy great goodness . |
| 17 | The agreement recited that John had left all his estate to his executors by his will but that , shortly before his death , he had declared in the presence of several witnesses that he wished his widow to have the cottage for her life or so long as she continued a widow ; and that , though this wish was never put into writing , the executors were convinced that it was his desire and were willing and desirous that it should be put into effect . |
| 18 | Some of the inland villages stood still in time and were quiet and peaceful respites from the glamour of the coastal resorts . |
| 19 | Similarly , important physicists on the Continent corresponded with him , and were amazed and delighted by his discoveries ; but the lines of force seemed somehow unscientific , a scaffolding that could be ignored when the building was completed . |
| 20 | Neurones in the myenteric plexus were not identified in the colon and were sparse and appeared degenerate in the appendix and ileum . |
| 21 | Others tried to understand and were concerned and helpful , rather than judgmental . |
| 22 | The old beginning ‘ Hello songs ’ had been reinstated and were well-received and the second half seemed to take wings . |
| 23 | It sounded like sarcasm and for a moment we thought so too and were angry and embarrassed . |
| 24 | The restaurant was in a back street and was small and half-empty . |
| 25 | Oh yet , it was tucked away in a cupboard , and was immobile and almost unplayable ! |
| 26 | At once he would sense my withdrawal , and was sad and silent for a while . |
| 27 | He has light brown hair and was tidy and well spoken in a dark anorak and jeans |
| 28 | The campaign against the Scots was operated with ruthless efficiency , and was violent and vengeful in the extreme . |
| 29 | I got wet thro ’ and was kindly and hospitably treated at Mrs. Fletcher 's sisters … ’ |
| 30 | Ruth tucked up her skirts and clenched her teeth , and as Alfred called out the beat she pushed hard against the slippery wall , and was relieved and delighted to feel the barge moving . |