Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [noun sg] and [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes were cold water and he spat , which distressed Melanie so much she did not take in what he said . |
| 2 | I was given a couple of interviews straight off which , though unsuccessful , were useful practice and I felt confident that something would soon turn up . |
| 3 | inspection to proceed , that 's why were partial explanation and I have the English to explain that for you |
| 4 | Well , he was talk we were talking about the rave and th what was wrong with it and he was saying basically it was they 'd got four DJs who were all techno and they were like brilliant ! |
| 5 | The other campers were good company and we all had a good laugh . |
| 6 | Ah , we were pleased daddy and I . |
| 7 | My grass roots were general practice and I liked talking to people and solving problems , but as you get promoted within a firm you lose that personal contact . |
| 8 | And , he used to lean over bloody fence while she were digging garden and she were pregnant . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the clerk was still uneasy : his theory was well argued but there was little evidence and he wondered if the royal answer would come in time to prevent another murder at Godstowe Priory . |
| 10 | And , miraculously , there was little resistance and I stared in disbelief as the great organ disappeared gloriously and wonderfully from sight I was right behind it with my arm , probing frantically away up to the shoulder as I rotated my wrist again and again till both uterine cornua were fully involuted Ben I was certain beyond doubt that everything was back in place I lay there for a few moments , my arm still deep inside the sow , my forehead resting on the floor . |
| 11 | In the event , there was little snow and I could probably have chosen a lighter fabric-and-leather boot with a Goretex or Sympatex lining . |
| 12 | The attack in the forest was attempted murder and he now drew the same conclusion about the dagger thrown at him the previous day . |
| 13 | ‘ When Liz came back there was raucous laughter and she felt humiliated . ’ |
| 14 | My 18th birthday was that summer and I remember having a birthday tea on a beautiful sunny day , opening my presents . |
| 15 | Old one old ones just used which was at the bulb in every hen house and it was free range and I think there was nothing better than that . |
| 16 | But erm I real I really enjoyed it and er to me it was interesting work and I do n't know that I can tell you much more about the locks . |
| 17 | Her hair was light ginger and she had long ago given up trying to curl it ; she had a snub nose and blue eyes in an oval face that was cheerful but perhaps forgettable . |
| 18 | There was another door and I could see a smaller room , next to the office . |
| 19 | Then there was another scuffle and I heard him go in a falling of bits of mud . |
| 20 | It was another Glory and it had been abandoned , half in and half out of a ditch . |
| 21 | Now on Green , now we go , we 've come along from the top of Street right along Road , the toy shop then you get to the Kings Arms and on the other side of the road there was another pub and I ca n't remember the name of it , then there was the fish shop and then the Liberal Club then the pork butchers you 'd think they were all full of meat . |
| 22 | Garry 's wife suspected there was another woman and she was so upset that she turned to her brother for help . ’ |
| 23 | Now the selection of pupils was another gamble and they were allocated to us straight from the various flying training schools . |
| 24 | But abuse was another matter and he was extremely nervous about the treatment he was then receiving in America over the award of the Bollingen Prize to Ezra Pound . |
| 25 | Sydney Baynes was another admirer and he dedicated his Destiny waltz to them . |
| 26 | And th it was like there was this couple and they were like I du n no about sixty , sixty five the pair of them . |
| 27 | Yeah that 's a big and my and that stuck out the bucket like that , well going over the top we had a hood over the top tumbler to stop the flashing , so my father stopped , thinking that was a bit of wood and were gon na break the top of the tumbler , so he stop and out and scrubbed it and found that was this bone and I think if my memory serve me right that 's in the , the Fleet Museum now . |
| 28 | got talking about Sun readers , there was this girl and she , she was stood on this podium and she , she 's talking to The Express and The Guardian and going like that and their taking photographs of her and then you sort of pan round , the camera pans round and you 've got The Star and the Sun going like that fucking its really funny , The Sun and The Star in it |
| 29 | There was this panda and he was just la |
| 30 | There was this man and he was the strongest |