Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [coord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scales were dry and silver , and fell like little clouds of snow when she had to scratch the skin because the cream from her doctor would not stop the itching . |
| 2 | They were dull-eyed and fur clad , with hair bound up into a bunch at the crown and the rattle of bones and polished stones around their limbs . |
| 3 | Stores were ample but plain : cans of soup in abundance ; simple , frozen meals for one ; large stocks of beefburgers and frozen peas ; and of course — Pooley being Pooley — a great deal of muesli , yoghurt and fresh fruit . |
| 4 | Although well tolerated , the effects on CD4 count , p24 antigen , and HIV titres from mononuclear cells and plasma were weak and variable . |
| 5 | The laughter rolled up until we were weak and weeping , and the sky turned pink , and the air began to cool . |
| 6 | We set off in an open 15-cwt. truck with an Italian driver who had also been a soldier , two Schmeisser machine pistols and a lot of ammunition ; the mountains at that time were infested with bandits , some of whom were Allied and Axis deserters . |
| 7 | If the materially minded evolutionists were right and mind patterns whether in humans or animals are genetically transmitted as nothing more than expressions of biochemistry , then why do dogs still retain the same instincts as the wolf ? |
| 8 | The three police officers were grim-faced and intent . |
| 9 | Most of them were professional or business men but a high proportion had been brought up on a croft . |
| 10 | In 1969 , for example , the polytechnics contained 163,000 students , of whom 67,000 were full-time or sandwich and 96,000 part-time . |
| 11 | As we have seen , by 1981 there were 198,000 students in all in the polytechnics , but by then over two-thirds , or 133,000 , were full-time or sandwich and only 65,000 part-time . |
| 12 | All these sauce-boats were low and flat-bottomed with waved or scooped rims and concave sides , later followed by examples with a rounded body , spout and handle ; the low foot rim being developed into a short stem . |
| 13 | At the time , we are told by ‘ MRCVS ’ that the College buildings were low and plain , and bleak even to bareness , suggesting a warehouse , barracks or mews rather than a seat of learning ( the brick front facing College Street was not stuccoed until much later ) . |
| 14 | The time taken to complete the partnership was short : initial costs were high , but running costs were low and freight charges were extremely high . |
| 15 | In regions like West Virginia , Kentucky and parts of New England , ageing coal or woollen textile industries had declined , wages were low and unemployment high . |
| 16 | In addition there were regional and county federations : by 1901 these had risen to thirty-six , with each centred on a major town to enable the stronger , urban Councils to help the weaker , rural ones . |
| 17 | Dana 's hands were strong and sun-tanned , with long , spatulate fingers and firm , dry palms — the hands of an athlete , the fists of a boxer . |
| 18 | The staircase was ornamented at intervals with classical figures , chastely draped , and there was still a sweet primness in the graceful propriety of their attitudes though some were lacking a hand or an arm and others had had their noses rot away or even been entirely decapitated by exposure to the elements , and all were soot-stained and weather-beaten . |
| 19 | These towers were transeptal or set just behind the apses and were polygonal or circular in form . |
| 20 | For it was assumed that the few who were rich and/or well-born were also , morally and politically , " the best " . |
| 21 | The windows were narrow and mean-looking , but from each one glowed the dull red fire from the terrible furnaces . |
| 22 | It would appear that the small number of pupils in a country school had read all in which they were interested and borrowing declined and it was not until a new set of children were ready for reading that regular lendings became frequent again in 1911 and 1912 . |
| 23 | They were brown and blotchy . |
| 24 | ‘ These murders were brutal and evil , ’ said Kissimmee police chief Jack Pate . |
| 25 | On 10 October , winds were light and variable . |
| 26 | My two main subjects were English and music , so I was spending a large part of every day doing the things I loved most . |
| 27 | Chief technical officer Billy Dodds said the minimum standards were adequate and cover would be increased in line with the number of bathers . |
| 28 | By early 1991 the cavernous offices of the federal government in New Belgrade were empty and grass grew on the steps . |
| 29 | His hobbies were horse-shoeing and cricket — he established the first cricket club in Worcester . |
| 30 | Analysis of these will establish exactly which types of people were affected worst : whether they were male or female , young or old . |