Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] and a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mainz was a see where Staufen interests were strong and a majority of the princes elected Lupold , bishop of Worms , a strong adherent of Philip , and a man of few scruples . |
| 2 | But the scales down Fenna 's tail grew gradually smaller and smaller , the darker shades of his back and the paler shades of his underside blending together , and at the very tip , small as a child 's thumb , they were minute and a shade that , when she tried to match it to paint sample cards was usually called eau de nil . |
| 3 | When the news was fully appreciated the delegates according to The BDN , " were uncontrollable and a sea of hands raced through the air in deaf applause . " |
| 4 | Reports of atrocities by both sides were widespread and a report by the human rights group Amnesty International published in July 1990 ( which was angrily rejected by Narakobi ) was highly critical of the behaviour of the security forces . |
| 5 | The berries were poisonous and a notice to this effect was attached to the bush . |
| 6 | Seven healthy adult volunteers ( six men , aged 21–43 years ) underwent gastric intubation studies At 07:30 , after an overnight fast , approximately 300 ml of water were drunk and a sample of all urine passed subsequently was saved . |
| 7 | Discussions in the Conferences , particularly that on Political Union , were difficult and a series of uneasy compromises in particular fields was struck at Maastricht , some of which have won few supporters . |
| 8 | The advance of the qualities was dramatic — sales in 1988 were two and a half times those of 1945 , with five quality dailies instead of two . |
| 9 | The experiment was short-lived and a failure ; but it suggested that the young king might not be able to reckon as a matter of course on wielding all the powers of his great predecessor . |
| 10 | ( 2 ) The system was specific and a lot of re-programming would be required to make it work elsewhere . |
| 11 | Apart from dog sitting , she was free and a year later the two are still together ! |
| 12 | ‘ She was lively and a person who you could always talk to about your problems . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ She was lively and a person who you could always talk to about your problems . |
| 14 | ‘ She was lively and a person who you could always talk to about your problems . |
| 15 | ‘ She was lively and a person who you could always talk to about your problems . |
| 16 | ‘ I found that delivering babies was exciting and a bit scary , but I noticed that the environment was not comfortable for women . |
| 17 | She was old and a snob . |
| 18 | On her way to her desk she tried to collect a beaker of iced water but the machine was empty and a knot of querulous men were standing around it demanding something be done . |
| 19 | He would have turned down millions if the woman had been ugly or ill-bred or disagreeable He liked Anna ; he thought she was charming and a credit to himself , and he meant to look after her . |
| 20 | He was a proper fop : his roses and cream complexion was clean-shaven and a silver pearl dangled from a small gold chain in his right ear lobe . |
| 21 | The equipment in those days was primitive and a visit to any dental practitioner was an ordeal . |
| 22 | Mr Donovan , 23 , Australian star of the West End hit musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , brought the action after the magazine published a doctored photograph and article which , he claimed , implied that he was homosexual and a liar and hypocrite for denying it . |
| 23 | Fifteen and a half Er well no I was nineteen and a half then you see , five years is n't it . |
| 24 | He had switched-off the assembly track one Friday afternoon , half an hour before finishing time , ostensibly on the grounds that the overhead conveyor was unsafe and a danger to line operators working below . |
| 25 | Well , it had n't changed much , except that it was bigger and a lot of schoolboys were apparently prancing round the sacred portals of Pierremont House . |
| 26 | ‘ It was sad and a joke and it just backfired , ’ she said . |
| 27 | The night was dark and a fog was coming in from the river , but she hesitated . |
| 28 | I 've , I 'd got a few stares from some of the women there , I mean , there are some women there that are huge , and maybe they looked at me and thought oh I hope I can wear leggings like that one day , I mean I do n't think I look too bad in the leggings , I mean I would never have done it when I used to go to Weightwatchers when I was thirteen and a half stone , I would never of gone in leggings , no way , but it does n't |
| 29 | and Jacobitism than it had been in the previous year , yet Craigbarnet 's plight was serious and a failure to help him would offend many . |
| 30 | Every finger was numb and a world away . |